1968 Detroit Game: Denny McLain Start #41

September 28, 1968

 In his last start of the regular season Denny McLain and the Detroit Tigers shutout the Washington Senators 4-0. McLain was in excellent form, allowing only 2 hits, striking out 9, and getting his 27th Win of the season. Norm Cash drove in 3 of the Tigers' runs, reaching the 100 RBI milestone on the season.

Replay:  McLain gets the Win in his 41st start: 9 IP, 0 ER  Detroit wins 4-0 Season totals: 27-6, 2.52
IRL: McLain gets no decision in his 41st start: 7 IP, 0 ER  Detroit loses 2-1 Season totals: 31-6, 1.96

BOXSCORE: 1968 Washington Senators At 1968 Detroit Tigers           9/28/1968
 
  Senators           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Unser CF          4  0  0  0 .224     T.Matchick 2B       3  0  0  0 .254  
  E.Stroud RF         4  0  1  0 .218     M.Stanley SS        5  0  0  0 .249  
  M.Epstein 1B        3  0  0  0 .233     A.Kaline RF         2  2  0  0 .279  
  F.Howard LF         3  0  0  0 .302     W.Horton LF         3  1  1  0 .306  
  K.McMullen 3B       3  0  1  0 .252     N.Cash 1B           3  1  2  3 .324  
  B.Allen 2B          3  0  0  0 .211     J.Northrup CF       1  0  1  0 .300  
  J.French C          3  0  0  0 .172     B.Freehan C         4  0  2  0 .283  
  T.Cullen SS         3  0  0  0 .267     D.Wert 3B           4  0  0  0 .217  
  C.Pascual P         1  0  0  0 .203     D.McLain P          3  0  1  1 .147  
A-H.Allen PH          1  0  0  0 .209                                          
  P.Ortega P          0  0  0  0 .048                                          
B-E.Brinkman PH       1  0  0  0 .171                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      29  0  2  0                 Totals      28  4  7  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Pascual In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Ortega In 9th Inning
 
Senators........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  2
Tigers.......... 0 2 0  0 1 0  1 0    -  4  7  0
 
Senators (52-108)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Pascual LOSS(10-15)     5       6   3   3   4   4   0   3.30
P.Ortega                  3       1   1   1   2   1   0   5.42
Totals                    8       7   4   4   6   5   0
 
Tigers (119-42)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.McLain WIN(27-6)        9       2   0   0   0  10   0   2.52
Totals                    9       2   0   0   0  10   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 50,933 DATE- Saturday, September 28th 1968 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Larry Kapp, Al Salerno, Bill Haller, Jerry Neudecker
T- 2:09
LEFT ON BASE- Senators: 2  Tigers:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Senators: 0  Tigers: 0
ERRORS- M.Epstein-2
RBIs- N.Cash-3(100th), D.McLain
STOLEN BASES- A.Kaline(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Northrup, D.McLain
SACRIFICE FLIES- N.Cash
WALKS- A.Kaline-3, W.Horton, J.Northrup-2
HIT BY PITCH- T.Matchick-2
STRIKE OUTS- D.Unser-3, E.Stroud-2, M.Epstein-3, F.Howard, C.Pascual,
             M.Stanley-2, W.Horton, D.Wert, D.McLain
2-out RBI- D.McLain
RLISP 2-out- T.Matchick, M.Stanley-2, D.Wert-3
TEAM RISP- Senators: 0 for 0  Tigers: 3 for 12
 
Denny McLain was on top of his game, blanking Washington on just 2 hits at
Tiger Stadium as the Detroit Tigers beat the hapless Washington Senators 4 to
0.
 
McLain(27-6) escaped virtually unscathed against the Washington hitters. He
gave up just 2 hits and no walks in 9 innings.  McLain whiffed an impressive
total of 10 Washington batters.  Detroit had a total of 7 hits for the game.
 
Camilo Pascual(10-15) was the loser.  He pitched 5 innings and surrendered 6
hits and 4 walks. 'All of my pitches were working today,' McLain said.  'I
felt really good out there, and heck, I think I could have gone longer.'