The Detroit Tigers played their longest game of the season tonight in Baltimore, with the contest going 15 innings before a 5-2 Tiger victory. Denny McLain was sailing along, pitching a beautiful game. with a 2-0 lead over the Baltimore Orioles until the bottom of the 8th inning. That's when McLain's propensity to give up homeruns came up to haunt him. In the bottom of the 8th Don Buford and Frank Robinson both homered to tie the game at 2-2. McLain was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the 10th inning so his night was over.
Detroit won the game in the 15th when Jim Northrup came through with a clutch RBI single. Al Kaline followed that with a 2-run homer and recently acquired Don McMahon finished the game with his 1st save as a Tiger.
Replay: McLain gets no decision in 26th start: 9 IP, 2 ER Detroit wins 5-2 Season totals: 15-4, 2.81
IRL: McLain gets the Win in his 26th start: 9 IP, 0 ER Detroit wins 9-0 Season totals: 20-3, 2.10
BOXSCORE: 1968 Detroit Tigers At 1968 Baltimore Orioles 7/27/1968
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Orioles AB R H RBI AVG
D.McAuliffe 2B 7 1 2 1 .282 D.Buford CF 4 1 2 1 .319
J.Northrup CF,LF 7 1 2 1 .295 J.Morris P 0 0 0 0 ----
A.Kaline RF 6 1 3 2 .275 H-D.May PH 0 0 0 0 .213
N.Cash 1B 6 0 2 0 .349 G.Brabender P 0 0 0 0 .158
W.Horton LF 4 1 1 1 .304 M.Belanger SS 6 0 0 0 .239
A-M.Stanley CF 2 0 0 0 .258 F.Robinson RF 6 1 3 1 .267
B.Freehan C 4 0 1 0 .262 B.Powell 1B 5 0 1 0 .239
D.Wert 3B 6 0 0 0 .243 B.Robinson 3B 6 0 0 0 .233
R.Oyler SS 2 0 0 0 .138 D.Johnson 2B 6 0 1 0 .249
C-G.Brown PH 1 0 0 0 .300 C.Blefary LF 5 0 2 0 .222
D-D.Tracewski SS 1 1 1 0 .184 A.Etchebarren C 5 0 0 0 .188
D.McLain P 2 0 0 0 .101 J-L.Haney PH 1 0 0 0 .238
E-D.Campbell PH 1 0 0 0 .200 T.Phoebus P 1 0 0 0 .196
D.Patterson P 0 0 0 0 .500 B-P.Blair PH 1 0 0 0 .205
G-W.Comer PH 1 0 0 0 .167 M.Drabowsky P 0 0 0 0 .000
F.Lasher P 0 0 0 0 ---- F-F.Valentine PH,CF 3 0 0 0 .240
J.Hiller P 0 0 0 0 .222
I-M.Lolich PH 0 0 0 0 .182
D.McMahon P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 50 5 12 5 Totals 49 2 9 2
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Horton In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Phoebus In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Oyler In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Brown In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For McLain In 10th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Drabowsky In 10th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Patterson In 12th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Morris In 13th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Hiller In 15th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Etchebarren In 15th Inning
Tigers.......... 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 12 0
Orioles......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0
Tigers (74-26) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.McLain 9 7 2 2 3 6 2 2.81
D.Patterson 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.00
F.Lasher 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1.44
J.Hiller WIN(6-2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.72
D.McMahon SAVE(2nd) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.36
Totals 15 9 2 2 4 12 2
Orioles (57-40) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
T.Phoebus 8 7 2 2 3 4 2 3.37
M.Drabowsky 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 4.66
J.Morris 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0.00
G.Brabender LOSS(5-3) 2 4 3 3 0 0 1 3.12
Totals 15 12 5 5 6 8 3
ATTENDANCE- 24,941 DATE- Saturday, July 27th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Red Flaherty, Bob Stewart, Lou Dimuro, Marty Springstead
T- 3:10
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8 Orioles: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2 Orioles: 5
DOUBLES- D.McAuliffe(20th), A.Kaline(7th)
HOME RUNS- D.McAuliffe(14th), A.Kaline(5th), W.Horton(32nd), D.Buford(9th),
F.Robinson(7th)
RBIs- D.McAuliffe(40th), J.Northrup(65th), A.Kaline-2(33rd), W.Horton(80th),
D.Buford(17th), F.Robinson(20th)
CAUGHT STEALING- D.Buford
SACRIFICE HITS- D.McLain, M.Lolich, T.Phoebus
WALKS- A.Kaline, N.Cash, B.Freehan-2, R.Oyler, D.Tracewski, D.Buford, D.May,
B.Powell, C.Blefary
STRIKE OUTS- D.McAuliffe-2, J.Northrup, B.Freehan, D.Wert-2, D.McLain,
D.Campbell, M.Belanger-2, B.Powell, D.Johnson-3, C.Blefary,
A.Etchebarren-2, L.Haney, F.Valentine-2
GIDP- D.McAuliffe, N.Cash, W.Horton-2, D.Wert, B.Powell, D.Johnson
WILD PITCHES- T.Phoebus-2
2-out RBI- F.Robinson, J.Northrup, A.Kaline-2
RLISP 2-out- B.Robinson, D.Wert-3, J.Northrup-2, D.Buford
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 1 for 12 Orioles: 0 for 4
Right fielder Al Kaline blasted a homerun and had 2 RBI at Memorial Stadium
where the amazing Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles in 15 innings by
the score of 5 to 2.
The score was tied at 2 after nine. Finally, Detroit prevailed in the 15th
inning. Dick Tracewski led off and started the rally when he ripped a
base-knock. Mickey Lolich followed next and he laid down a sacrifice bunt.
After another out, Jim Northrup then stroked a base-hit which scored a run.
Kaline followed and he clubbed a two-run home run. Detroit out-hit Baltimore
for the game, 12 hits to 9.
John Hiller(6-2) allowed no runs in 1 inning, and picked up the victory. Don
McMahon earned the save, his 2nd. Gene Brabender(5-3) was tagged with the
loss in relief. He was not very effective, surrendering 3 runs in 2 innings.
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