Baseball Historians

June 29, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Indians 5, Tigers 3  (37-33)
The Tigers dropped their fifth straight series and blew a late two run lead to the Cleveland Indians.  Up 3-1, the Indians scored four runs in the top of the eighth inning to bust the game open.
Denny McLain was cruising along until that eighth inning.  He […]

June 28, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 7 (37-32), Indians 4 
The Tigers snapped a four game losing streak with a nice team effort by the offense.  All eight hits and all seven runs came from different Tigers.  Don Wert, Willie Horton and Norm Cash all drove in two runs.
Joe Sparma improved to 8-1.  He gave up […]

June 27, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Indians 8, Tigers 1  (36-32)
The Tigers continued a horrendous second half of June with their fourth straight loss, this time at the hands of the Cleveland Indians.  The Tigers reached base nine times but the only run came on Norm Cash’s RBI single in the second inning.
Earl Wilson continued to […]

June 25, 1967 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Tigers 2  (36-31)
The Tigers dropped their fourth straight series and their third game in a row at the hands of the Yankees.  The Tigers took an early lead when Dick McAuliffe led off the game with a solo homerun but Mickey Lolich was tagged for two runs in […]

June 21, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5 (35-28), Twins 5 (32-31)
The Tigers and Twins played to 5-5 tie before the game was called after nine innings on account of rain with one out in the top of the ninth.  The Tigers scored two runs in the seventh inning on Dick McAuliffe’s two run homerun to […]

June 20, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 2 (35-28), Angels 1 (32-36)
The Tigers won two games in a row for the first time in two weeks in a tight game with the Angels.  The Angels scored a single run in the fourth on Woodie Held’s solo shot and the Tigers didn’t answer until they scored two […]

June 19, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Angels 2 (32-34), Tigers 0  (33-28)
The Tigers continued a very rough stretch and dropped a double header and series opener to the Angels.  Clyde Wright held the Tigers to a mere five hits and only Dick McAuliffe was able to reach base twice on a single and a walk.
Mickey Lolich […]

June 18, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Athletics 8, Tigers 4  (33-27)
The Tigers dropped their third straight series today as they were doubled up by the Athletics.  Joe Sparma was roughed up in only two innings of work and he dropped his first decision of the season.
Norm Cash accounted for most of the Tigers offense.  He went […]

June 17, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 7 (33-25), Athletics 6 
The Tigers were glad to get home and they showed it by winning their first game of a double header with the Athletics.  The Tigers had a 6-4 lead heading into the ninth before Dave Wickersham gave up two runs to tie the game up.  Fortunately […]

June 15, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 6 (30-28), Tigers 4  (32-25)
The Twins won their third game in a four game set with the Tigers to take the series.  This was the closest game of the series and it wasn’t until the Twins scored four runs in the seventh inning until either side broke away from […]

June 14, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 7 (29-28), Tigers 0  (32-24)
Just one game after giving up 15 runs, the Twins pitching staff got it done and shut out the Tigers.  Jim Kaat threw the gem. He gave up only five hits without a walk with six strikeouts.
Harmon Killebrew hit his sixteenth homerun of the season.  […]

June 13, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Tigers 15 (32-23), Twins 10  (28-28)
The Tigers snapped their five game winning streak in a crazy game that saw the two teams combine for 25 runs and 31 hits.  The Tigers jumped out to an 11-5 lead after a ten run sixth inning but saw that nearly disappear when the […]

June 12, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 11 (28-27), Tigers 5  (31-23)
The Twins handed the Tigers their fifth straight loss in a blow out.  The big inning was the third, in which the Twins scored eight runs, most of which were off of Mickey Lolich.
Jim Merritt wasn’t really sharp but he had plenty of run support […]

June 11, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 6 (25-32), Tigers 4 (31-22)
The Tigers lost their fourth straight game as the Angels finished a three game sweep over the Tigers.  Fred Gladding blew this one for the Tigers.  He had a two run lead heading into the bottom of the ninth but he gave up a three […]

June 7, 1967 at Municipal Stadium
Athletics 4, Tigers 2  (31-19)
The Tigers failed to sweep the A’s in their four game set and in the process, saw their four game winning streak come to an end.  Mickey Lolich was out pitched by Paul Lindblad.  Lolich gave up three runs on five hits and one walk with […]

June 6, 1967 at Municipal Stadium
Tigers 11, Athletics 1  (30-18)
The Tigers won their third straight game in a blow out win over the Athletics.  Jim Northrup, Norm Cash and Bill Heath all drove in three runs and Northrup scored three times in the game.  Al Kaline and Willie Horton each had a hit and two […]

June 5, 1967 at Municipal Stadium
Tigers 3, Athletics 2  (29-18)
The Tigers won their second straight extra inning game in a pitchers dual with the Athletics.  Denny McLain was a man possessed and he improved to 6-6 on the season.  He threw all eleven innings and he gave up two runs (one earned) on seven hits […]