The Minnesota Twins came into Detroit tied for 1st place in the AL with the Tigers. Denny McLain was getting his 5th start of the season for Detroit and Minnesota made sure it was his shortest appearance of the season. The Twins chased McLain in the 4th inning when they scored 4 runs on 5 hits for a 6-1 lead. The Tigers never recovered and Minnesota won the game 10-4. Jim Merritt got his MLB leading 5th Win and Tony Oliva increased his AL leading BA to .452 by banging out 4 hits in 5 AB for the Twins.
Replay: McLain gets 1st loss in 5th start: 3 1/3 IP, 6 ER Detroit loses 10-4 Season totals: 3-1, 3.96
IRL: McLain gets 3rd Win in 5th start: 9 IP, 2 ER Detroit wins 3-2 Season totals: 3-0, 1.98
BOXSCORE: 1968 Minnesota Twins At 1968 Detroit Tigers 5/1/1968
Twins AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
C.Tovar 3B 5 2 2 0 .365 M.Stanley 1B 4 0 0 1 .265
R.Carew 2B 4 0 0 0 .354 D.McAuliffe 2B 4 0 1 0 .250
T.Oliva RF 5 1 4 1 .452 A.Kaline RF 4 1 1 0 .209
H.Killebrew 1B 3 2 1 1 .175 W.Horton LF 4 0 1 0 .333
R.Reese LF 5 1 1 1 .375 B.Freehan C 4 1 1 1 .270
T.Uhlaender CF 4 2 1 2 .313 J.Northrup CF 4 0 2 0 .352
J.Hernandez SS 4 0 1 0 .164 D.Wert 3B 4 2 2 2 .239
J.Roseboro C 5 1 1 2 .176 R.Oyler SS 3 0 0 0 .196
R.Perranoski P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Hiller P 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Merritt P 3 1 0 0 .063 D.Ribant P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-J.Zimmerman C 0 0 0 0 .000 C-G.Brown PH 1 0 1 0 .250
D.McLain P 1 0 0 0 .077
J.Warden P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-D.Tracewski PH 1 0 0 0 .000
P.Dobson P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-T.Matchick SS 2 0 1 0 .333
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Totals 38 10 11 7 Totals 36 4 10 4
A-Pinch Hit For Warden In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Dobson In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Ribant In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Merritt In 9th Inning
Twins........... 1 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 1 - 10 11 1
Tigers.......... 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 4 10 3
Twins (13-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Merritt WIN(5-0) 8 1/3 10 4 4 0 4 1 2.74
R.Perranoski 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.32
Totals 9 10 4 4 0 5 1
Tigers (12-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.McLain LOSS(3-1) 3 1/3 6 6 6 1 3 1 3.96
J.Warden 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
P.Dobson 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 3.24
J.Hiller 2 2/3 3 1 0 1 4 0 0.00
D.Ribant 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00
Totals 9 11 10 6 5 7 1
ATTENDANCE- 26,362 DATE- Wednesday, May 1st 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Frank Umont, Johnny Stevens, Emmett Ashford, George Honochik
T- 3:00
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 7 Tigers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 0 Tigers: 0
ERRORS- R.Carew, W.Horton, D.Wert, T.Matchick
DOUBLES- R.Reese(1st), B.Freehan(4th)
HOME RUNS- J.Roseboro(2nd), D.Wert(3rd)
RBIs- T.Oliva(17th), H.Killebrew(8th), R.Reese(2nd), T.Uhlaender-2(10th),
J.Roseboro-2(9th), M.Stanley(8th), B.Freehan(12th), D.Wert-2(11th)
STOLEN BASES- T.Uhlaender(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Hernandez, D.McAuliffe
WALKS- R.Carew, H.Killebrew-2, T.Uhlaender, J.Merritt
HIT BY PITCH- M.Stanley
STRIKE OUTS- R.Carew-2, T.Oliva, R.Reese, J.Hernandez, J.Roseboro, J.Merritt,
D.McAuliffe, A.Kaline, W.Horton, J.Northrup, R.Oyler
WILD PITCHES- P.Dobson
2-out RBI- H.Killebrew, T.Oliva
RLISP 2-out- R.Reese, B.Freehan, W.Horton, H.Killebrew, J.Roseboro-2,
D.McAuliffe
TEAM RISP- Twins: 6 for 15 Tigers: 3 for 10
WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: John Roseboro blocked the plate, saving a run!
Top 9th: Dick McAuliffe robbed John Roseboro of a base hit.
Tony Oliva had 4 hits as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers by
the score of 10 to 4 at Tiger Stadium.
Minnesota scored 5 runs in the decisive 4th inning when they came up with 4
base hits. The highlight belonged to John Roseboro who deflated the spirits
of the home town crowd when he popped a two-run clout over the fence.
Minnesota totaled 11 hits on the night.
The victory went to Jim Merritt(5-0) who went 8 and 1/3 innings, allowing 4
runs. The losing pitcher was Denny McLain(3-1). He was knocked around,
surrendering 6 runs in 3 and 1/3 innings.
