Denny McLain became the first 20 game winner in this 1968 MLB season in tonight's game at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. McLain went the distance in a rather pedestrian performance, for him, as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-3. McLain allowed 8 hits, walked 1, struck out 6 and allowed 3 runs (2 earned) in the game. Willie Horton hit a 2-run homer in the Tiger's 3 run 4th inning that proved to be the winning margin. It was Horton's 39th homerun of the season, tying him with Frank Howard and Ken Harrelson for the AL lead.
Replay: McLain gets the Win in his 32nd start: 9 IP, 2 ER Detroit wins 5-3 Season totals: 20-5, 2.78
IRL: McLain gets the Loss in his 32nd start: 5.2 IP, 2 ER Detroit loses 10-2 Season totals: 25-4, 1.90
BOXSCORE: 1968 Chicago White Sox At 1968 Detroit Tigers 8/20/1968
White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
L.Aparicio SS 4 0 2 0 .259 M.Stanley CF 4 0 0 0 .262
S.Alomar 2B 4 0 1 0 .295 D.Tracewski 2B 3 2 1 0 .180
P.Ward 3B 4 0 0 0 .193 A.Kaline RF 4 0 2 1 .281
T.McCraw 1B 3 2 1 1 .237 W.Horton LF 4 1 2 2 .293
T.Davis LF 4 0 1 1 .249 N.Cash 1B 4 1 1 0 .322
K.Berry CF 4 0 0 0 .302 D.Wert 3B 4 0 0 0 .232
B.Bradford RF 4 1 1 0 .214 J.Price C 3 1 1 1 .168
J.McNertney C 4 0 1 0 .256 R.Oyler SS 2 0 0 0 .142
G.Peters P 2 0 1 0 .297 D.McLain P 3 0 0 0 .107
A-D.Josephson PH 1 0 0 0 .242
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Totals 34 3 8 2 Totals 31 5 7 4
A-Pinch Hit For Peters In 9th Inning
White Sox....... 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 8 1
Tigers.......... 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 - 5 7 1
White Sox (56-68) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
G.Peters LOSS(5-11) 8 7 5 4 4 2 2 4.46
Totals 8 7 5 4 4 2 2
Tigers (92-32) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.McLain WIN(20-5) 9 8 3 2 1 6 1 2.78
Totals 9 8 3 2 1 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 50,869 DATE- Tuesday, August 20th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Jerry Neudecker, Larry Kapp, Al Salerno, Bill Haller
T- 2:15
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 6 Tigers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1 Tigers: 0
ERRORS- P.Ward, W.Horton
DOUBLES- B.Bradford(13th), D.Tracewski(3rd), A.Kaline(10th), N.Cash(19th)
HOME RUNS- T.McCraw(9th), W.Horton(39th), J.Price(5th)
RBIs- T.McCraw(39th), T.Davis(35th), A.Kaline(44th), W.Horton-2(100th),
J.Price(10th)
STOLEN BASES- L.Aparicio(22nd), T.McCraw(14th)
CAUGHT STEALING- L.Aparicio
WALKS- G.Peters, D.Tracewski, J.Price, R.Oyler-2
HIT BY PITCH- T.McCraw
STRIKE OUTS- L.Aparicio, T.Davis, K.Berry, B.Bradford-2, G.Peters, D.Wert,
D.McLain
2-out RBI- T.Davis
RLISP 2-out- P.Ward, M.Stanley-2, N.Cash
TEAM RISP- White Sox: 1 for 3 Tigers: 1 for 8
Willie Horton went yard and had 2 RBI and Denny McLain went the distance at
Tiger Stadium where the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox by the
score of 5 to 3.
Detroit brought 3 runs across the plate in the 4th inning with the help of 3
hits. The highlight belonged to Horton who elicited a roar from the hometown
fans when he popped a two-run clout over the fence. Detroit had a total of 7
hits for the game.
McLain(20-5) got the victory, allowing 3 runs for the game. Gary Peters(5-11)
ended up with the loss. He pitched 8 innings giving up 7 hits and 4 walks.
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