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Tigers 8 @ Twins 1
Metropolitan Stadium
September 24, 1966
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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 September 24, 1966 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 8 to 1.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 24, 1966 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 8 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 8
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 1 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 1
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning Pitcher—Dave Wickersham  
Losing Pitcher—Jim Merritt  
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Game Winning RBI—Norm Cash 

Game Info

DateSeptember 24, 1966 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherDave Wickersham  
Home Starting PitcherJim Merritt  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance11,706 
Time of Game2 hours 26 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Hank Soar
1B: Nestor Chylak
2B: Cal Drummond
3B: Lou DiMuro

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Don Wert  Third Baseman 
Jake Wood  Second Baseman 
Norm Cash  First Baseman 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Willie Horton  Left Fielder 
Mickey Stanley  Center Fielder 
Bill Freehan  Catcher 
Dick McAuliffe  Shortstop 
Dave Wickersham  Pitcher 
Frank Skaff  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Second Baseman 
Sandy Valdespino  Left Fielder 
Tony Oliva  Right Fielder 
Harmon Killebrew  Third Baseman 
Don Mincher  First Baseman 
Russ Nixon  Catcher 
Zoilo Versalles  Shortstop 
Ted Uhlaender  Center Fielder 
Jim Merritt  Pitcher 
Sam Mele  Manager 

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Tigers 8 @ Twins 1
Metropolitan Stadium
September 24, 1966

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         Game of 9/24/1966 -- Detroit at Minnesota (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
Wert D, 3b            5  3  3  2   Tovar C, 2b           4  0  0  0   
Wood J, 2b            4  1  2  0   Valdespino S, lf      4  0  1  1   
Tracewski D, 2b       0  0  0  0   Oliva T, rf           4  0  0  0   
Cash N, 1b            4  2  2  3   Killebrew H, 3b       3  0  1  0   
Pepper D, 1b          0  0  0  0   Mincher D, 1b         3  0  2  0   
Kaline A, rf          4  0  2  3   Nixon R, c            4  0  0  0   
Brown G, lf           0  0  0  0   Versalles Z, ss       4  0  0  0   
Horton W, lf-rf       5  0  0  0   Uhlaender T, cf       3  1  2  0   
Stanley M, cf         5  0  1  0   Merritt J, p          1  0  0  0   
Freehan B, c          4  1  1  0   Worthington A, p      0  0  0  0   
McAuliffe D, ss       3  0  1  0   Reese R, ph           1  0  0  0   
Wickersham D, p       3  1  0  0   Boswell D, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  8 12  8                        31  1  6  1

Detroit          000 003 401 --  8
Minnesota        001 000 000 --  1

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wickersham D (W)      9.0  6  1  1  2  6

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Merritt J (L)         6.1  5  5  5  3  4
Worthington A         0.2  2  2  2  1  1
Boswell D             2.0  5  1  1  0  1

E -- Killebrew H
DP -- Detroit 1, Minnesota 1
LOB -- Detroit 7, Minnesota 6
2B -- Wood J, Freehan B, Wert D, Kaline A
3B -- Valdespino S
HR -- Cash N
CS -- Kaline A
SH -- Merritt J, Tracewski D
WP -- Worthington A, Boswell D
T -- 2:26
A -- 11706

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