1968 NL Game: Cin. @ SF

June 28, 1968

  Tony Cloninger, with relief help from Ted Abernathy, shutout the San Francisco Giants tonight on 2 hits and the Cincinnati Reds came away with a 1-0 victory. Gaylord Perry was the hard luck loser. The only run of the game was a homerun by Red's catcher Johnny Bench in the 2nd inning. With the win and a St. Louis loss tonight, Cincinnati is now tied with the Cardinals for 1st place in the NL.

BOXSCORE: 1968 Cincinnati Reds At 1968 San Francisco Giants         6/28/1968
 
  Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Rose RF           3  0  1  0 .319     R.Hunt 2B           3  0  0  0 .237  
  A.Johnson LF        3  0  1  0 .299     T.Cline RF          3  0  0  0 .176  
  M.Jones CF          2  0  1  0 .259     W.McCovey 1B        3  0  0  0 .279  
  T.Perez 3B          4  0  1  0 .291     J.Hart LF           3  0  0  0 .238  
  J.Bench C           3  1  1  1 .310     J.Hiatt C           4  0  0  0 .234  
  L.May 1B            3  0  2  0 .314     B.Bonds CF          4  0  1  0 .214  
  T.Helms 2B          4  0  0  0 .330     F.Johnson 3B        3  0  0  0 .148  
  W.Woodward SS       4  0  1  0 .349   D-D.Dietz PH          1  0  0  0 .231  
  T.Cloninger P       2  0  0  0 .200     H.Lanier SS         2  0  0  0 .216  
  T.Abernathy P       1  0  0  0 .000   A-J.Alou PH           1  0  0  0 .243  
                                        C-J.Davenport SS      0  0  0  0 .213  
                                        E-D.Marshall PH       1  0  0  0 .218  
                                          G.Perry P           1  0  1  0 .116  
                                        B-B.Barton PH         0  0  0  0 .316  
                                          J.Gibbon P          0  0  0  0 .400  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      29  1  8  1                 Totals      29  0  2  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Lanier In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Perry In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Alou In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Davenport In 9th Inning
 
Reds............ 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  8  0
Giants.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  2
 
Reds (44-28)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
T.Cloninger WIN(5-1)      6 2/3   2   0   0   5   5   0   2.13
T.Abernathy SAVE(8th)     2 1/3   0   0   0   1   2   0   2.11
Totals                    9       2   0   0   6   7   0
 
Giants (41-34)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
G.Perry LOSS(10-3)        7       6   1   1   3   4   1   2.00
J.Gibbon                  2       2   0   0   1   0   0   2.35
Totals                    9       8   1   1   4   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 18,370 DATE- Friday, June 28th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:08
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 8  Giants: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 0  Giants: 1
ERRORS- R.Hunt, J.Hiatt
HOME RUNS- J.Bench(6th)
RBIs- J.Bench(27th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Johnson(12th), L.May-2(5th), B.Bonds(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Jones-2, J.Bench, L.May
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Cloninger
WALKS- A.Johnson, M.Jones-2, J.Bench, R.Hunt, T.Cline, W.McCovey, J.Hart,
       G.Perry, B.Barton
HIT BY PITCH- L.May
STRIKE OUTS- M.Jones, T.Perez, J.Bench, W.Woodward, J.Hiatt, B.Bonds,
             F.Johnson-2, D.Dietz, H.Lanier, J.Alou
GIDP- T.Helms
CATCHERS INTERFERENCE- P.Rose
WILD PITCHES- J.Gibbon
PASSED BALLS- J.Bench
RLISP 2-out- T.Perez-3, T.Cloninger, J.Hart-2, R.Hunt
TEAM RISP- Reds: 1 for 9  Giants: 0 for 5
 
In a game for the baseball purist, Tony Cloninger(5-1) and Gaylord Perry(10-3)
squared off in a tense pitching duel, Cincinnati Reds finally emerged
victorious over San Francisco Giants, 1 to 0.
 
Cincinnati scored the only run of the game in the top of the 2nd inning.  That
early run support was enough for Cloninger and Cincinnati.  Cincinnati
finished with 8 hits while San Francisco ended up with 2.  
 
Ted Abernathy got the save, his 8th.

 

 

PARTIAL LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1968 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1968 Cincinnati CIN          44  28  .611 ----    91    35  37 .486   83  79 .512
1968 St. Louis SLN           45  29  .608 ----          46  28 .622   97  65 .599
1968 Philadelphia PHN        39  28  .582  2.5          33  34 .493   76  86 .469
1968 San Francisco SFN       41  34  .547  4.5          40  35 .533   88  74 .543
1968 Los Angeles LAN         41  35  .539  5.0          38  38 .500   76  86 .469
1968 Atlanta ATN             37  36  .507  7.5          39  34 .534   81  81 .500

1968 Detroit Game: Denny McLain Start #18

June 24, 1968

  The Detroit Tigers came roaring back in the late innings again tonight as they defeated the Cleveland Indians 7-4.  Denny McLain got the start for Detroit, but he wasn't around for the end of this one and got no decision in the game. McLain was roughed up by the Indians in the first 3 innings and by the time he left for a pinch hitter in the 8th inning, the Tigers trailed 4-0. The Detroit batters finally got to Cleveland starter Mike Paul in that 8th inning for 3 runs. Then in the 9th inning, Jim Northrup hit a solo homer off  Indian reliever Eddie Fisher to tie the game at 4 and send it into extra innings. The Tigers scored 3 runs in the 10th walked away with a 7-4 victory.
 The Tigers won all 5 games against the Indians in this series. 3 of the games where won in extra innings, and the other 2 were come-from-behind late inning rallies. Detroit has won 17 of their last 18 games and are really putting some distance between themselves and the rest of the AL.

