September 4, 2018

1968 Detroit Game: Denny McLain Start #23

July 16, 1968

 Denny McLain was hit hard tonight and left the game after the 5th inning with Detroit trailing the Oakland A's 4-2. But the Tigers came back to tie the game at 4 in the 8th inning before finally losing it 5-4. McLain got no decision while Fred Lasher took the loss.

Replay: McLain gets no decision in 23rd start: 5 IP, 4 ER Detroit loses 5-4 Season totals: 14-3, 2.98
IRL:      McLain gets the Win in his 23rd start: 9 IP, 0 ER Detroit wins 4-0 Season totals: 18-2, 1.89

BOXSCORE: 1968 Detroit Tigers At 1968 Oakland A's                   7/16/1968
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.McAuliffe 2B      5  0  1  0 .286     J.Donaldson 2B      4  1  1  0 .268  
  M.Stanley CF        5  1  1  0 .258     D.Cater 1B          4  2  2  1 .311  
  J.Northrup RF       5  0  1  0 .302     R.Monday CF         4  0  2  1 .319  
  A.Kaline 1B         5  0  1  0 .272     S.Bando 3B          4  0  2  2 .243  
  W.Horton LF         4  1  1  0 .305     R.Jackson RF        4  0  0  0 .215  
  B.Freehan C         4  2  3  2 .262     J.Rudi LF           3  0  0  0 .189  
  T.Matchick SS       4  0  1  0 .253   B-M.Hershberger LF    1  0  1  0 .192  
  D.Wert 3B           2  0  1  1 .242   D-J.Gosger PR,LF      0  1  0  0 .132  
  D.McLain P          1  0  0  0 .098     D.Duncan C          3  0  0  0 .160  
A-G.Brown PH          1  0  0  0 .283     T.Kubiak SS         4  0  2  1 .242  
  P.Dobson P          0  0  0  0 .200     C.Dobson P          3  1  1  0 .245  
C-N.Cash PH           1  0  1  0 .351     P.Lindblad P        0  0  0  0 .333  
  F.Lasher P          0  0  0  0 ----   E-R.Webster PH        0  0  0  0 .197  
  J.Hiller P          0  0  0  0 .222   F-B.Campaneris PH     1  0  0  0 .301  
                                          J.Aker P            0  0  0  0 .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  4 11  3                 Totals      35  5 11  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For McLain In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Rudi In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Dobson In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Hershberger In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Lindblad In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Webster In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 1 0 0  1 0 0  0 2 0  -  4 11  0
A's............. 1 0 2  0 1 0  0 1    -  5 11  2
 
Tigers (67-22)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.McLain                  5       9   4   4   0   4   0   2.98
P.Dobson                  2       0   0   0   0   2   0   1.87
F.Lasher LOSS(1-3)        0 2/3   2   1   1   1   0   0   1.71
J.Hiller                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   1.81
Totals                    8      11   5   5   1   6   0
 
A's (40-48)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Dobson                  7 2/3  11   4   3   0   7   1   3.77
P.Lindblad WIN(5-3)       0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   1.48
J.Aker SAVE(10th)         1       0   0   0   0   0   0   4.25
Totals                    9      11   4   3   0   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 11,984 DATE- Tuesday, July 16th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Jerry Neudecker, Larry Kapp, Al Salerno, Bill Haller
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 9  A's: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  A's: 1
ERRORS- R.Monday, T.Kubiak
DOUBLES- D.McAuliffe(17th), D.Wert(7th), J.Donaldson(8th), T.Kubiak(3rd),
         C.Dobson
TRIPLES- B.Freehan(2nd), D.Cater(3rd)
HOME RUNS- B.Freehan(15th)
RBIs- B.Freehan-2(59th), D.Wert(36th), D.Cater(27th), R.Monday(33rd),
      S.Bando-2(43rd), T.Kubiak(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.McLain
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Wert
WALKS- D.Duncan
HIT BY PITCH- D.Wert
STRIKE OUTS- D.McAuliffe-2, M.Stanley, J.Northrup, A.Kaline, W.Horton,
             T.Matchick, J.Donaldson, D.Cater, S.Bando, R.Jackson-3
GIDP- W.Horton
WILD PITCHES- C.Dobson
2-out RBI- S.Bando, T.Kubiak
RLISP 2-out- W.Horton, D.McAuliffe-2, C.Dobson, A.Kaline, J.Rudi, G.Brown-2,
             B.Campaneris
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 0 for 9  A's: 5 for 12
 
One run was the difference at Oakland Coliseum as the Oakland A's defeated the
Detroit Tigers 5 to 4.
 
Paul Lindblad(5-3) earned the victory with a fine relief performance.  He did
not allow a hit or a walk in his 1/3 of an inning.  Jack Aker was perfect in
the ninth giving him his 10th save on the season.  
 
Fred Lasher(1-3) was given the loss in relief.  The Oakland ballclub's record
now stands at 40-48.  With this loss, Detroit has a 6-4 record of late, 67-22
overall.

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