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Tigers 7 @ Twins 6
Metropolitan Stadium
August 31, 1965
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 31, 1965 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 31, 1965 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 7 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 7
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 6 H: 11 E: 3 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 11
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 9
Winning Pitcher—Ron Nischwitz  
Losing Pitcher—Mel Nelson  
Save—Fred Gladding  
Game Winning RBI—Bill Freehan 

Game Info

DateAugust 31, 1965 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherMickey Lolich  
Home Starting PitcherMudcat Grant  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance22,542 
Time of Game3 hours 30 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Eddie Hurley
1B: Frank Umont
2B: Red Flaherty
3B: Lou DiMuro

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jake Wood  Third Baseman 
Jerry Lumpe  Second Baseman 
Jim Northrup  Right Fielder 
Norm Cash  First Baseman 
Willie Horton  Left Fielder 
Don Wert  Shortstop 
Bill Freehan  Catcher 
George Thomas  Center Fielder 
Mickey Lolich  Pitcher 
Chuck Dressen  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Zoilo Versalles  Shortstop 
Joe Nossek  Center Fielder 
Rich Rollins  Third Baseman 
Earl Battey  Catcher 
Bob Allison  Left Fielder 
Don Mincher  First Baseman 
Andy Kosco  Right Fielder 
Jerry Kindall  Second Baseman 
Mudcat Grant  Pitcher 
Sam Mele  Manager 

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Tigers 7 @ Twins 6
Metropolitan Stadium
August 31, 1965

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         Game of 8/31/1965 -- Detroit at Minnesota (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Wood J, 3b            3  0  1  0   Versalles Z, ss       4  2  3  0   
Smith G, 3b           2  0  0  0   Nossek J, cf          4  2  0  0   
Lumpe J, 2b           5  1  4  1   Rollins R, 3b         5  1  2  0   
Northrup J, rf        4  1  0  0   Battey E, c           5  0  1  1   
Cash N, 1b            5  2  1  3   Quilici F, pr         0  0  0  0   
Horton W, lf          5  1  1  0   Allison B, lf         4  1  2  3   
Wert D, ss            5  0  1  0   Mincher D, 1b         4  0  2  2   
Freehan B, c          5  1  4  3   Kosco A, rf           2  0  1  0   
Thomas G, cf          3  1  1  0   Oliva T, ph           0  0  0  0   
Lolich M, p           2  0  0  0   Stigman D, p          0  0  0  0   
Pena O, p             0  0  0  0   Klippstein J, p       1  0  0  0   
Oyler R, ph           0  0  0  0   Pleis B, p            0  0  0  0   
Fox T, p              0  0  0  0   Nelson M, p           0  0  0  0   
Sullivan J, ph        0  0  0  0   Kindall J, 2b         4  0  0  0   
Brown G, pr           0  0  0  0   Grant J, p            2  0  0  0   
Nischwitz R, p        1  0  0  0   Boswell D, p          0  0  0  0   
Gladding F, p         0  0  0  0   Valdespino S, rf      2  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40  7 13  7                        37  6 11  6

Detroit          010 031 002 --  7
Minnesota        200 030 100 --  6

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lolich M*             4.0  7  5  5  2  4
Pena O                1.0  1  0  0  1  0
Fox T                 2.0  1  1  1  1  4
Nischwitz R (W)       1.0  1  0  0  0  0
Gladding F (S)        1.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Grant J               4.1  8  4  4  1  3
Boswell D             0.2  0  0  0  0  0
Stigman D             0.1  1  1  1  2  0
Klippstein J          2.1  2  0  0  1  1
Pleis B+              0.0  1  0  0  0  0
Nelson M (L)          1.1  1  2  0  1  0
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 5th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 8th

E -- Mincher D 2, Battey E
DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Detroit 11, Minnesota 9
2B -- Versalles Z 3, Kosco A
3B -- Mincher D
HR -- Cash N, Allison B, Freehan B
SB -- Freehan B
SF -- Allison B
T -- 3:30
A -- 22542

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