May 14, 1966
It took extra innings, 11 in fact, but the Detroit Tigers finally put an end to their 6 game losing streak by defeating the Chicago White Sox 6-5 at Tiger stadium today. Bill Freehan led off the bottom of the 11th for the Tigers with a base hit. The next batter Dick Tracewski (pictured), tried to bunt Freehan over to 2nd but fouled off the first two pitches. With a 1-2 count on him, Tracewski swung away and doubled down the rightfield line. Freehan tried to score from 1st on the hit and slid in under the tag on a close play at the plate. Detroit will try to gain more ground on the 1st place White Sox in tomorrow's final game of this 3 game series.
BOXSCORE: 1966 Chicago White Sox At 1966 Detroit Tigers 5/14/1966
White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
D.Buford 2B 5 0 0 0 .242 D.Wert 3B 5 0 3 1 .311
F.Robinson RF 5 0 0 0 .242 J.Wood 2B 5 0 1 0 .211
T.Agee CF 4 1 0 0 .250 L.Sherry P 0 0 0 0 .500
J.Romano C 5 1 2 1 .214 N.Cash 1B 5 1 2 0 .337
G.Freese 3B 3 1 1 0 .154 A.Kaline RF 5 1 2 2 .280
B.Skowron 1B 5 0 1 1 .241 W.Horton LF 5 1 2 1 .254
D.Cater LF 4 1 2 2 .176 D.Demeter CF 5 1 1 0 .255
A.Weis SS 4 1 1 0 .308 O.McFarlane C 3 0 0 0 .118
G.Peters P 3 0 2 1 .444 A-D.McAuliffe PR,SS 1 0 0 0 .247
R.Oyler SS 3 1 0 0 .077
B-M.Stanley PH 1 0 0 0 .304
C-B.Freehan C 1 1 1 0 .123
M.Lolich P 2 0 0 0 .071
D-D.Tracewski PH,2B 2 0 1 1 .500
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Totals 38 5 9 5 Totals 43 6 13 5
A-Pinch Ran For McFarlane In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Oyler In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Stanley In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Lolich In 9th Inning
White Sox....... 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 9 1
Tigers.......... 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 6 13 0
White Sox (15-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
G.Peters LOSS(4-2) 10 13 6 4 2 8 2 3.61
Totals 10 13 6 4 2 8 2
Tigers (14-11) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
M.Lolich 9 9 5 5 3 5 1 3.61
L.Sherry WIN(1-2) 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.45
Totals 11 9 5 5 4 7 1
ATTENDANCE- 24,794 DATE- Saturday, May 14th 1966 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Hank Soar, Nestor Chylak, Cal Drummond, Lou Dimuro
T- 2:47
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 5 Tigers: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1 Tigers: 2
ERRORS- D.Buford
DOUBLES- B.Skowron(3rd), G.Peters, D.Wert(5th), D.Tracewski(3rd)
TRIPLES- D.Wert(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.Cater(1st), A.Kaline(7th), W.Horton(5th)
STOLEN BASES- T.Agee(10th), G.Freese-2(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Freese
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Peters
WALKS- T.Agee, G.Freese-2, D.Cater, O.McFarlane, M.Lolich
STRIKE OUTS- D.Buford, T.Agee-3, J.Romano, B.Skowron, D.Cater, J.Wood, N.Cash-2,
A.Kaline, W.Horton, D.Demeter, O.McFarlane, D.McAuliffe
GIDP- B.Skowron, M.Stanley
WILD PITCHES- G.Peters
2-out RBI- D.Cater-2, G.Peters, D.Wert
RLISP 2-out- D.Buford-4, M.Lolich-3, J.Wood-2, B.Skowron, A.Kaline, A.Weis
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Willie Horton robbed Gary Peters of an extra base hit.
Right fielder Al Kaline left the yard and had 2 RBI as the Detroit Tigers beat
the Chicago White Sox in 11 innings by a score of 6 to 5.
Both teams were tied at 5 runs apiece after nine innings. Detroit won it in
the 11th inning. Bill Freehan lined a base-hit. Dick Tracewski stepped up
to the plate and he doubled giving Detroit the victory and sending the 24,794
home-town fans home happy. Chicago was out-hit by Detroit, 13 hits to 9.
The victory was credited to Larry Sherry(1-2) who went 2 innings, allowing no
runs. Gary Peters(4-2) was given the loss. He got hit pretty hard, allowing
13 hits and 2 walks in 10 innings.
'Ahhh, how sweet it is,' Chuck Dressen sighed. 'That win feels like a tall,
cool drink of water after spending far too much time in the desert lately.'
The Houston Astros prevailed in a slugfest at The Astrodome tonight, defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 12-11. Astro cf Jimmy Wynn had a big day at the plate stroking 6 hits and getting 5 RBI. He was only lacking a triple to complete the cycle. The lead changed hands 7 times before Houston pulled out the game with a 9th inning rally. The Astros had 22 hits in the game and the Phillies added 15.
