1968 Detroit Game: Denny McLain Start #22

July 12, 1968

 Denny McLain had one of his finer outings tonight in Minnesota as his Detroit Tigers defeated the Twins 3-1. McLain went the distance for Detroit striking out 13, a season high, and not allowing an earned run. Willie Horton supplied the muscle for the Tigers by hitting a 2-run homer in the 6th inning breaking a 1-1 tie.

Replay: McLain gets the Win in his 22nd start: 9 IP, 0 ER Detroit wins 3-1 Season totals: 14-3, 2.86
IRL:      McLain gets the Win in his 22nd start: 9 IP, 0 ER Detroit wins 5-1 Season totals: 17-2, 1.99

BOXSCORE: 1968 Detroit Tigers At 1968 Minnesota Twins               7/12/1968
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.McAuliffe 2B      5  0  0  0 .294     C.Tovar LF          4  0  2  0 .276  
  M.Stanley CF        5  0  0  0 .262     R.Carew 2B          4  0  0  0 .300  
  A.Kaline 1B,RF      4  1  1  0 .278     T.Oliva RF          4  0  1  0 .326  
  B.Freehan C         2  1  1  1 .254     R.Reese 1B          4  0  0  0 .225  
  W.Horton LF         3  1  1  2 .318     T.Uhlaender CF      4  0  1  0 .283  
A-N.Cash 1B           0  0  0  0 .354     F.Quilici 3B        3  1  1  0 .261  
  D.Wert 3B           4  0  1  0 .238     R.Renick SS         3  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Northrup RF,LF    3  0  0  0 .306     B.Look C            3  0  0  0 .283  
  R.Oyler SS          3  0  0  0 .144     J.Kaat P            2  0  0  0 .063  
  D.McLain P          3  0  0  0 .100   B-B.Allison PH        1  0  0  0 .240  
                                          R.Perranoski P      0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  3  4  3                 Totals      32  1  5  0
 
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Horton In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kaat In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 1 0 0  0 0 2  0 0 0  -  3  4  2
Twins........... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  5  2
 
Tigers (65-20)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.McLain WIN(14-3)        9       5   1   0   0  13   0   2.86
Totals                    9       5   1   0   0  13   0
 
Twins (48-35)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Kaat LOSS(3-9)          8       4   3   3   3   3   1   2.39
R.Perranoski              1       0   0   0   1   0   0   4.50
Totals                    9       4   3   3   4   3   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 13,904 DATE- Friday, July 12th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:13
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8  Twins: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Twins: 0
ERRORS- A.Kaline, J.Northrup, C.Tovar, R.Renick
DOUBLES- B.Freehan(14th), F.Quilici(8th)
HOME RUNS- W.Horton(29th)
RBIs- B.Freehan(56th), W.Horton-2(72nd)
STOLEN BASES- C.Tovar(25th), T.Oliva(10th)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.McLain
WALKS- B.Freehan, W.Horton, J.Northrup, R.Oyler
HIT BY PITCH- B.Freehan
STRIKE OUTS- D.McAuliffe, R.Oyler-2, C.Tovar, R.Carew, T.Oliva, R.Reese,
             T.Uhlaender-2, R.Renick-3, B.Look-2, J.Kaat-2
BALKS- R.Perranoski
2-out RBI- B.Freehan
RLISP 2-out- D.Wert, R.Reese-2, R.Oyler, F.Quilici, B.Freehan-2
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 0 for 6  Twins: 0 for 5
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Ted Uhlaender robbed Willie Horton of an extra base hit.
 
Denny McLain retired 13 batters on strikeouts at Metropolitan Stadium as the
Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 3 to 1.
 
McLain(14-3) came through with a virtuoso performance against the Minnesota
hitters.  He allowed just 5 hits and no walks in 9 innings.  The Minnesota
bats were silent in the bottom of the 9th.  
 
Jim Kaat(3-9) was the losing pitcher.  He pitched 8 innings and surrendered 4
hits and 3 walks. McLain was pleased with his performance.  He noted, 'I had
good command of all my pitches.  Just as important, my location was right
on.'