Denny McLain pitched a gem tonight against the Minnesota Twins. McLain allowed only 1 hit as he shutout the Twins and the Tigers won the game by a score of 4-0. McLain was perfect until the 6th inning and Ted Uhlander got the only hit with 2 outs in the inning. The Tiger batters were having a tough time against Jim Merritt and only scored 2 runs until he left the game after the 8th inning. Detroit added 2 runs in the 9th and gave McLain a little more breathing room to close out the Win.
Replay: McLain gets 6th Win in 9th start: 9 IP, 0 ER Detroit wins 4-0 Season totals: 6-2, 3.21
IRL: McLain gets 6th Win in 9th start: 10 IP, 3 ER Detroit wins 4-3 Season totals: 6-1, 2.41
BOXSCORE: 1968 Detroit Tigers At 1968 Minnesota Twins 5/20/1968
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG
M.Stanley 1B,CF 4 1 1 0 .307 T.Uhlaender CF 4 0 1 0 .266
D.McAuliffe 2B 3 1 1 0 .283 C.Tovar SS,C 3 0 0 0 .295
A.Kaline RF 3 1 0 0 .270 R.Carew 2B 4 0 0 0 .270
B.Freehan C 2 1 1 2 .242 H.Killebrew 1B 4 0 0 0 .197
W.Horton LF 3 0 1 1 .352 T.Oliva RF 4 0 0 0 .362
A-N.Cash 1B 0 0 0 1 .317 R.Rollins 3B 3 0 0 0 .276
J.Northrup CF,LF 4 0 0 0 .303 R.Reese LF 2 0 0 0 .143
D.Wert 3B 4 0 1 0 .257 B-B.Allison PH,LF 0 0 0 0 .236
R.Oyler SS 3 0 0 0 .153 J.Roseboro C 2 0 0 0 .168
D.McLain P 3 0 0 0 .045 D-J.Hernandez PR,SS 0 0 0 0 .163
J.Merritt P 2 0 0 0 .143
C-R.Clark PH 1 0 0 0 .222
R.Perranoski P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 29 4 5 4 Totals 29 0 1 0
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Horton In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Reese In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Merritt In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Roseboro In 8th Inning
Tigers.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 4 5 2
Twins........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0
Tigers (26-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.McLain WIN(6-2) 9 1 0 0 3 9 0 3.21
Totals 9 1 0 0 3 9 0
Twins (20-15) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Merritt LOSS(6-2) 8 4 2 2 1 5 0 2.67
R.Perranoski 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5.64
Totals 9 5 4 4 3 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 13,970 DATE- Monday, May 20th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 3 Twins: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1 Twins: 1
ERRORS- M.Stanley, B.Freehan
DOUBLES- W.Horton(7th)
RBIs- B.Freehan-2(25th), W.Horton(29th), N.Cash(19th)
STOLEN BASES- D.McAuliffe(6th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Freehan, N.Cash
WALKS- D.McAuliffe, A.Kaline, B.Freehan, C.Tovar, B.Allison, J.Roseboro
STRIKE OUTS- M.Stanley, A.Kaline, W.Horton, R.Oyler, D.McLain, T.Uhlaender,
C.Tovar, R.Carew-2, H.Killebrew, T.Oliva, R.Rollins, J.Merritt,
R.Clark
GIDP- R.Oyler
RLISP 2-out- W.Horton, C.Tovar, D.Wert, T.Uhlaender
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 1 for 5 Twins: 0 for 4
Denny McLain took a no-hitter into the 6th inning at Metropolitan Stadium as
the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 4 to 0.
McLain(6-2) was on top of his game. He surrendered only 1 hit and 3 walks in
9 innings lowering his ERA from 3.69 to 3.21. The right-handed McLain lost
his chance for a no-hitter when Ted Uhlaender singled with two outs in the
6th inning. Detroit managed only 5 hits on the night.
Jim Merritt(6-2) absorbed the loss. He was stingy with the baserunners,
allowing just 4 hits and 1 walk in 8 innings. Detroit continued their
winnings ways improving their record to a league leading 26-9. They are 9-1
in their last ten games. With this loss, Minnesota has a 4-6 record of late,
20-15 overall.
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