The Detroit Tigers staged a dramatic comeback win today as they scored 3 runs in the 9th to defeat the Minnesota Twins 4-3. Denny McLain got the start for Detroit but left the game after the 7th inning with his team trailing 3-0. Jim Northrup hit a 2-run bomb in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game. After another hit and a walk, Don Wert came through with a game winning single.
Replay: McLain gets no decision in 15th start: 7 IP, 3 ER Detroit wins 4-3 Season totals: 10-2, 2.90
IRL: McLain gets 10th Win in 15th start: 9IP, 1 ER Detroit wins 3-1 Season totals: 10-2, 2.10
BOXSCORE: 1968 Minnesota Twins At 1968 Detroit Tigers 6/13/1968
Twins AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
C.Tovar 2B 5 1 1 0 .281 D.McAuliffe 2B 4 1 1 0 .304
D-F.Quilici 2B 0 0 0 0 .286 M.Stanley CF 5 0 1 0 .264
T.Uhlaender CF 4 0 1 1 .255 J.Northrup RF 5 1 3 2 .306
T.Oliva RF 3 1 2 0 .341 B.Freehan 1B,C 3 2 2 1 .250
R.Reese 1B 4 0 1 1 .226 W.Horton LF 3 0 1 0 .309
R.Rollins 3B 4 0 0 0 .242 D.Wert 3B 4 0 2 1 .243
J.Roseboro C 4 0 1 0 .142 J.Price C 3 0 0 0 .178
J.Holt LF 4 0 1 0 .211 J.Warden P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Hernandez SS 4 1 1 1 .169 B-D.Tracewski PH,SS 1 0 0 0 .175
J.Merritt P 3 0 1 0 .143 R.Oyler SS 2 0 0 0 .145
R.Perranoski P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-D.Campbell PH 1 0 0 0 .250
J.Hiller P 0 0 0 0 .167
D.McLain P 2 0 0 0 .100
A-N.Cash PH,1B 2 0 0 0 .359
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Totals 35 3 9 3 Totals 35 4 10 4
A-Pinch Hit For McLain In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Warden In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Oyler In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Tovar In 9th Inning
Twins........... 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 2
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 - 4 10 0
Twins (32-27) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Merritt LOSS(8-5) 8 1/3 9 4 4 3 5 2 2.98
R.Perranoski 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.64
Totals 8 1/3 10 4 4 3 5 2
Tigers (45-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.McLain 7 8 3 3 3 5 1 2.90
J.Warden 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.71
J.Hiller WIN(3-2) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.72
Totals 9 9 3 3 4 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 37,540 DATE- Thursday, June 13th 1968 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:42
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 9 Tigers:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 1 Tigers: 0
ERRORS- C.Tovar, R.Rollins
DOUBLES- T.Uhlaender(11th), T.Oliva(15th), J.Merritt, J.Northrup(12th),
B.Freehan(11th)
TRIPLES- T.Oliva(4th)
HOME RUNS- J.Hernandez(5th), J.Northrup(12th), B.Freehan(11th)
RBIs- T.Uhlaender(23rd), R.Reese(6th), J.Hernandez(13th), J.Northrup-2(41st),
B.Freehan(40th), D.Wert(25th)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Wert
WALKS- T.Uhlaender, T.Oliva-2, J.Merritt, D.McAuliffe, W.Horton, R.Oyler
HIT BY PITCH- B.Freehan-2, W.Horton
STRIKE OUTS- T.Uhlaender, R.Reese, J.Holt-2, J.Hernandez, D.Wert, J.Price,
D.Campbell, D.McLain, N.Cash
GIDP- J.Price
2-out RBI- T.Uhlaender
RLISP 2-out- R.Reese-3, W.Horton, M.Stanley-2, J.Roseboro, J.Northrup, N.Cash
TEAM RISP- Twins: 1 for 7 Tigers: 2 for 10
WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Mickey Stanley robbed Jim Merritt of an extra base hit.
Right fielder Jim Northrup left the yard and had 2 RBI as the Detroit Tigers
rallied impressively to win in dramatic style over Minnesota Twins, 4 to
3.
Detroit erupted with the game winning runs in the bottom of the 9th inning
with 3 runs using 4 hits. Dick McAuliffe led off and got things going when
he laced a single. After an out was recorded, Northrup came up and he lifted
one out of the park for a two run home run. Bill Freehan then doubled.
Willie Horton was up next and he was walked intentionally. Don Wert came up
to bat and delivered a single making Detroit the victors to the delight of
the home town faithful. Detroit rapped out 10 hits for the afternoon.
John Hiller(3-2) went 1 inning allowing no runs for the win. The loss was
charged to Jim Merritt(8-5). He surrendered 4 runs and 9 hits in 8 and 1/3
innings.
'That was exciting!,' Northrup said. 'I would have paid money to watch this
one.'
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