1968 AL Game: Lolich Wins 10th

June 4, 1968

  Detroit's Mickey Lolich became the 1st player in the AL to Win 10 games this season when he went the distance in the Tiger's 6-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox today. Lolich improved his record to 10-1 and carries a fine 1.88 ERA. Mickey helped his own cause in the game by getting 2 hits and scoring twice.

BOXSCORE: 1968 Detroit Tigers At 1968 Boston Red Sox                 6/4/1968
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.McAuliffe 2B      5  1  3  2 .302     M.Andrews 2B        4  0  2  0 .224  
  M.Stanley CF        5  1  1  1 .276     J.Foy 3B            3  0  0  0 .211  
  J.Northrup RF       3  0  0  0 .279     C.Yastrzemski LF    4  0  0  0 .256  
  N.Cash 1B           5  0  1  1 .355     K.Harrelson RF      4  1  2  0 .289  
  B.Freehan C         5  0  1  0 .238     G.Scott 1B          4  2  2  2 .180  
  G.Brown LF          3  1  1  0 .348     R.Smith CF          3  0  1  1 .343  
  D.Wert 3B           4  1  2  2 .259     R.Petrocelli SS     4  0  0  0 .234  
  R.Oyler SS          4  0  0  0 .140     E.Howard C          4  0  1  0 .214  
  M.Lolich P          4  2  2  0 .161     G.Bell P            3  0  0  0 .143  
                                          B.Landis P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  6 11  6                 Totals      33  3  8  3
 
 
Tigers.......... 1 3 0  0 0 0  0 0 2  -  6 11  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  2 0 0  0 0 1  -  3  8  1
 
Tigers (37-12)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Lolich WIN(10-1)        9       8   3   3   1   8   1   1.88
Totals                    9       8   3   3   1   8   1
 
Red Sox (23-26)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
G.Bell LOSS(2-5)          8 2/3  11   6   6   3   6   2   3.28
B.Landis                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
Totals                    9      11   6   6   3   6   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 20,208 DATE- Tuesday, June 4th 1968 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:02
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8  Red Sox: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  Red Sox: 0
ERRORS- C.Yastrzemski
DOUBLES- D.McAuliffe-2(12th), M.Lolich, R.Smith(17th)
TRIPLES- D.McAuliffe(5th)
HOME RUNS- M.Stanley(5th), D.Wert(7th), G.Scott(2nd)
RBIs- D.McAuliffe-2(20th), M.Stanley(25th), N.Cash(28th), D.Wert-2(22nd),
      G.Scott-2(16th), R.Smith(31st)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Northrup
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Foy
WALKS- J.Northrup-2, G.Brown, R.Smith
STRIKE OUTS- J.Northrup, B.Freehan, D.Wert, R.Oyler-2, M.Lolich, J.Foy,
             C.Yastrzemski, K.Harrelson-2, G.Scott, R.Petrocelli, G.Bell-2
GIDP- C.Yastrzemski
2-out RBI- D.McAuliffe, N.Cash
RLISP 2-out- K.Harrelson, M.Stanley-2, D.Wert, B.Freehan, E.Howard
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 2 for 7  Red Sox: 0 for 4
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Dick McAuliffe robbed Reggie Smith of a base hit.
          Bot 7th: Dick McAuliffe robbed Gary Bell of a base hit.
 
Mickey Lolich went the distance at Fenway Park as the Detroit Tigers beat the
Boston Red Sox by the count of 6 to 3.
 
Detroit set the tone of the game in the first inning scoring a single run.
After an out was recorded, Mickey Stanley providing the offense himself as he
belted a solo home run.  Detroit managed 11 hits in their victory.
 
Lolich(10-1), allowing 3 runs for the game, picked up the victory. The loss
was charged to Gary Bell(2-5).  He was unable to control the Detroit offense
and allowed 11 hits and 3 walks in 8 and 2/3 innings.