March 11, 2018During the course of posting info about this 1968 replay, I'm also going to post every game started by Detroit's Denny McLain over the entire season. McLain had 41 starts and won 31 games in in 1968, the last pitcher to reach the 30 Win mark. I'll also add his IRL (in real life) stats after each game to compare his progress in the quest for 30 Wins.
April 11, 1968
After losing their home opener yesterday, the Detroit Tigers sent Denny McLain to the mound to battle the Boston Red Sox in a night game at Tiger Stadium. Detroit got off to a quick 4-0 start when Norm Cash hit a Grand Slam homer in the bottom of the 1st. The Tigers added a run in the 2nd to make it 5-0, but McLain allowed 3 homeruns and 6 runs (4 earned) until he was pulled in the 7th inning. The 2 teams battled back and forth after that until Bill Freehan hit a walk-off solo homerun in the bottom of the 9th to win the game for Detroit 9-8.
Replay: McLain gets no decision in 1st start: 6 IP, 4 ER. Detroit wins 9-8 Season totals: 0-0, 6.00
IRL: McLain gets no decision in 1st start: 7 IP, 3 ER. Detroit wins 4-3 Season totals: 0-0, 3.86
BOXSCORE: 1968 Boston Red Sox At 1968 Detroit Tigers 4/11/1968
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
M.Andrews 2B 5 0 1 0 .400 D.McAuliffe 2B 4 1 1 1 .375
D.Jones 3B 4 3 2 2 .444 D.Wert 3B 4 0 2 0 .375
C.Yastrzemski LF 5 1 2 1 .333 A.Kaline RF 4 2 2 1 .571
R.Smith CF 4 2 2 1 .250 W.Horton LF 3 1 1 0 .250
G.Scott 1B 4 0 2 1 .333 A-M.Stanley PR,CF 1 0 0 0 .500
J.Lahoud RF 4 0 1 1 .250 N.Cash 1B 5 1 1 4 .167
R.Petrocelli SS 3 0 0 0 .500 J.Northrup CF,LF 5 1 2 0 .375
E.Howard C 4 0 0 0 .111 B.Freehan C 5 2 2 1 .333
J.Santiago P 2 0 0 0 .000 R.Oyler SS 3 0 1 1 .167
B-J.Tartabull PH 1 1 1 01.000 D.McLain P 3 1 1 0 .333
S.Lyle P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Hiller P 0 0 0 0 ----
D-J.Adair PH 1 1 1 01.000 C-J.Price PH 0 0 0 0 .000
L.Stange P 0 0 0 0 ---- P.Dobson P 0 0 0 0 ----
L.Cain P 0 0 0 0 ----
D.Patterson P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 37 8 12 6 Totals 37 9 13 8
A-Pinch Ran For Horton In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Santiago In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hiller In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Lyle In 9th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 - 8 12 1
Tigers.......... 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 - 9 13 1
Red Sox (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Santiago 6 10 6 6 3 4 1 9.00
S.Lyle 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 9.00
L.Stange LOSS(0-1) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 13.50
Totals 8 13 9 9 4 6 3
Tigers (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.McLain 6 9 6 4 2 1 3 6.00
J.Hiller BS(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
P.Dobson HOLD(1st) 1 1/3 2 2 2 1 1 0 7.71
L.Cain HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
D.Patterson W(1-0)B(1st) 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.86
Totals 9 12 8 6 4 3 3
ATTENDANCE- 41,046 DATE- Thursday, April 11th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:59
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 7 Tigers:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0 Tigers: 2
ERRORS- J.Santiago, B.Freehan
DOUBLES- D.Jones(1st), R.Smith(1st), J.Northrup-2(3rd), B.Freehan(1st)
TRIPLES- R.Oyler(1st), D.McLain
HOME RUNS- D.Jones(2nd), C.Yastrzemski(2nd), R.Smith(1st), A.Kaline(1st),
N.Cash(1st), B.Freehan(1st)
RBIs- D.Jones-2(5th), C.Yastrzemski(2nd), R.Smith(1st), G.Scott(1st),
J.Lahoud(2nd), D.McAuliffe(1st), A.Kaline(4th), N.Cash-4(4th),
B.Freehan(1st), R.Oyler(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Jones
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.McAuliffe
WALKS- R.Smith, G.Scott, J.Lahoud, R.Petrocelli, D.Wert, A.Kaline, W.Horton,
J.Price
HIT BY PITCH- R.Oyler
STRIKE OUTS- M.Andrews, J.Lahoud, E.Howard, W.Horton-2, M.Stanley, N.Cash,
B.Freehan, R.Oyler
GIDP- R.Petrocelli-2
WILD PITCHES- J.Santiago-2
PASSED BALLS- B.Freehan
2-out RBI- R.Oyler, C.Yastrzemski, J.Lahoud, G.Scott
RLISP 2-out- R.Oyler, N.Cash-2, W.Horton, D.McLain, E.Howard-2, G.Scott, D.Wert,
J.Lahoud
TEAM RISP- Red Sox: 3 for 9 Tigers: 3 for 14
The Detroit Tigers broke the deadlock in their last at bats, pulling out a 9 to 8
win over the Boston Red Sox and sending their hometown fans home
smiling.
Detroit won the game with a run in the bottom of the 9th inning. Bill Freehan
smashed a solo-shot out of the park resulting in a mighty exciting win for
Detroit and the 41,046 home town fans in attendance. Detroit had many
opportunities throughout the game and scored in 6 separate innings.
The win went to Daryl Patterson(1-0) who allowed no runs in 1/3 of an inning.
Lee Stange(0-1) was hit with the loss in relief. He gave up 1 hit and no
walks without retiring a batter.
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