1968 Detroit Game: Denny McLain Start #25

July 23, 1968

  Denny McLain scattered 9 hits and allowed only 1 run, but it was 1 run too many as Camilo Pascual out dueled him and shutout the Tigers in Washington's 1-0 victory. Pascual didn't allow Detroit many chances in this game, but in the 9th inning the Tigers had 3 batters that had chances for homeruns, all coming up short. It was a hard luck loss for McLain who saw his record drop to 15-4.

Replay: McLain gets the Loss in his 25th start: 8 IP, 1 ER Detroit loses 1-0 Season totals: 15-4, 2.85
IRL:      McLain gets the Win in his 25th start:  7 IP, 4 ER Detroit wins 6-4 Season totals: 19-3, 2.19

BOXSCORE: 1968 Detroit Tigers At 1968 Washington Senators           7/23/1968
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Senators           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.McAuliffe 2B      4  0  0  0 .280     D.Unser CF          4  0  2  0 .243  
  M.Stanley CF        4  0  1  0 .259     C.Peterson RF       4  0  0  0 .207  
  J.Northrup RF       4  0  1  0 .295     M.Epstein 1B        4  0  2  0 .249  
  A.Kaline 1B         3  0  1  0 .269     F.Howard LF         4  0  1  0 .322  
  W.Horton LF         4  0  2  0 .306     K.McMullen 3B       4  0  0  0 .233  
A-W.Comer PR          0  0  0  0 .176     B.Allen 2B          4  1  1  0 .215  
  B.Freehan C         4  0  1  0 .258     P.Casanova C        3  0  1  0 .163  
  T.Matchick SS       3  0  0  0 .250     R.Hansen SS         2  0  2  1 .159  
B-G.Brown PH          1  0  0  0 .305     C.Pascual P         2  0  0  0 .220  
  D.Wert 3B           3  0  0  0 .243                                          
  D.McLain P          3  0  0  0 .104                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  0  6  0                 Totals      31  1  9  1
 
A-Pinch Ran For Horton In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Matchick In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  6  0
Senators........ 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0    -  1  9  0
 
Tigers (70-26)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.McLain LOSS(15-4)       8       9   1   1   1   3   0   2.85
Totals                    8       9   1   1   1   3   0
 
Senators (27-65)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Pascual WIN(7-6)        9       6   0   0   1   4   0   2.77
Totals                    9       6   0   0   1   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 9,941 DATE- Tuesday, July 23rd 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Marty Springstead, Red Flaherty, Bob Stewart, Lou Dimuro
T- 2:21
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 7  Senators: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  Senators: 0
DOUBLES- W.Horton(14th)
TRIPLES- R.Hansen(1st)
RBIs- R.Hansen(11th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Unser(10th)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Pascual
WALKS- A.Kaline, R.Hansen
STRIKE OUTS- W.Horton, B.Freehan, D.McLain-2, F.Howard, B.Allen, P.Casanova
RLISP 2-out- K.McMullen, D.Unser-2, C.Peterson-2, B.Allen, D.Wert, G.Brown
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 0 for 5  Senators: 0 for 5
 
Camilo Pascual tossed a shutout and shortstop Ron Hansen had 2 base hits as
the Washington Senators defeated the Detroit Tigers 1 to 0 at D.C.
Stadium.
 
Pascual(7-6) gave Washington a solid outing.  He didn't give up much, just 6
hits and 1 walk in 9 innings.  Detroit tried unsuccessfully to come back in
the 9th.  
 
Denny McLain(15-4) was the losing pitcher.  He surrendered 1 run and 9 hits in
8 innings.  Jim Lemon was in a talkative mood in the clubhouse, 'Great game!
If only we could win all of the close ones - wouldn't that be nice! Since
that's not going to happen, I think I'll savor this one for a little while.'

 

 

 ** Kaline, Horton, and Brown all had Homerun chances. All came up short.**

*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
0     A.Kaline    2-10 13  0 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     W.Horton    6- 5 11  0 Double                         b-2 
                             SUBSTITUTE PR- Wayne Comer
1  2  B.Freehan   1- 8     0 Pop Out                        b-0 
                             SUBSTITUTE PH- Gates Brown
2  2  G.Brown     6- 5 10  0 Fly Out                        b-0