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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
April 20, 1969
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, played on April 20, 1969 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 20, 1969 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 20, 1969 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Earl Wilson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Fritz Peterson |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Umont 1B: Bill Haller 2B: Jim Honochick 3B: Ron Luciano |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Stanley | Shortstop |
| Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
| Norm Cash | First Baseman |
| Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
| Bill Freehan | Catcher |
| Jim Northrup | Center Fielder |
| Don Wert | Third Baseman |
| Earl Wilson | Pitcher |
| Mayo Smith | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Horace Clarke | Second Baseman |
| Jerry Kenney | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Murcer | Third Baseman |
| Roy White | Left Fielder |
| Joe Pepitone | First Baseman |
| Jimmie Hall | Right Fielder |
| Tom Tresh | Shortstop |
| Frank Fernandez | Catcher |
| Fritz Peterson | Pitcher |
| Ralph Houk | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
April 20, 1969
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Peterson
McAuliffe strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Peterson
Stanley hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Clarke reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Peterson
Kaline hits a popup, foul, towards third. Murcer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Wilson
Clarke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton who is chasing the ball. Clarke reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kenney vs. Wilson
Kenney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clarke scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Wilson
Murcer hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Wilson
There goes Kenney. The throw from Freehan and he is safe. Kenney steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Wilson
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pepitone vs. Wilson
Pepitone strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hall vs. Wilson
There goes Kenney. The throw from Freehan and he is out, Wert applying the tag. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Peterson
Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Peterson
Horton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cash moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Freehan vs. Peterson
Freehan hits a fly ball into center field. Kenney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Northrup vs. Peterson
Northrup hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wert vs. Peterson
Wert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cash scores. Horton moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wilson vs. Peterson
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Murcer fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Wilson
Hall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. Wilson
Tresh strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Wilson
Fernandez strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Peterson
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pepitone scoops it up and throws to first, with Peterson covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Peterson
Stanley hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Clarke reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Peterson
Kaline takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Peterson
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peterson vs. Wilson
Peterson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clarke vs. Wilson
Clarke takes first base on ball four. Peterson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kenney vs. Wilson
Kenney hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murcer vs. Wilson
Murcer hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Wilson
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Peterson
Horton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Peterson
Freehan hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Horton moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Northrup vs. Peterson
Northrup hits a fly ball into center field. Kenney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Horton moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wert vs. Peterson
Wert strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wilson vs. Peterson
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pepitone vs. Wilson
Pepitone hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Wilson
Hall hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tresh vs. Wilson
Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Wilson
Fernandez hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Peterson
McAuliffe bunts towards the mound. Peterson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Peterson
Peterson fires to first and has McAuliffe trapped. There's the throw to Clarke who tags McAuliffe for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Peterson
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Peterson
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Peterson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peterson vs. Wilson
Peterson strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Wilson
Clarke hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kenney vs. Wilson
Kenney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Peterson
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Peterson
Horton hits a fly ball into center field. Kenney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Peterson
Freehan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Peterson
Northrup hits a fly ball into center field. Kenney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Wilson
Murcer strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Wilson
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pepitone vs. Wilson
Pepitone hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Wilson
Hall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tresh vs. Wilson
There goes Hall. The throw from Freehan and he is safe. Hall steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tresh vs. Wilson
Tresh hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Peterson
Wert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Peterson
Wilson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Peterson
McAuliffe is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Peterson
Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. McDaniel
Lindy McDaniel now pitching.
Kaline hits a line drive into left field. White picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on White. Wilson scores. Stanley goes all the way around to score. Kaline moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cash vs. McDaniel
Cash hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. McDaniel
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Wilson
Fernandez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Wilson
Bobby Cox pinch hits for Lindy McDaniel.
Cox hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Wilson
Clarke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kenney vs. Wilson
Kenney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Hamilton
Steve Hamilton now pitching.
Freehan hits a fly ball into right field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Hamilton
Northrup strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Hamilton
Wert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Wilson
Murcer hits a line drive into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Wilson
White hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pepitone vs. Wilson
Pepitone hits a line drive towards right. Kaline catches it and throws to first to double up White. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Hamilton
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Hamilton
McAuliffe hits a fly ball into right field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Hamilton
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Murcer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. Wilson
Hall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tresh vs. McMahon
Don McMahon now pitching.
Tresh hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. McMahon
Fernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibbs vs. McMahon
Jake Gibbs pinch hits for Steve Hamilton.
Gibbs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McMahon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/20/1969, game 1 -- Detroit at New York (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
McAuliffe D, 2b 5 0 1 0 Clarke H, 2b 3 1 2 0
Stanley M, ss 5 1 1 0 Kenney J, cf 4 0 1 1
Kaline A, rf 3 1 1 1 Murcer B, 3b 4 0 0 0
Cash N, 1b 4 2 2 2 White R, lf 3 0 1 0
Horton W, lf 4 0 2 0 Pepitone J, 1b 4 1 1 1
Freehan B, c 4 0 2 0 Hall J, rf 4 0 3 0
Northrup J, cf 4 0 0 0 Tresh T, ss 4 0 0 0
Wert D, 3b 4 0 1 1 Fernandez F, c 4 0 0 0
Wilson E, p 4 1 1 0 Peterson F, p 1 0 0 0
McMahon D, p 0 0 0 0 McDaniel L, p 0 0 0 0
Cox B, ph 1 0 0 0
Hamilton S, p 0 0 0 0
Gibbs J, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 5 11 4 33 2 8 2
Detroit 010 000 400 -- 5
New York 100 001 000 -- 2
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson E (W)* 8.0 8 2 2 3 5
McMahon D (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Peterson F (L) 6.2 9 3 3 1 3
McDaniel L 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
Hamilton S 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
* Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
E -- White R
DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Detroit 6, New York 7
3B -- Clarke H
HR -- Pepitone J, Cash N
SB -- Kenney J, Hall J
CS -- Kenney J
T -- 2:30
A -- 0
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