Game Logs - April 16, 1963

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April 16, 1963

1963 Chronology

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Detroit Tigers

New York Yankees

Yankee Stadium

24,163

Starting Lineups
TIGERS Jake Wood 2b Bill Bruton cf Al Kaline rf Rocky Colavito lf Bubba Phillips 3b Norm Cash 1b Gus Triandos c Chico Fernandez ss Hank Aguirre p	YANKEES Tony Kubek ss Bobby Richardson 2b Clete Boyer 3b Tom Tresh lf Elston Howard c Hector Lopez rf Joe Pepitone 1b Jack Reed cf Whitey Ford p

The Tigers struck first, with Bill Bruton reaching on catcher's interference and scoring when Kaline tripled to right in the 1st inning. Then Al Kaline tagged up and scored on a sac fly by Rocky Colavito. In the 4th, Aguirre singled with bases loaded, Yankees third baseman Clete Boyer committed an error, and three more Detroit runs scored. Bruton hit a two-run double in the same frame and it was 7-0. Tony Kubek hit in a pair with a double in the Yankees 4th. After that, neither team posed a serious threat.

	R	H	E	LOB
TIGERS	7	9	1	6
YANKEES	2	10	2	8

WP: Aguirre (2-0) p ip, 10 h, 2 r, 2 er, 1 bb, 7 k

LP: Ford (0-2) 4 ip, 6 h, 7 r, 5 er, 2 bb, 2 k

Colavito (DET) 4 ab, 3 h, 1 r, 1 rbi, 0 bb, 0 so

Richardson (NYY) 4 ab, 2 h, 0 r, 0 rbi, 0 bb, 0 so

Tresh (NYY) 4 ab, 3 h, 0 r, 0 rbi, 0 bb, 1 so

Los Angeles Angels

Minnesota Twins

Metropolitan Stadium

6,273

Starting Lineups
ANGELS Albie Pearson cf Billy Moran 2b Lee Thomas 1b Ken Hunt rf Leon Wagner lf Felix Torres 3b Buck Rodgers c Jim Fregosi ss Dean Chance p	TWINS Lenny Green cf Vic Power 1b Jimmie Hall lf Bob Allison rf Bernie Allen 2b Earl Battey c George Banks 3b Zoilo Versalles ss Jim Kaat p

Both teams came out swinging, and Minnesota starter Jim Kaat lasted just two innings, while Angels ace Dean Chance was done in the 5th. The Angels led 5-3 until the Twins 5th, when Vic Power reached on an error by Billy Moran and scored when Bob Allison singled. Julio Navarro replaced Chance and another Minnesota run scored on a wild pitch to tie the game. Los Angeles regained the lead in the 7th when Bob Sadowski hit an infield single with two men on, both of whom scored. Bernie Allen hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 9th and it was again a tied game. The Angels made it 9-7 in the 11th, but the Twins tied it a third time in their half of the inning. In the Minnesota 13th Allison reached on an error by Leon Wagner, went to third when Allen singled, and scored when Eli Grba walked George Banks with the bases juiced.

	R	H	E	LOB
ANGELS	10	17	6	14
TWINS	11	16	3	13

HRs: Allison (MIN)

WP: Roland (1-0) 2 ip, 2 h, 1 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 1 k

LP: Turley (0-1) 2 ip, 2 h, 2 r, 1 er, 0 bb, 1 k

Koppe (LAA) 3 ab, 3 h, 1 r, 0 rbi, 0 bb, 0 so

Moran (LAA) 6 ab, 3 h, 0 r, 2 rbi, 0 bb, 0 so

Rodgers (LAA) 5 ab, 2 h, 1 r, 3 rbi, 0 bb, 0 so

Allen (MIN) 6 ab, 3 h, 1 r, 2 rbi, 1 bb, 1 so

Allison (MIN) 5 ab, 4 h, 3 r, 5 rbi, 1 bb, 0 so