Baseball Historians

April 30, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Tigers 2 (9-6), Orioles 1 
This game was about as strange as they come.  Earl Wilson threw a gem.  in the eighth inning, Wilson walked the bases loaded before Luis Aparicio hit a sac. fly to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead without getting a single hit in the inning.
Entering the [...]

April 29, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Tigers 4 (8-6), Orioles 2 
Mickey Lolich improved to 2-1 with another complete game.  He gave up two runs on six hits and five walks with eight strikeouts.
Gates Brown had the big hit of the game.  His two run single gave the Tigers a 3-0 lead and while the Orioles would [...]

April 25, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5 (7-5), Athletics 0 
A four run first inning and some great pitching by Joe Sparma helped the Tigers win their series opener with the A’s.  Sparma threw a five hit shuout in which he walked four and struck out six.  He improved to 1-0 on the season.
Five different Tigers [...]

April 23, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Twins 4 (4-5), Tigers 2 (6-5)
The Twins took the rubber game and beat the Tigers in their three game series.  The game started out as a pitchers dual until the Twins rattled off two runs in each of the final two frames to put the game away.
The Tigers actually got on [...]

April 22, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Twins 4 (3-5), Tigers 3 (6-4)
Bill Freehan was the Tigers offense today in a close game with the Twins.  Down 4-0, Bill Freehan hit a three run shot in the bottom of the ninth to make things close but a game ending double play got the Twins out of a jam [...]

April 21, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 12 (6-3), Twins 4 (2-5)
The Tigers ran up the score on the Twins in their third straight win.  The big inning for the Tigers was the fourth, in which they scored seven runs to really break the game open.
Denny McLain benefited from a ton of support but he pitched a [...]

April 20, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 4 (5-3), Angels 3 (3-5)
The Tigers made it two straight wins at home in a come from behind win over the Angels.  Down 3-2, the Tigers scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth to take the lead. Gates Brown scored on a wild pitch and Jim Northrup scored [...]

April 18, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 4 (4-3), Angels 1 (3-4)
Earl Wilson pitched the Tigers to a win in their home opener.  Wilson gave up only a single run on seven hits and four walks with six strikeouts in his first win of the season.  Marcelino Lopez threw better then he did in his previous game [...]

April 16, 1967 at Municipal Stadium
Tigers 6 (3-2), Athletics 3 
The Tigers doubled up the Athletics in the first game of a Sunday doubleheader and Denny McLain picked up his first win of the season.  McLain gave up three runs on six hits and five walks with six strikeouts in the complete game.  While McLain [...]

April 15, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Tigers 4 (2-2), Twins 3 (1-3)
The Tigers evened up their record again in a close contest with the Twins.  Joe Sparma was knocked out of this one in the fifth inning after giving up three runs but the bullpen pitched well and allowed the Tigers to come back.  Jim Kaat did [...]

April 14, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 5 (1-2), Tigers 3 (1-2)
Earl Wilson struggled mightily with his control against the Twins in his first start of the season.  Wilson gave up seven walks in only five innings.  He also gave up six hits and this resulted in four runs (three earned).  He only struck out one batter.
Dave [...]

April 12, 1967 at Angels Stadium
Tigers 6 (1-1), Angels 3 (1-1)
Mickey Lolich pitched the Tigers to their first victory of the 1967 season.  Lolich went the distance and gave up only three runs on six hits and two walks with four strikouts.
The Tigers put up an early run in the first inning when Jake Wood led [...]

April 11, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 4 (1-0), Tigers 2 (0-1)
The Tigers lost their season opener against the California Angels as Denny McLain was outdueled by George Brunet.  The Angels tagged McClain for a single run in the first inning when Rick Reichardt doubled home Jim Fregosi.  The Angels then knocked him out of the game [...]