1968 AL Game: Min. @ Det.

June 12, 1968

 In a great pitching duel, Mickey Lolich and the Detroit Tigers came out on top of Jim Kaat and the Minnesota Twins 1-0. The only run of the game was scored on a homerun in the 7th inning by the unlikeliest of hitters, Ray Oyler. For Oyler, it was his 1st homer of the season (rolled a 3-11 vs. lefties). Mickey Lolich went the distance for Detroit, throwing a 4-hit shutout for his 12th Win of the season.

BOXSCORE: 1968 Minnesota Twins At 1968 Detroit Tigers               6/12/1968
 
  Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Tovar 2B,C        4  0  1  0 .282     D.McAuliffe 2B      3  0  1  0 .305  
  J.Hernandez SS      4  0  0  0 .167     M.Stanley CF        4  0  0  0 .266  
  T.Oliva RF          4  0  0  0 .336     J.Northrup RF       4  0  2  0 .299  
  H.Killebrew 1B      3  0  0  0 .227     W.Horton LF         4  0  1  0 .308  
  B.Allison LF        3  0  1  0 .236   C-W.Comer LF          0  0  0  0 .286  
  R.Rollins 3B        3  0  0  0 .253     B.Freehan 1B        3  0  2  0 .243  
  J.Zimmerman C       2  0  1  0 .172     D.Wert 3B           3  0  0  0 .238  
A-R.Clark PH,2B       1  0  1  0 .191     J.Price C           3  0  0  0 .190  
  T.Uhlaender CF      3  0  0  0 .255     R.Oyler SS          3  1  2  1 .147  
  J.Kaat P            2  0  0  0 .000     M.Lolich P          3  0  1  0 .171  
B-J.Holt PH           1  0  0  0 .200                                          
  R.Perranoski P      0  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  0  4  0                 Totals      30  1  9  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Zimmerman In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kaat In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Horton In 9th Inning
 
Twins........... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0    -  1  9  0
 
Twins (32-26)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Kaat LOSS(1-6)          7       9   1   1   1   2   1   1.64
R.Perranoski              1       0   0   0   0   1   0   4.64
Totals                    8       9   1   1   1   3   1
 
Tigers (44-14)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Lolich WIN(12-1)        9       4   0   0   1   9   0   1.87
Totals                    9       4   0   0   1   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 44,305 DATE- Wednesday, June 12th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- John Rice, Cal Drummond, Jim Odom, Ed Runge
T- 2:10
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 4  Tigers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 2  Tigers: 0
DOUBLES- C.Tovar(10th), J.Zimmerman(4th), R.Clark(1st), B.Freehan(10th)
HOME RUNS- R.Oyler(1st)
RBIs- R.Oyler(13th)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Allison
WALKS- H.Killebrew, D.McAuliffe
STRIKE OUTS- J.Hernandez, T.Oliva-4, H.Killebrew, B.Allison, R.Rollins-2,
             D.McAuliffe, M.Stanley, M.Lolich
GIDP- W.Horton-2
2-out RBI- R.Oyler
RLISP 2-out- R.Oyler, H.Killebrew, T.Uhlaender, C.Tovar
TEAM RISP- Twins: 0 for 7  Tigers: 0 for 4
 
Mickey Lolich had a strong outing at Tiger Stadium where the Detroit Tigers
beat the Minnesota Twins 1 to 0.
 
Detroit scored the only run of the game in the bottom of the 7th inning.
After two outs Ray Oyler smashed a solo-shot out of the park.  The Minnesota
batters went down meekly in the 9th.  
 
Lolich(12-1) went the distance for the shutout. Jim Kaat(1-6) ended up with
the loss.  He pitched 7 innings giving up 9 hits and 1 walk.
 
'He was moving it around and spotting it very well.' Cal Ermer said.  Lolich
pitched a great game. He deserves all the credit.'