The Detroit Tigers are now tied for 1st place in the AL after defeating the NY Yankees 5-3 tonight in hard fought contest. Detroit took a 1-0 lead into the 7th inning before NY scored 3 times. The Tigers added a run in the bottom of the 7th making it 3-2 before their game winning rally in the bottom of the 8th. The big hit came from pinch hitter Gates Brown who doubled in 2 runs with 2 out. Bill Freehan followed Brown's 2 base hit with one of his own, scoring Brown and giving Detroit a 5-3 lead. Dave Wickersham shut down the Yankees in the 9th, giving the Tigers the win and a tie for 1st place.
In other AL news, the Baltimore Orioles won their 12th straight game tonight with a 8-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox and moved within 1.5 games of the league leaders.
BOXSCORE: 1966 New York Yankees At 1966 Detroit Tigers 8/16/1966
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
T.Tresh LF 4 0 1 0 .267 J.Wood 2B 4 0 0 0 .265
B.Richardson 2B 4 1 1 0 .197 D.Wert 3B 4 0 0 0 .275
C.Boyer 3B 4 0 2 1 .230 A.Kaline RF,CF 4 0 1 0 .287
J.Pepitone CF,1B,CF 4 1 1 0 .249 N.Cash 1B 3 2 1 1 .321
E.Howard 1B 2 0 1 0 .248 W.Horton LF,RF 4 1 2 0 .279
B-M.Mantle PH,CF 1 0 0 0 .352 M.Stanley CF 2 0 1 0 .277
G-R.Barker 1B 1 0 1 0 .175 H-G.Brown PH,LF 1 1 1 2 .244
R.Maris RF 2 0 0 0 .253 B.Freehan C 4 1 2 2 .175
C-L.Clinton PH,RF 1 1 0 0 .225 R.Oyler SS 2 0 0 0 .203
H.Clarke SS 4 0 0 0 .228 E-D.McAuliffe PH,SS 2 0 0 0 .308
J.Gibbs C 3 0 2 2 .302 J.Podres P 2 0 0 0 .368
A.Downing P 1 0 0 0 .089 F.Gladding P 0 0 0 0 .200
A-H.Lopez PH 1 0 0 0 .230 H.Aguirre P 0 0 0 0 .190
W.Ford P 0 0 0 0 .083 F-J.Northrup PH 1 0 0 0 .296
D-R.White PH 1 0 0 0 .182 D.Wickersham P 0 0 0 0 .107
D.Womack P 0 0 0 0 .000
S.Hamilton P 0 0 0 0 .100
P.Ramos P 0 0 0 0 .300
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Totals 33 3 9 3 Totals 33 5 8 5
A-Pinch Hit For Downing In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Howard In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Maris In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Ford In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Oyler In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Aguirre In 7th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Mantle In 8th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Stanley In 8th Inning
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 9 1
Tigers.......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 - 5 8 0
Yankees (69-51) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Downing 5 2 1 1 1 3 1 3.26
W.Ford 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4.02
D.Womack 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.01
S.Hamilton L(4-5) H(2nd) 1 2/3 1 2 2 1 4 0 2.01
P.Ramos BS(2nd) 0 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.09
Totals 8 8 5 5 2 8 2
Tigers (68-50) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Podres 6 6 3 3 0 2 0 2.88
F.Gladding 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.67
H.Aguirre 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.65
D.Wickersham WIN(8-4) 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 3.11
Totals 9 9 3 3 1 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 40,921 DATE- Tuesday, August 16th 1966 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Bill Haller, Emmet Ashford, Johnny Stevens, Bob Stewart
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 4 Tigers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Tigers: 3
ERRORS- H.Clarke
DOUBLES- B.Richardson(9th), G.Brown(5th), B.Freehan(11th)
HOME RUNS- N.Cash(27th), B.Freehan(3rd)
WALKS- L.Clinton, N.Cash, M.Stanley
STRIKE OUTS- B.Richardson, J.Pepitone, R.Maris, L.Clinton, A.Downing, J.Wood-2,
D.Wert, N.Cash, W.Horton, R.Oyler, D.McAuliffe, J.Northrup
GIDP- B.Richardson, R.Maris, H.Clarke
2-out RBI- J.Gibbs-2, G.Brown-2, B.Freehan
RLISP 2-out- M.Stanley, R.White, D.McAuliffe
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Dick McAuliffe robbed Horace Clarke of a base hit.
Catcher Bill Freehan blasted a homerun and had 2 RBI at Tiger Stadium as the
Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees by the count of 5 to 3.
Detroit came through with the game-winning runs in the 8th inning scoring 3
runs using 3 hits. After two outs Norm Cash began the rally when he drew a
walk. Willie Horton followed next and he banged out a single. Gates Brown
then doubled. Freehan was up next and he doubled. Detroit finished with 8
hits in the victory.
Dave Wickersham(8-4) allowed no runs in 2 innings, and picked up the victory.
Steve Hamilton(4-5) was given the loss in relief. While he was the losing
pitcher, he still struck out 4 batters in 1 and 2/3 innings.
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1966 American League ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT 1966 Detroit DEA 68 50 .576 ---- 44 64 54 .542 88 74 .543 1966 New York NYA 69 51 .575 ---- 53 67 .442 70 89 .440 1966 Baltimore BAA 67 52 .563 1.5 78 41 .655 97 63 .606 1966 Minnesota MNA 67 53 .558 2.0 62 58 .517 89 73 .549 1966 Chicago CHA 64 55 .538 4.5 61 58 .513 83 79 .512 1966 Kansas City KCA 62 57 .521 6.5 53 66 .445 74 86 .463 1966 California CAA 55 64 .462 13.5 60 59 .504 80 82 .494 1966 Washington WAA 54 70 .435 17.0 54 70 .435 71 88 .447 1966 Cleveland CLA 48 72 .400 21.0 63 57 .525 81 81 .500 1966 Boston BOA 47 77 .379 24.0 53 71 .427 72 90 .444
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