Baseball Historians

August 29, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Tigers 4 (73-58), Angels 2 (65-64)
The Tigers doubled up the Angels in the first game of a weekday double header.  Denny McLain continued to pitch well and he gave up only three hits the entire game.  He did give up two runs but one was unearned and he struck out […]

August 28, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Tigers 10 (72-58), Angels 0 (65-63)
The Tigers turned on the offense as they blew out the Angels in a west coast series opener.  Lenny Green had a big day with the bat.  He went three for five with four RBIs and two runs.  Bill Freehan had three hits and three […]

August 27, 1967 at Municipal Stadium
Athletics 2, Tigers 1  (71-58)
The Athletics avoided a sweep at the hands of the Tigers in a 2-1 pitchers dual in the series finale.  Joe Sparma was very good for the Tigers but not as good as the combination of Roberto Rodriguez and Paul Lindblad.  Sparma dropped to 13-7 despite […]

August 13, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 3, Orioles 2  (62-52)
Earl Wilson won his 16th game as the Tigers won their four game series against the Orioles.  He gave up two runs on only four hits and two walks with six strikeouts in seven innings of work.  Lasher pitched the final two frames and he picked […]

August 12, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5 (61-52), Orioles 4
The Tigers guaranteed themselves at least a split in their four game series with the Orioles behind another strong outing by Denny McLain.  He gave up four runs on eight hits and two walks with one strikeout in eight innings of work.  He did give up […]

August 11, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Orioles 5, Tigers 1  (59-52)
The Tigers lost for the third time in four games in the series opener against the Orioles.  Tom Phoebus completely shut down the Tigers and held them to a single run on four hits while Dave Wickersham and the Tigers’ bullpen were knocked around for five […]

August 10, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
White Sox 2 (61-47), Tigers 1  (59-51)
The White Sox pen outdid the Tigers pen in a close win.  Wilbur Wood was bounced after four innings but four relievers combined for five innings of shutout ball.  Hoyt Wilhelm picked up the win and he improved to 7-2.  Joe Locker pitched a […]

August 9, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 4 (59-50), White Sox 2 (60-47)
Earl Wilson pitched the Tigers to a 4-2 over the White Sox.  Wilson improved to 15-9 and he gave up two runs on five hits and three walks with five strikeouts in nine innings.
Fred Klages took the loss for the White Sox and he […]

August 8, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 2 (58-49), White Sox 1 (59-46)
The Tigers got back to their winning ways at home in a ten inning pitchers dual with the White Sox.  Denny McLain had another nice start and he improved to 14-12.  He gave up one run on four hits and a walk with five […]

August 3, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Tigers 5, Orioles 0  (56-46)
The Tigers finished up their series against the Orioles with a win behind a three hit shutout by Denny McLain.  Virtually unhittable, McLain improved to 13-12 and he gave up only one walk with six strikeouts in the seven inning game that was called because of […]

August 2, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Tigers 4, Orioles 2  (55-45)
For the second game in a row, the Tigers beat the Orioles 4-2.  This time it was Joe Sparma who pitched Detroit to the win in the first game of a double header.  Sparma gave up two run on five hits and four walks in 6 […]

August 1, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Tigers 4, Orioles 2  (54-45)
The Tigers doubled up the Orioles and coasted to an easy win behind some strong pitching by Earl Wilson.  The Duke gave up one run on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.  John Hiller pitched the final 1 1/3 […]