The Detroit Tigers, behind the superb pitching of Hank Aguirre, beat the New York Yankees 3-0 today, but it wasn't without a price. It was the 5th time in 5 meetings the Tigers have defeated the Yankees this year. Aguirre, getting his first start of the season, went the distance allowing only 4 hits and 1 walk while striking out 8. Norm Cash hit a 2-run homer in the 4th and Chico Fernandez hit a solo shot in the 5th to account for all Detroit's scoring. Now for the price the Tigers paid: In the 9th inning, Al Kaline made a diving catch on a flyball hit by Hector Lopez. It looked like Kaline injured himself on the play but he stayed in the game until Aguirre recorded the final out. We've just learned that Kaline broke his collarbone on the play and is expected to be out 6-8 weeks.
BOXSCORE: 1962 Detroit Tigers At 1962 New York Yankees 5/26/1962
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
J.Wood 2B 4 0 1 0 .255 B.Richardson 2B 4 0 0 0 .292
B.Bruton CF 4 1 1 0 .307 T.Tresh SS 3 0 0 0 .285
A.Kaline RF 3 0 0 0 .265 H.Lopez LF 4 0 1 0 .313
N.Cash 1B 4 1 1 2 .350 R.Maris CF 4 0 1 0 .217
R.Colavito LF 4 0 1 0 .326 E.Howard C 3 0 0 0 .288
D.McAuliffe 3B 3 0 0 0 .244 B.Cerv RF 2 0 0 0 .000
C.Fernandez SS 4 1 2 1 .286 B.Skowron 1B 3 0 2 0 .250
D.Brown C 3 0 0 0 .227 P.Linz 3B 3 0 0 0 .444
H.Aguirre P 2 0 0 0 .000 R.Sheldon P 2 0 0 0 .167
A-Y.Berra PH 1 0 0 0 .211
M.Bridges P 0 0 0 0 .500
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Totals 31 3 6 3 Totals 29 0 4 0
A-Pinch Hit For Sheldon In 8th Inning
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 0
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
Tigers (23-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
H.Aguirre WIN(2-1) 9 4 0 0 1 8 0 1.23
Totals 9 4 0 0 1 8 0
Yankees (16-22) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
R.Sheldon LOSS(0-4) 8 5 3 3 1 6 2 5.24
M.Bridges 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 6 3 3 2 6 2
ATTENDANCE- 33,604 DATE- Saturday, May 26th 1962 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Hank Soar, John Rice, Bill Kinnamon, Joe Paparella
T- 1:57
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 4 Yankees: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2 Yankees: 0
DOUBLES- R.Colavito(7th), B.Skowron(6th)
TRIPLES- B.Bruton(2nd)
HOME RUNS- N.Cash(13th), C.Fernandez(6th)
RBIs- N.Cash-2(36th), C.Fernandez(14th)
SACRIFICE HITS- H.Aguirre
WALKS- A.Kaline, D.McAuliffe, T.Tresh
HIT BY PITCH- B.Cerv
STRIKE OUTS- J.Wood-3, A.Kaline, N.Cash, H.Aguirre, T.Tresh, R.Maris-2,
E.Howard-2, P.Linz, R.Sheldon, Y.Berra
GIDP- H.Lopez, B.Skowron
WILD PITCHES- M.Bridges
RLISP 2-out- J.Wood, B.Richardson, C.Fernandez-2
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 1 for 3 Yankees: 0 for 3
Hank Aguirre had an impressive outing as the Detroit Tigers bested the New
York Yankees 3 to 0 at Yankee Stadium.
Aguirre(2-1) escaped virtually unscathed against the New York hitters. He
surrendered only 4 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings seeing his ERA drop from 2.08
to 1.23. Detroit had only 6 hits for the game, but 2 of them were homeruns.
Rollie Sheldon(0-4) was hit with the loss. He surrendered only 3 runs and 5
hits in 8 innings. 'Aguirre took our guys to school' Ralph Houk said. 'Too
bad he doesn't pitch for us - it would make my job a whole lot easier!'
