1968 Detroit Game: Det. @ Oak.

September 4, 1968

  Young pitcher John Hiller of the Detroit Tigers pitched a brilliant game tonight against the Oakland A's. Hiller went the distance, throwing a 4-hit shutout while the Tigers beat the A's 3-0. Since moving into the starting rotation in early August, Hiller has completed 5 of 6 starts, allowing only 8 runs and going 5-1 in those games. Overall, he's 11-3 on the season and his ERA stands at 1.45.

BOXSCORE: 1968 Detroit Tigers At 1968 Oakland A's                    9/4/1968
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.McAuliffe 2B      4  0  0  0 .265     B.Campaneris SS     4  0  0  0 .314  
  M.Stanley CF        3  0  0  0 .262     R.Jackson CF        4  0  2  0 .239  
  J.Northrup RF       3  1  0  0 .300     D.Cater 1B          4  0  0  0 .298  
  N.Cash 1B           4  0  1  1 .329     S.Bando 3B          4  0  0  0 .265  
  W.Horton LF         4  1  1  0 .293     M.Hershberger RF    2  0  0  0 .262  
  B.Freehan C         4  1  2  2 .291     J.Rudi LF           3  0  0  0 .170  
  T.Matchick SS       4  0  1  0 .245     J.Donaldson 2B      3  0  0  0 .247  
  D.Wert 3B           4  0  1  0 .223     D.Duncan C          2  0  1  0 .176  
  J.Hiller P          4  0  0  0 .192     C.Dobson P          2  0  0  0 .270  
                                        A-J.Gosger PH         1  0  1  0 .185  
                                          W.Bogle P           0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  3  6  3                 Totals      29  0  4  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Dobson In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 1 0 0  2 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  6  0
A's............. 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  1
 
Tigers (105-36)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Hiller WIN(11-3)        9       4   0   0   2   3   0   1.45
Totals                    9       4   0   0   2   3   0
 
A's (73-69)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Dobson LOSS(10-18)      8       5   3   2   2   7   1   3.69
W.Bogle                   1       1   0   0   0   1   0   4.63
Totals                    9       6   3   2   2   8   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 5,103 DATE- Wednesday, September 4th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Frank Umont, Johnny Stevens, Emmett Ashford, George Honochik
T- 2:01
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 6  A's: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  A's: 0
ERRORS- B.Campaneris
DOUBLES- N.Cash(20th)
HOME RUNS- B.Freehan(23rd)
RBIs- N.Cash(82nd), B.Freehan-2(86th)
WALKS- M.Stanley, J.Northrup, M.Hershberger, D.Duncan
STRIKE OUTS- D.McAuliffe, M.Stanley, B.Freehan, T.Matchick, D.Wert, J.Hiller-3,
             S.Bando, J.Rudi, C.Dobson
GIDP- B.Campaneris, D.Cater
PASSED BALLS- D.Duncan
2-out RBI- N.Cash
RLISP 2-out- W.Horton-2, J.Hiller, N.Cash, C.Dobson
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 0 for 5  A's: 0 for 2
 
John Hiller had a strong outing as the Detroit Tigers topped the Oakland A's
by a score of 3 to 0 at Oakland Coliseum.
 
Hiller(11-3) pitched one of his finer games as he simply was too much for the
Oakland batters.  He didn't give up much, just 4 hits and 2 walks in 9
innings.  The pitchers took over after the 4th inning as neither team was
able to score again.  
 
Chuck Dobson(10-18) suffered the loss.  He gave up 5 hits and 2 walks in 8
innings.  Mayo Smith was very impressed with his pitcher, Hiller, 'He had
unusually good pitch placement tonight.  It was almost unfair - but a
beautiful game to watch from where I sat'