1968 Detroit Game: Denny McLain Start #34

August 28, 1968

 Denny McLain shutout the California Angels on 8 hits and the Detroit Tigers came away with a 3-0 victory tonight at Tiger Stadium. Detroit scored a run in the 3rd inning, and added 2 in the 4th on a Willie Horton homerun. That was all the scoring in the game and McLain walked off the mound with his 22nd Win of the season.

Replay: McLain gets the Win in his 34th start: 9 IP, 0 ER  Detroit wins 3-0 Season totals: 22-5, 2.63
IRL:      McLain gets the Win in his 34th start: 9 IP, 1 ER  Detroit wins 6-1 Season totals: 26-5, 1.88

BOXSCORE: 1968 California Angels At 1968 Detroit Tigers             8/28/1968
 
  Angels             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  V.Davalillo CF      4  0  3  0 .280     D.McAuliffe 2B      4  0  2  1 .273  
  J.Fregosi SS        4  0  1  0 .233     D.Tracewski 3B      3  0  0  0 .189  
  D.Mincher 1B        3  0  1  0 .235     M.Stanley CF        4  1  1  0 .271  
  R.Reichardt LF      4  0  1  0 .245     W.Horton LF         4  1  2  2 .291  
  E.Kirkpatrick RF,C  3  0  1  0 .228     B.Freehan 1B        3  0  1  0 .283  
  B.Knoop 2B          4  0  0  0 .248     J.Northrup RF       3  0  1  0 .307  
  B.Rodgers C         2  0  0  0 .171     J.Price C           2  1  0  0 .155  
B-R.Repoz PH,RF       1  0  0  0 .253     R.Oyler SS          3  0  0  0 .138  
  C.Cottier 3B        4  0  1  0 .140     D.McLain P          3  0  0  0 .122  
  T.Burgmeier P       1  0  0  0 .250                                          
A-C.Hinton PH         1  0  0  0 .236                                          
  M.Pattin P          0  0  0  0 .000                                          
C-T.Satriano PH       1  0  0  0 .254                                          
  S.Ellis P           0  0  0  0 .116                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  0  8  0                 Totals      29  3  7  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Burgmeier In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rodgers In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Pattin In 7th Inning
 
Angels.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  8  1
Tigers.......... 0 0 1  2 0 0  0 0    -  3  7  0
 
Angels (53-82)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
T.Burgmeier LOSS(2-2)     4       4   3   3   1   0   1   3.30
M.Pattin                  2       2   0   0   0   4   0   2.85
S.Ellis                   2       1   0   0   0   1   0   3.50
Totals                    8       7   3   3   1   5   1
 
Tigers (99-34)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.McLain WIN(22-5)        9       8   0   0   2   7   0   2.63
Totals                    9       8   0   0   2   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 48,739 DATE- Wednesday, August 28th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Ed Runge, John Rice, Cal Drummond, Jim Odom
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 8  Tigers: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 2  Tigers: 2
ERRORS- B.Rodgers
HOME RUNS- W.Horton(43rd)
RBIs- D.McAuliffe(45th), W.Horton-2(109th)
STOLEN BASES- V.Davalillo(35th)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Tracewski
WALKS- E.Kirkpatrick, R.Repoz, J.Price
HIT BY PITCH- D.Mincher
STRIKE OUTS- J.Fregosi-2, R.Reichardt, B.Knoop, B.Rodgers, C.Hinton, T.Satriano,
             D.McAuliffe, D.Tracewski, W.Horton, J.Northrup, R.Oyler
GIDP- R.Reichardt, B.Knoop, D.Tracewski, J.Price
RLISP 2-out- R.Reichardt, B.Knoop-2, J.Northrup, J.Fregosi, W.Horton
TEAM RISP- Angels: 0 for 6  Tigers: 1 for 6
 
Denny McLain recorded a complete game shutout and left fielder Willie Horton
homered and had 2 RBI as the Detroit Tigers outscored the California Angels 3
to 0.
 
McLain(22-5) had a strong outing.  He didn't allow much, just 8 hits and 2
walks in 9 innings.  Both teams' bats went to sleep after the 4th inning with
no runs scored after that point.  
 
Tom Burgmeier(2-2) was the loser.  He pitched 4 innings allowing 4 hits and 1
walk.