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
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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.
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