Replay: McLain gets no decision in 18th start:  7 IP, 3 ER Detroit wins 7-4   Season totals: 11-3, 2.83
IRL:      McLain gets the Win in his 18th start:  9 IP, 3 ER Detroit wins 14-3 Season totals: 13-2, 2.05

BOXSCORE: 1968 Detroit Tigers At 1968 Cleveland Indians             6/24/1968
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.McAuliffe 2B      4  1  2  0 .296     B.Harris 2B         5  1  1  0 .138  
  D.Tracewski SS      3  2  0  0 .156     R.Snyder RF         4  2  3  1 .188  
  M.Stanley CF        3  0  0  1 .262     J.Hall CF           4  0  0  0 .200  
  B.Freehan 1B,C      5  1  2  2 .242     L.Maye LF           4  0  0  0 .284  
  W.Horton LF         5  1  3  2 .320   B-T.Harper LF         1  0  0  0 .182  
  D.Wert 3B           5  0  1  0 .240     D.Sims C            4  1  1  2 .363  
  J.Northrup RF       5  1  2  2 .306     W.Smith 1B          5  0  1  0 .071  
  J.Price C           3  0  0  0 .183     L.Brown SS          4  0  1  0 .229  
  J.Rooker P          0  0  0  0 ----     M.Alvis 3B          3  0  0  0 .217  
C-G.Brown PH          1  0  0  0 .293   D-J.Cardenal PR       0  0  0  0 .264  
  P.Dobson P          0  0  0  0 .200   E-V.Fuller 3B         0  0  0  0 .229  
F-T.Matchick PH       1  0  0  0 .262     M.Paul P            2  0  0  0 .000  
  F.Lasher P          0  0  0  0 ----     E.Fisher P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  D.McLain P          2  0  0  0 .104                                          
A-N.Cash PH,1B        2  1  0  0 .346                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      39  7 10  7                 Totals      36  4  7  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For McLain In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Maye In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Rooker In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Alvis In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Cardenal In 10th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Dobson In 10th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 3 1  3 -  7 10  2
Indians......... 1 0 3  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 -  4  7  1
 
Tigers (56-15)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.McLain                  7       7   4   3   1   6   1   2.83
J.Rooker                  1       0   0   0   1   2   0   0.00
P.Dobson WIN(5-0)         1       0   0   0   2   1   0   1.34
F.Lasher SAVE(4th)        1       0   0   0   0   1   0   0.84
Totals                   10       7   4   3   4  10   1
 
Indians (37-35)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Paul                    8       6   3   0   3   8   0   1.40
E.Fisher L(2-6) BS(2nd)   2       4   4   4   1   0   1   7.46
Totals                   10      10   7   4   4   8   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 17,511 DATE- Monday, June 24th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Jerry Neudecker, Larry Kapp, Al Salerno, Bill Haller
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 7  Indians: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  Indians: 1
ERRORS- J.Northrup, J.Price, L.Brown
DOUBLES- B.Harris(2nd), R.Snyder(2nd), W.Smith(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Northrup(14th), D.Sims(9th)
RBIs- M.Stanley(35th), B.Freehan-2(46th), W.Horton-2(59th), J.Northrup-2(51st),
      R.Snyder(4th), D.Sims-2(40th)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Stanley, M.Paul, E.Fisher
WALKS- D.McAuliffe, D.Tracewski-2, M.Stanley, R.Snyder, J.Hall, D.Sims, M.Alvis
STRIKE OUTS- D.Tracewski, M.Stanley, W.Horton, D.Wert, J.Northrup, J.Price,
             D.McLain-2, B.Harris, J.Hall-2, D.Sims, W.Smith-2, L.Brown,
             M.Alvis, M.Paul-2
GIDP- J.Northrup
WILD PITCHES- E.Fisher
2-out RBI- D.Sims-2, W.Horton, J.Northrup
RLISP 2-out- W.Smith-2, M.Alvis, D.Wert, J.Hall, T.Matchick
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 4 for 9  Indians: 2 for 12
 
At Municipal Stadium the spectacular Detroit Tigers outscored the ice-cold
Cleveland Indians in 10 innings 7 to 4.
 
Both teams had scored 4 runs after nine full innings.  Detroit won it in the
10th inning.  Dick Tracewski started the inning off right when he drew a
walk.  Mickey Stanley stepped up to the plate and he laid down a sacrifice
bunt.  Bill Freehan then delivered a single driving in a run.  Freehan took
second on the throw.  Willie Horton was up next and he ripped a base-hit
plating one more runner.  Horton took second on the throw.  One out later,
Jim Northrup stepped in and he ripped a base-knock scoring the final run of
the inning.  The Cleveland batters went down meekly in the bottom of the
10th.  
 
The winning pitcher was Pat Dobson(5-0) who allowed no runs in 1 inning.
Dobson got relief help from Fred Lasher who gained credit for his 4th save.
The losing pitcher was Eddie Fisher(2-6) in relief.  He was knocked around,
surrendering 4 runs in 2 innings.