Denny McLain got off to a horrible start in today's game against the Minnesota Twins, but thanks to a stellar defense and more late inning heroics by the Detroit batters, McLain Won his 17th game with a 5-4 Tiger victory.
McLain gave up 3 straight hits to start the game giving the Twins a 1-0 lead and runners on 2nd and 3rd. The next batter, Bob Allison, hit a hard line drive to Don Wert at 3rd base who caught the ball, stepped on 3rd and fired the ball to Dick McAuliffe at 2nd base to complete a TRIPLY PLAY! It was the 1st Triple Play turned in this 1968 MLB season.
McLain and the Tigers trailed Minnesota 3-2 until the 8th inning when Bill Freehan hit a 3-run homer giving Detroit a 5-3 lead. McLain was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the 9th inning and Don McMahon came in to close out the game.
Replay: McLain gets the Win in his 28th start: 8 IP, 4 ER Detroit wins 5-4 Season totals: 17-4, 2.88
IRL: McLain gets the Win in his 28th start: 9 IP, 0 ER Detroit wins 2-1 Season totals: 22-3, 1.93
BOXSCORE: 1968 Detroit Tigers At 1968 Minnesota Twins 8/4/1968
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG
D.McAuliffe 2B 5 0 1 0 .272 C.Tovar RF 5 1 2 0 .293
M.Stanley CF 5 2 3 0 .261 R.Reese 1B 4 0 1 0 .256
A.Kaline 1B,RF 4 1 3 0 .299 T.Uhlaender CF 4 1 2 1 .267
W.Horton LF 3 0 1 1 .308 B.Allison LF 3 2 1 0 .234
B-N.Cash 1B 0 0 0 0 .345 J.Roseboro C 3 0 1 0 .173
B.Freehan C 3 1 1 3 .269 R.Rollins 3B 2 0 1 3 .250
J.Northrup RF,LF 4 0 0 0 .293 R.Clark SS 4 0 1 0 .179
D.Wert 3B 4 0 2 0 .243 F.Quilici 2B 3 0 0 0 .239
D.Tracewski SS 4 1 1 1 .208 C-J.Hernandez PH 1 0 0 0 .208
D.McLain P 3 0 0 0 .093 J.Kaat P 3 0 1 0 .068
A-G.Brown PH 1 0 0 0 .290 B.Miller P 0 0 0 0 .000
D.McMahon P 0 0 0 0 .000 D-J.Holt PH 1 0 0 0 .196
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Totals 36 5 12 5 Totals 33 4 10 4
A-Pinch Hit For McLain In 9th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Horton In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Quilici In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Miller In 9th Inning
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 - 5 12 0
Twins........... 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 - 4 10 0
Tigers (80-28) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.McLain WIN(17-4) 8 10 4 4 2 4 0 2.88
D.McMahon SAVE(3rd) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.30
Totals 9 10 4 4 2 6 0
Twins (57-49) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Kaat LOSS(4-13) 7 1/3 10 5 5 1 8 2 2.57
B.Miller 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.11
Totals 9 12 5 5 1 8 2
ATTENDANCE- 29,437 DATE- Sunday, August 4th 1968 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:15
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 6 Twins: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0 Twins: 2
TRIPLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1 Twins: 0
DOUBLES- T.Uhlaender(16th), B.Allison(13th), J.Kaat
HOME RUNS- B.Freehan(18th), D.Tracewski(4th)
RBIs- W.Horton(92nd), B.Freehan-3(71st), D.Tracewski(11th), T.Uhlaender(46th),
R.Rollins-3(15th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Tovar(31st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- W.Horton, R.Rollins-2
WALKS- B.Freehan, B.Allison, J.Roseboro
STRIKE OUTS- D.McAuliffe, W.Horton-2, B.Freehan, D.Wert-2, D.McLain-2, C.Tovar,
T.Uhlaender, B.Allison, R.Clark, F.Quilici, J.Hernandez
GIDP- M.Stanley, D.Tracewski
2-out RBI- R.Rollins
RLISP 2-out- J.Northrup-2, W.Horton, R.Clark, R.Reese, F.Quilici, T.Uhlaender
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 1 for 4 Twins: 2 for 9
WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Detroit turns a triple play!
Mickey Stanley had 3 base hits at Metropolitan Stadium where the very strong
Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 5 to 4.
Detroit had the game winning rally in the 8th inning scoring 3 runs utilizing
4 base hits. Stanley got things going when he ripped a base-hit. Al Kaline
came to the plate and delivered a one-base hit. Willie Horton got his chance
to keep things going, but he went down on strikes. Bill Freehan came up and
he belted a three-run homer. Detroit totaled 12 hits on the afternoon.
The winning pitcher was Denny McLain(17-4) who allowed 4 runs in 8 innings.
McLain got relief help from Don McMahon who gained credit for his 3rd save.
The loss was charged to Jim Kaat(4-13).
'I just wanted to give my team a chance to win.' said McLain, 'I got burned on
a couple of pitches. But we won the game, and that's all that matters.'
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