June 1, 2018

1968 Detroit Game: Denny McLain Start #14

June 9, 1968

 Denny McLain and Luis Tiant squared off in the game today between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians. The expected close, tight ballgame only lasted 6 innings before all heck broke loose. Cleveland was leading 2-1 in the 7th when the Indians struck for 3 more runs off McLain. Detroit struck back on a 2-run homer from Willie Horton in the bottom of the 7th. With the score now 5-3 in the 9th inning, Indian catcher Joe Azcue hit a grandslam homerun off Daryl Patterson, seemingly putting the game out of reach for the Tigers. But that's when 'all heck broke loose'. Tiant went to the mound to finish the game in the bottom of the 9th with a 9-3 lead, but after giving up a walk and 2 singles, his day was over. Eddie Fisher came on in relief and was completely ineffective. He allowed Horton an RBI double, Don Wert an RBI single and then with 2 out, pinch-hitter Tommy Matchick hit a 3-run homer to tie the game and send it into extra innings. Detroit won the game in the 10th when Dick McAuliffe walked, stole 2nd, and scored on a Mickey Stanley base hit.

Replay: McLain gets no decision in 14th start:7 IP, 5 ER  Detroit wins 10-9  Season totals: 10-2, 2.84
IRL:      McLain gets 2nd loss in 14th start:  8 IP, 2 ER     Detroit loses 2-0   Season totals:   9-2, 2.18 


BOXSCORE: 1968 Cleveland Indians At 1968 Detroit Tigers              6/9/1968
 
  Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Brown SS          4  2  1  0 .227     D.McAuliffe 2B      3  2  0  0 .305  
  J.Cardenal CF       5  3  4  1 .264     M.Stanley CF        5  1  2  1 .275  
  L.Maye RF           5  1  2  2 .300     J.Northrup RF       4  2  2  1 .297  
  T.Horton 1B         4  1  1  2 .265     N.Cash 1B           4  1  1  1 .357  
  D.Sims LF           3  0  3  0 .381     W.Horton LF         3  2  2  3 .313  
A-T.Harper LF         1  0  0  0 .164     B.Freehan C         3  0  0  0 .235  
  J.Azcue C           5  1  2  4 .236     D.Wert 3B           4  1  0  1 .246  
  E.Fisher P          0  0  0  0 .000     R.Oyler SS          2  0  0  0 .138  
  M.Paul P            0  0  0  0 .000   B-E.Mathews PH        1  0  0  0 .171  
  M.Alvis 3B          5  0  2  0 .197   D-D.Tracewski SS      0  0  0  0 .179  
  V.Fuller 2B         4  1  0  0 .266   F-T.Matchick PH,SS    1  1  1  3 .233  
  L.Tiant P           4  0  0  0 .148     D.McLain P          2  0  0  0 .105  
E-K.Suarez C          1  0  0  0 .000     F.Lasher P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        C-G.Brown PH          1  0  0  0 .308  
                                          D.Patterson P       0  0  0  01.000  
                                        G-D.Campbell PH       1  0  0  0 .333  
                                          D.Ribant P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      41  9 15  9                 Totals      34 10  8 10
 
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Sims In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Oyler In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lasher In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Mathews In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Tiant In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Tracewski In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Patterson In 9th Inning
 
Indians......... 0 0 2  0 0 0  3 0 4  0 -  9 15  0
Tigers.......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  2 0 6  1 - 10  8  0
 
Indians (30-26)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
L.Tiant                   8       5   6   6   2   4   2   2.74
E.Fisher                  1       2   3   3   1   1   1   6.25
M.Paul LOSS(0-2)          0       1   1   1   1   0   0   7.36
Totals                    9       8  10  10   4   5   3
 
Tigers (41-14)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.McLain                  7      12   5   5   3   3   0   2.84
F.Lasher                  1       0   0   0   1   0   0   0.66
D.Patterson               1       3   4   4   1   0   1   7.13
D.Ribant WIN(1-0)         1       0   0   0   1   2   0   2.13
Totals                   10      15   9   9   6   5   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 41,652 DATE- Sunday, June 9th 1968 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Johnny Stevens, Emmett Ashford, George Honochik, Frank Umont
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 8  Tigers: 0
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1  Tigers: 1
DOUBLES- T.Horton(20th), W.Horton(10th)
HOME RUNS- J.Azcue(2nd), N.Cash(12th), W.Horton(15th), T.Matchick(1st)
RBIs- J.Cardenal(24th), L.Maye-2(10th), T.Horton-2(29th), J.Azcue-4(12th),
      M.Stanley(29th), J.Northrup(38th), N.Cash(33rd), W.Horton-3(42nd),
      D.Wert(24th), T.Matchick-3(6th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Cardenal-3(27th), D.McAuliffe(7th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Cardenal, D.Sims
WALKS- L.Brown-2, J.Cardenal, T.Horton, D.Sims, V.Fuller, D.McAuliffe-2,
       W.Horton, B.Freehan
STRIKE OUTS- L.Brown, M.Alvis, V.Fuller-2, K.Suarez, J.Northrup, N.Cash,
             B.Freehan, R.Oyler, D.McLain
GIDP- M.Alvis, D.Wert
2-out RBI- T.Horton-2, J.Cardenal, L.Maye-2, W.Horton-2, J.Azcue-4,
           T.Matchick-3
RLISP 2-out- V.Fuller, D.Sims, L.Maye, L.Tiant
TEAM RISP- Indians: 6 for 12  Tigers: 5 for 7
 
Willie Horton slammed a homerun and had 3 RBI as the impressive Detroit Tigers
defeated the Cleveland Indians in 10 innings 10 to 9 at Tiger Stadium.
 
The game was deadlocked at 9 after nine full innings.  Detroit came out on top
in the 10th inning.  Dick McAuliffe drew a walk.  McAuliffe got a great jump
and stole second easily.  Mickey Stanley then laced a single giving Detroit
the win much to the delight of the home town crowd.  Cleveland had 15 hits in
the game while Detroit had 8, but Detroit had the more timely hits.  
 
The winning pitcher was Dennis Ribant(1-0) who allowed no runs in 1 inning.
Mike Paul(0-2) took the loss in relief.  He was unable to retire a batter
giving up 1 hit and 1 walk.

 

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