1968 Detroit Game: Denny McLain Start #10

May 25, 1968

  Denny McLain pitched another gem tonight as he out-dueled Lew Krausse of the Oakland A's. McLain scattered 8 hits and struck out 8 while shutting out the A's in Detroit's 1-0 victory. Norm Cash hit a homerun in the 7th inning and that would be all the scoring in the game. McLain threw his 2nd shutout in a row and extended his scoreless inning streak to 20.

Replay: McLain gets 7th Win in 10th start: 9 IP, 0 ER  Detroit wins 1-0  Season totals: 7-2, 2.85
IRL:      McLain gets 7th Win in 10th start: 9 IP, 1 ER  Detroit wins 2-1  Season totals: 7-1, 2.14 

BOXSCORE: 1968 Detroit Tigers At 1968 Oakland A's                   5/25/1968
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.McAuliffe 2B      3  0  2  0 .281     B.Campaneris SS     4  0  0  0 .285  
  J.Northrup CF,LF    4  0  1  0 .287     J.Donaldson 2B      3  0  1  0 .277  
  A.Kaline RF         3  0  1  0 .280     S.Bando 3B,LF       4  0  2  0 .291  
  B.Freehan C         4  0  0  0 .229     D.Cater 1B          4  0  1  0 .314  
  W.Horton LF         4  0  0  0 .333     J.Pagliaroni C      4  0  1  0 .225  
C-M.Stanley CF        0  0  0  0 .302     J.Gosger CF         4  0  0  0 .106  
  N.Cash 1B           4  1  3  1 .363     R.Jackson RF        3  0  1  0 .188  
  D.Wert 3B           4  0  0  0 .260     J.Rudi LF           2  0  1  0 .171  
  R.Oyler SS          3  0  0  0 .144   A-D.Green PH,3B       2  0  0  0 .189  
  D.McLain P          3  0  0  0 .040     L.Krausse P         2  0  0  0 .133  
                                        B-R.Lachemann PH      1  0  1  0 .140  
                                          P.Lindblad P        0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  1  7  1                 Totals      33  0  8  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Rudi In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Krausse In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Horton In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  1  7  0
A's............. 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  8  0
 
Tigers (28-10)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.McLain WIN(7-2)         9       8   0   0   2   8   0   2.85
Totals                    9       8   0   0   2   8   0
 
A's (20-19)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
L.Krausse LOSS(4-3)       7       5   1   1   3   2   1   1.92
P.Lindblad                2       2   0   0   0   1   0   1.38
Totals                    9       7   1   1   3   3   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 15,855 DATE- Saturday, May 25th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bill Haller, Jerry Neudecker, Larry Kapp, Al Salerno
T- 2:20
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 7  A's: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  A's: 2
TRIPLES- D.McAuliffe(3rd)
HOME RUNS- N.Cash(6th)
RBIs- N.Cash(22nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- R.Jackson
WALKS- D.McAuliffe, A.Kaline, R.Oyler, J.Donaldson, R.Jackson
STRIKE OUTS- D.Wert-2, D.McLain, B.Campaneris-2, J.Gosger, R.Jackson, J.Rudi,
             D.Green, L.Krausse-2
GIDP- A.Kaline, B.Freehan, D.Cater
RLISP 2-out- B.Freehan-2, D.McLain, L.Krausse, J.Pagliaroni
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 0 for 6  A's: 0 for 2
 
Denny McLain tossed a complete game shutout as the Detroit Tigers defeated the
Oakland A's by the score of 1 to 0 at Oakland Coliseum.
 
McLain(7-2) looked very much in control throughout the night.  He allowed just
8 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings dropping his ERA from 3.21 to 2.85.  Detroit
totaled 7 hits on the night.  
 
Lew Krausse(4-3) was the losing pitcher.  He pitched 7 innings allowing 5 hits
and 3 walks.