April 18, 2018

1968 Detroit Game: Denny McLain Start #9

May 20, 1968

  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  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         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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