Denny McLain benefitted once again from a late inning come-from-behind Tiger victory. McLain was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the 8th with Detroit trailing the Minnesota Twins 3-2. The Tigers put 2 runs on the board in that 8th inning and Don McMahon came on in the 9th to close out the 4-3 win. Willie Horton and Bill Freehan hit back-to-back homeruns in the 7th to narrow a 3-0 Minnesota lead to 1 before the winning rally in the 8th. For McLain, it was his 6th Win of the season after leaving the game with the Tigers trailing.
Replay: McLain gets the Win in his 36th start: 8 IP, 3 ER Detroit wins 4-3 Season totals: 24-5, 2.60
IRL: McLain gets the Win in his 36th start: 9 IP, 3 ER Detroit wins 8-3 Season totals: 28-5, 1.95
BOXSCORE: 1968 Minnesota Twins At 1968 Detroit Tigers 9/6/1968
Twins AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
C.Tovar CF 5 0 1 0 .296 D.McAuliffe 2B 4 1 1 1 .265
R.Reese 1B 5 0 0 0 .278 M.Stanley CF 4 0 1 1 .262
R.Rollins 3B 4 0 0 0 .245 A.Kaline 1B,RF 3 0 0 0 .266
B.Allison LF 4 0 1 0 .240 W.Horton LF 3 1 2 1 .295
G.Nettles RF 4 1 2 0 .455 D-N.Cash 1B 0 0 0 0 .329
J.Roseboro C 4 1 3 0 .193 B.Freehan C 4 1 1 1 .291
E-R.Clark PR 0 0 0 0 .198 J.Northrup RF,LF 3 0 0 0 .298
R.Renick SS 4 1 1 2 .204 D.Wert 3B 3 0 1 0 .224
F.Quilici 2B 2 0 1 0 .244 B-G.Brown PH 1 0 0 0 .337
F-J.Holt PH 1 0 0 0 .202 D.McMahon P 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Kaat P 3 0 1 1 .109 D.Tracewski SS,3B 3 0 1 0 .192
R.Perranoski P 0 0 0 0 .125 D.McLain P 2 0 0 0 .135
B.Miller P 0 0 0 0 .000 A-B.Christian PH 1 1 1 0 .500
T.Hall P 0 0 0 0 .143 C-R.Oyler SS 0 0 0 0 .140
R.Keller P 0 0 0 0 .000
G-H.Killebrew PH 0 0 0 0 .234
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Totals 36 3 10 3 Totals 31 4 8 4
A-Pinch Hit For McLain In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Wert In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Christian In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Horton In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Roseboro In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Quilici In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Keller In 9th Inning
Twins........... 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 1
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 - 4 8 0
Twins (76-66) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Kaat LOSS(5-18) 7 8 4 4 1 7 2 2.98
R.Perranoski 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.74
B.Miller 0 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.57
T.Hall 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7.50
R.Keller 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.25
Totals 8 8 4 4 3 7 2
Tigers (106-36) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.McLain WIN(24-5) 8 8 3 3 1 4 0 2.60
D.McMahon SAVE(4th) 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.70
Totals 9 10 3 3 2 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 49,358 DATE- Friday, September 6th 1968 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:10
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 8 Tigers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 2 Tigers: 1
ERRORS- R.Renick
DOUBLES- R.Renick(6th), B.Christian(1st)
TRIPLES- D.McAuliffe(16th)
HOME RUNS- W.Horton(45th), B.Freehan(24th)
RBIs- R.Renick-2(12th), J.Kaat, D.McAuliffe(47th), M.Stanley(60th),
W.Horton(117st), B.Freehan(87th)
STOLEN BASES- R.Clark(3rd)
WALKS- F.Quilici, H.Killebrew, A.Kaline, W.Horton, J.Northrup
STRIKE OUTS- C.Tovar, B.Allison, R.Renick, F.Quilici, D.McAuliffe-2, M.Stanley,
J.Northrup-2, D.Wert, D.McLain
GIDP- C.Tovar, B.Freehan, D.Tracewski
WILD PITCHES- T.Hall
RLISP 2-out- B.Freehan, R.Renick, G.Brown-2, R.Reese-2
TEAM RISP- Twins: 3 for 8 Tigers: 2 for 5
One run was the difference at Tiger Stadium as the seemingly unstoppable
Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins 4 to 3.
Detroit had the game winning rally in the bottom of the 8th inning with 2 runs
on 3 base hits. Bob Christian led off and he doubled. Dick McAuliffe
followed and he tripled driving in a run. Mickey Stanley then delivered a
one-base hit scoring the final run of the inning. Minnesota tried
unsuccessfully to come back in the 9th.
Denny McLain(24-5) went 8 innings allowing 3 runs for the win. Don McMahon
gained credit for his 4th save. Jim Kaat(5-18) suffered the loss.
It was another victory for Detroit at Tiger Stadium. Now their winning streak
stands at 7 games. Cal Ermer was very irritated after the contest. 'Just our
luck to run into a team that's playing like a juggernaut right now. I have
to congratulate Mayo Smith on his team's recent performance. A very
impressive run.'
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