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Detroit Tigers 8 Minnesota Twins 1

July 9,1966

Visiting Team

Detroit Tigers (48-34)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (39-45)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

20,215

Time of Game

2:03

Umpires

[HP]: Cal Drummond [1B]: Hank Soar [2B]: Bill Valentine [3B]: Nestor Chylak

Detroit Tigers 8 Minnesota Twins 1

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1st inning: HR/7.2-H;1-H **375 feet**
3rd inning: HR/7 **380 feet**
4th inning: **Debut game for Ron Keller**
5th inning: HR/7.1-H **399 feet**
7th inning: HR/9 **404 feet**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Detroit Tigers	DET	48-34		4	0	1		0	3	0		0	0	0			8	10	0		2	2	4	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	39-45		0	0	0		0	0	0		1	0	0			1	2	0		5	5	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Don Wert	3b	27.345	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.270		70	458
2	Jake Wood	2b	29.017	R	5	1	1	0		0	0	.296		45	525
3	Norm Cash	1b	31.241	L	4	1	1	1		0	1	.262		81	1013
4	Al Kaline	rf	31.202	R	3	2	2	4		0	0	.322		73	1792
5	Willie Horton	lf	23.264	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.258		70	253
6	Bill Freehan	c	24.222	R	4	1	1	3		0	0	.251		74	452
7	Mickey Stanley	cf	23.354	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.200		31	65
8	Ray Oyler	ss	27.339	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.187		35	117
9	Denny McLain	p	22.102	R	3	1	2	0		1	1	.226		19	73
Totals

2B: Don Wert (7), Denny McLain (2)

HR: Al Kaline 2 (20), Bill Freehan (8)

RBI: Norm Cash (47), Al Kaline 4 (54), Bill Freehan 3 (30)

SH: Don Wert (4)

SF: Al Kaline (3)

GDP: Don Wert (10)

SB: Jake Wood (3)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Zoilo Versalles	ss	26.203	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.251		68	879
2	Ted Uhlaender	cf	25.261	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.209		28	41
3	Tony Oliva	rf	27.354	L	3	1	1	1		0	1	.311		82	408
4	Harmon Killebrew	1b	30.010	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.264		84	1192
5	Jimmie Hall	lf	28.124	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.222		63	516
6	Rich Rollins	3b	28.084	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.256		52	647
7	Earl Battey	c	31.185	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.285		57	1034
8	Cesar Tovar	2b	26.006	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.272		59	77
	Don Mincher	ph	28.015	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.218		75	553
	Andy Kosco	ph	24.277	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.256		33	56
	Russ Nixon	c	31.140	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.243		26	773
Totals

HR: Tony Oliva (17)

RBI: Tony Oliva (49)

GDP: Ted Uhlaender (2), Tony Oliva (10)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Denny McLain	R	W 13-4	9.0	2	1	1	1	4	1		3.09	1.03		19	74
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Denny McLain (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Merritt	L	L 1-7	3.0	5	5	5	0	1	2		3.88	1.09		18	34
2	Ron Keller	R		3.0	4	3	3	1	1	1		9.00	1.67		1	1
3	Johnny Klippstein	R		2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.58	1.45		18	656
4	Bill Pleis	L		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0.00	1.00		1	182
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Merritt (0-0-0), Ron Keller (0-0-0), Johnny Klippstein (0-0-0), Bill Pleis (0-0-0)