1962 AL Game: Det. @ Min.

May 5, 1962

   My Detroit Tigers have been playing out of their minds at the beginning of this 1962 season. They have won 8 in a row now, 9 out of their last 10. They stand at 16-3 on the year, good for 1st place in the AL. Today, Detroit battered the 2nd place Minnesota Twins 11-1. Norm Cash (pictured) went 5 for 5 with 2 HR's and 6 RBI. Rocky Colavito added 2 homeruns, he has a MLB high 11 on the season now. Jim Bunning went the distance on the mound for the Tigers getting his 3rd Win and lowering his ERA to 2.63.
  This team has played lights-out since losing their 1st game of the season. It has been a lot of fun so far. I know this level of play can't continue all season, but I'm going to enjoy it while it does!

BOXSCORE: 1962 Detroit Tigers At 1962 Minnesota Twins                5/5/1962
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Wood 2B           5  2  1  0 .288     L.Green CF          4  1  1  0 .301  
  B.Bruton CF         4  2  2  1 .291     B.Tuttle RF         3  0  0  0 .120  
  A.Kaline RF         5  0  1  0 .272     G.Maranda P         0  0  0  0 .000  
  N.Cash 1B           5  3  5  6 .360     R.Rollins 3B        4  0  0  0 .275  
  R.Colavito LF       5  2  2  3 .356     H.Killebrew LF      4  0  1  1 .222  
  D.McAuliffe SS      4  1  1  0 .250     D.Mincher 1B        3  0  1  0 .273  
  B.Osborne 3B        5  0  1  1 .167     E.Battey C          3  0  0  0 .283  
  D.Brown C           4  0  0  0 .200     Z.Versalles SS      4  0  1  0 .269  
  J.Bunning P         4  1  1  0 .188     B.Allen 2B          4  0  0  0 .250  
                                          L.Stange P          2  0  1  0 .333  
                                          T.Sadowski P        0  0  0  01.000  
                                        A-G.Banks PH,RF       1  0  0  0 .125  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      41 11 14 11                 Totals      32  1  5  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Sadowski In 7th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 1 0 1  0 4 4  0 1 0  - 11 14  2
Twins........... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  5  1
 
Tigers (16-3)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Bunning WIN(3-0)        9       5   1   0   2   7   0   2.63
Totals                    9       5   1   0   2   7   0
 
Twins (15-8)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
L.Stange LOSS(2-1)        4 1/3   8   5   5   1   4   1   5.87
T.Sadowski                2 2/3   5   5   5   3   3   2   7.71
G.Maranda                 2       1   1   1   0   3   1   5.19
Totals                    9      14  11  11   4  10   4
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,554 DATE- Saturday, May 5th 1962 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8  Twins: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Twins: 1
ERRORS- J.Wood, D.Brown, D.Mincher
DOUBLES- B.Bruton(4th)
HOME RUNS- N.Cash-2(7th), R.Colavito-2(11th)
RBIs- B.Bruton(12th), N.Cash-6(24th), R.Colavito-3(30th), B.Osborne(1st),
      H.Killebrew(13th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Bruton(5th), B.Tuttle(1st)
WALKS- J.Wood, B.Bruton, D.McAuliffe, D.Brown, B.Tuttle, D.Mincher
HIT BY PITCH- J.Bunning
STRIKE OUTS- A.Kaline, D.McAuliffe, B.Osborne-4, D.Brown-2, J.Bunning-2,
             L.Green, B.Tuttle, R.Rollins, H.Killebrew-2, E.Battey, B.Allen
GIDP- R.Colavito
CATCHERS INTERFERENCE- E.Battey
WILD PITCHES- T.Sadowski
PASSED BALLS- E.Battey
2-out RBI- H.Killebrew, N.Cash
RLISP 2-out- E.Battey, R.Colavito, D.Mincher, J.Wood, L.Green, J.Bunning-2
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 5 for 13  Twins: 1 for 10
 
Norm Cash rocketed 2 homeruns and had 6 RBI and Jim Bunning went the distance
as the seemingly unstoppable Detroit Tigers crushed the Minnesota Twins 11 to
1.
 
Cash propelled Detroit to victory.  He banged out a single scoring a run in
the 1st inning, lashed a one-base hit which plated a run in the 3rd inning,
delivered a single resulting in a run in the 5th inning, cleared the fences
for a two-run home run in the 6th inning and ripped a solo home run in the
8th inning.  Detroit rapped out 14 hits for the afternoon.  
 
Bunning(3-0) lasted until the end allowing 1 run for the win. Lee Stange(2-1)
took the loss.  He was not very effective, surrendering 5 runs in 4 and 1/3
innings.  
 
In another of a string of victories, Detroit extended their winning streak to
8 games.