The Detroit Tigers opened the 1968 AL season at home with a packed ballpark and high hopes for the year. But Detroit floundered badly today as the Boston Red Sox pounded them 11-6. Three errors committed by the hometeam proved costly, and the 3 homeruns among the 13 hits allowed by the pitching staff didn't help matters either. The Tiger batters kept trying to come back from a deficit throughout the game, but it was always 1 step forward, 2 steps back. Sloppy fielding and poor pitching did in Detroit on this Opening Day.
BOXSCORE: 1968 Boston Red Sox At 1968 Detroit Tigers 4/10/1968
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
M.Andrews 2B 5 1 3 3 .600 M.Stanley 1B 5 2 3 0 .600
D.Jones 3B 5 1 2 3 .400 D.McAuliffe 2B 4 2 2 0 .500
C.Yastrzemski LF 4 1 1 1 .250 A.Kaline RF 3 1 2 3 .667
R.Smith CF 4 0 0 0 .000 W.Horton LF 5 1 1 2 .200
G.Scott 1B 5 1 1 0 .200 B.Freehan C 4 0 1 0 .250
J.Lahoud RF 4 2 1 1 .250 J.Northrup CF 3 0 1 0 .333
R.Petrocelli SS 5 3 4 1 .800 D.Wert 3B 4 0 1 0 .250
E.Howard C 5 2 1 0 .200 R.Oyler SS 3 0 0 0 .000
D.Ellsworth P 2 0 0 1 .000 E.Wilson P 1 0 0 0 .000
L.Stange P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Hiller P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-D.Tracewski PH 1 0 0 0 .000
P.Dobson P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-J.Price PH 1 0 0 0 .000
D.Patterson P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-N.Cash PH 1 0 0 0 .000
D.Ribant P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 39 11 13 10 Totals 35 6 11 5
A-Pinch Hit For Hiller In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Dobson In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Patterson In 8th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 0 4 3 0 1 1 1 1 - 11 13 2
Tigers.......... 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 6 11 3
Red Sox (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Ellsworth WIN(1-0) 8 1/3 11 6 4 2 3 1 4.32
L.Stange 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Totals 9 11 6 4 2 4 1
Tigers (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Wilson LOSS(0-1) 3 2/3 7 7 4 0 3 1 9.82
J.Hiller 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
P.Dobson 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0.00
D.Patterson 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 4.50
D.Ribant 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9.00
Totals 9 13 11 6 3 8 3
ATTENDANCE- 53,036 DATE- Wednesday, April 10th 1968 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Larry Kapp, Al Salerno, Bill Haller, Jerry Neudecker
T- 2:40
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6 Tigers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Tigers: 0
ERRORS- J.Lahoud-2, M.Stanley, A.Kaline, B.Freehan
DOUBLES- G.Scott(1st), A.Kaline(1st), J.Northrup(1st)
TRIPLES- D.McAuliffe(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.Jones(1st), C.Yastrzemski(1st), J.Lahoud(1st), W.Horton(1st)
RBIs- M.Andrews-3(3rd), D.Jones-3(3rd), C.Yastrzemski(1st), J.Lahoud(1st),
R.Petrocelli(1st), D.Ellsworth, A.Kaline-3(3rd), W.Horton-2(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Ellsworth-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Kaline-2
WALKS- C.Yastrzemski, R.Smith, J.Lahoud, J.Northrup, R.Oyler
HIT BY PITCH- D.McAuliffe
STRIKE OUTS- R.Smith-2, G.Scott-2, J.Lahoud-2, D.Ellsworth-2, A.Kaline,
J.Northrup-2, E.Wilson
GIDP- N.Cash
BALKS- P.Dobson
PASSED BALLS- B.Freehan
2-out RBI- A.Kaline, W.Horton-2, M.Andrews-2, C.Yastrzemski
RLISP 2-out- W.Horton, R.Smith-2, M.Stanley-2, D.Ellsworth
TEAM RISP- Red Sox: 6 for 13 Tigers: 2 for 8
The Boston Red Sox had an easy time of it at Tiger Stadium defeating the
Detroit Tigers by a score of 11 to 6.
Boston went ahead for good in the top of the 4th inning as they scored 3 runs
on 3 base hits. Boston had many opportunities throughout the game and scored
in 6 separate innings.
The winning pitcher was Dick Ellsworth(1-0) who allowed 6 runs in 8 and 1/3
innings. Earl Wilson(0-1) absorbed the loss. He allowed Boston 7 runs in 3
and 2/3 innings of work.
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