1968 AL Game of Note: Luis Tiant No-Hitter

May 26, 1968

  Cleveland's Luis Tiant threw the 1st no-hitter of the 1968 MLB season.  Tiant was phenomenal on the mound against the California Angels and the Indians walked away with an easy 6-0 victory. Tiant walked 3 and struck out 7 in getting his 6th Win of the year.

BOXSCORE: 1968 Cleveland Indians At 1968 California Angels          5/26/1968
 
  Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Angels             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Salmon 2B         2  1  0  0 .314     P.Schaal 3B         4  0  0  0 .222  
  V.Davalillo RF      3  0  0  0 .365     J.Fregosi SS        4  0  0  0 .213  
  L.Maye LF           4  1  1  2 .231     R.Repoz CF          3  0  0  0 .225  
  J.Azcue C           4  0  0  0 .167     D.Mincher 1B        3  0  0  0 .195  
  J.Cardenal CF       4  1  2  1 .260     R.Reichardt LF      2  0  0  0 .302  
  T.Horton 1B         3  0  1  0 .245     E.Kirkpatrick RF    2  0  0  0 .207  
  M.Alvis 3B          2  1  0  1 .177     B.Rodgers C         3  0  0  0 .189  
  L.Brown SS          4  1  0  0 .218     B.Knoop 2B          3  0  0  0 .262  
  L.Tiant P           3  1  2  2 .235     M.Pattin P          1  0  0  0 .000  
                                        A-C.Hinton PH         0  0  0  0 .233  
                                          T.Burgmeier P       0  0  0  0 .500  
                                        B-T.Satriano PH       1  0  0  0 .265  
                                          M.Rojas P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      29  6  6  6                 Totals      26  0  0  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Pattin In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Burgmeier In 8th Inning
 
Indians......... 0 1 3  2 0 0  0 0 0  -  6  6  0
Angels.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  0  1
 
Indians (23-18)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
L.Tiant WIN(6-2)          9       0   0   0   3   7   0   2.73
Totals                    9       0   0   0   3   7   0
 
Angels (17-25)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Pattin LOSS(1-1)        6       6   6   4   1   0   0   3.77
T.Burgmeier               2       0   0   0   0   1   0   3.75
M.Rojas                   1       0   0   0   0   0   0   4.19
Totals                    9       6   6   4   1   1   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 19,845 DATE- Sunday, May 26th 1968 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Frank Umont, Johnny Stevens, Emmett Ashford, George Honochik
T- 2:10
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 2  Angels: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1  Angels: 1
ERRORS- B.Rodgers
DOUBLES- L.Tiant
RBIs- L.Maye-2(6th), J.Cardenal(16th), M.Alvis(20th), L.Tiant-2
STOLEN BASES- T.Horton(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Cardenal
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Salmon, V.Davalillo
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Alvis
WALKS- M.Alvis, R.Repoz, E.Kirkpatrick, C.Hinton
HIT BY PITCH- C.Salmon, T.Horton, R.Reichardt
STRIKE OUTS- L.Tiant, J.Fregosi, R.Repoz-2, R.Reichardt, E.Kirkpatrick,
             B.Rodgers, B.Knoop
GIDP- V.Davalillo, B.Rodgers
WILD PITCHES- L.Tiant
2-out RBI- J.Cardenal
RLISP 2-out- L.Brown, V.Davalillo, T.Satriano
TEAM RISP- Indians: 3 for 8  Angels: 0 for 1
WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Larry Brown robbed Paul Schaal of a base hit.
 
Luis Tiant(6-2) was on top of his game in California as he tossed a beauty of
a no-hitter against the California Angels.  The Cleveland Indians won by a
score of 6 to 0.
 
Tiant had an afternoon to remember.  He walked 3 California batters.  The
Cleveland players and coaches started to leave Tiant alone with his thoughts
after the game reached the 7th inning.  By the time the 9th inning rolled
around, you could hear a pin drop every time he went to his wind-up - and an
explosion after every out.  Both teams' bats went to sleep after the 4th
inning with no runs scored after that point.  
 
Marty Pattin(1-1) ended up with the loss.  'Tiant was simply incredible'
losing pitcher Pattin said.  'I hate to admit this but I'd pay to watch a man
pitch like that'