1968 AL Game: Chi. @ Clev.

April 16, 1968

 In a tense pitching duel between Joe Horlen and Luis Tiant, the Cleveland Indians came out on top of the Chicago White Sox 2-0. Luis Tiant was pitching a perfect game into the 9th before Chicago's Tim Cullen singled leading off the inning. Cleveland's Larry Brown hit a homerun in the 5th inning and it remained a 1-0 game into the bottom of the 8th when the Indians added an unearned run. Tiant ended up with a 1-hit complete game shutout for his 1st Win of the season.

 

BOXSCORE: 1968 Chicago White Sox At 1968 Cleveland Indians          4/16/1968
 
  White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Aparicio SS       4  0  0  0 .222     T.Harper LF         4  0  0  0 .125  
  R.Snyder RF         3  0  0  0 .000     V.Fuller 2B         3  0  1  0 .389  
  P.Ward 3B           3  0  0  0 .077     J.Cardenal CF       4  0  0  0 .227  
  T.Davis LF          3  0  0  0 .063     D.Sims C            2  0  0  0 .474  
  T.McCraw 1B         3  0  0  0 .294     T.Horton 1B         4  0  1  0 .316  
  K.Berry CF          3  0  0  0 .125     V.Davalillo RF      4  1  2  0 .318  
  T.Cullen 2B         3  0  1  0 .167     M.Alvis 3B          4  0  1  1 .222  
  J.McNertney C       3  0  0  0 .167     L.Brown SS          4  1  3  1 .333  
  J.Horlen P          2  0  0  0 .000     L.Tiant P           2  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Locker P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
A-S.Alomar PH         1  0  0  0 .400                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      28  0  1  0                 Totals      31  2  8  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Locker In 9th Inning
 
White Sox....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  1  2
Indians......... 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 1    -  2  8  0
 
White Sox (1-3)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Horlen LOSS(0-1)        7 2/3   8   2   1   2   8   1   1.29
B.Locker                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   6.23
Totals                    8       8   2   1   2   8   1
 
Indians (3-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
L.Tiant WIN(1-0)          9       1   0   0   0   9   0   0.00
Totals                    9       1   0   0   0   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 11,671 DATE- Tuesday, April 16th 1968 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 1  Indians: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 0  Indians: 0
ERRORS- T.Cullen, J.McNertney
TRIPLES- L.Brown(1st)
HOME RUNS- L.Brown(1st)
RBIs- M.Alvis(5th), L.Brown(1st)
STOLEN BASES- V.Davalillo(4th)
CAUGHT STEALING- D.Sims
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Tiant
WALKS- V.Fuller, D.Sims
HIT BY PITCH- D.Sims
STRIKE OUTS- L.Aparicio, P.Ward, T.Davis, T.McCraw-2, K.Berry, T.Cullen,
             J.McNertney-2, T.Harper, V.Fuller, J.Cardenal-3, M.Alvis-2,
             L.Tiant
2-out RBI- M.Alvis
RLISP 2-out- T.Horton, L.Tiant, J.Cardenal-2, L.Aparicio
TEAM RISP- White Sox: 0 for 1  Indians: 1 for 6
 
Larry Brown connected with a 'big fly' and Luis Tiant took a no-hitter into
the 9th inning at Municipal Stadium as the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago
White Sox 2 to 0.
 
Tiant(1-0) was indeed brilliant as he hand-cuffed the Chicago offense.  He
allowed just 1 hit and no walks in 9 innings.  The right-handed Tiant had his
no-hit bid broken up by Tim Cullen who singled with nobody out in the 9th
inning.  Cleveland banged out 8 hits on the afternoon.  
 
The loss was charged to Joe Horlen(0-1).  He allowed 2 runs and 8 hits in 7
and 2/3 innings.  'He had his 'A' game today,' Al Dark said of Tiant.  'Very
impressive performance.'