Baseball Historians

August 31, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Orioles 5, Tigers 1  (85-51)
The Tigers three game winning streak came to an end in a game where the offense picked up just six hits.  Al Kaline had two of those and he drove in a run while Dick McAuliffe tripled and scored.
John Hiller fell to 6-5 with a rough […]

August 30, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 9, Orioles 1  (85-50)
The Tigers blew out the Orioles for their third straight win as the two teams kicked off a weekend series.  The Tigers scored three in the second and five in the third to put this game away pretty early.  Earl Wilson not only pitched a good […]

August 29, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 2, Angels 0  (84-50)
The Tigers made it two straight over the Angels behind a three hit shutout by Mickey Lolich.  He gave up just one walk and he struck out twelve and the win pushed his record to 13-8 on the season.
Willie Horton pretty much was the Tigers offense […]

August 28, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 6, Angels 1  (83-50)
Denny McLain followed up his two consecutive losses with his 26th win as the Tigers took care of the Angels in their series opener.  McLain gave up one run on six hits and two walks with eleven strikeouts in yet another complete game.
Jim Northrup had a […]

August 27, 1968 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 2, Tigers 1  (82-50)
The Tigers were held to just four hits as they failed to follow up their win yesterday.  Norm Cash drove in the lone Tigers run with a solo homer in the fifth inning and no Tiger hitter reached base more the once.
A very solid start […]

August 26, 1968 at County Stadium
Tigers 3, White Sox 0  (82-49)
The Tigers snapped their four game losing streak behind a very nice start by Earl Wilson.  The Duke improved to 11-11 and he gave up six hits and a walk with five strikeouts in the shutout.
Earl Wilson got it done at the plate as well […]

August 25, 1968 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Tigers 5  (81-48)
The Tigers blew a four run lead as they dropped their third straight to the Yankees in another doubleheader.  Pat Dobson gave up the first five runs in 5 2/3 innings but it was Daryl Patterson who gave up the final run, and for that he […]

August 24, 1968 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 2, Tigers 1  (81-47)
For the first time all season, Denny McLain dropped consecutive decisions although this one was hardly his fault.  He fell to 25-5 and he gave up two runs on five hits with six strikeouts in seven solid innings.
The Tigers were held to a mere four hits […]

August 23, 1968 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 2, Tigers 1  (81-46)
There was no late inning comeback in this one as the Tigers kicked off both their doubleheader and series against the Yankees with a loss. A solid start by Earl Wilson and the Tigers pen went to waste.  Wilson fell to 10-11 and he gave up […]

August 22, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 4, White Sox 2  (81-45)
Some fireworks flew as the Tigers finished up their series with the White Sox in winning fashion.  The Tigers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning when things went south in the third inning.  Tommy John threw two balls at Dick McAuliffe’s […]

August 21, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 3, White Sox 2  (80-45)
The Tigers got some timley hitting and some good pitching as they came back to beat the White Sox to ensure at least a split in their four game series.  Down 2-1, Mickey Stanley belted a solo homer in the bottom of the eighth to […]

August 20, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 7, White Sox 0  (79-44)
John Hiller gave up a leadoff single in the top of the fifth inning and that was the lone hit against him in an incredible one hit shutout.  He walked two, struck out seven and improved to 6-3 as the Tigers took the opener in […]

August 18, 1968 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 4, Tigers 1  (78-44)
The Tigers fell short of a sweep as they were held to single run on four hits in their road finale with the Red Sox.  Willie Horton provided the lone Tiger run with his 28th homer of the season and Bill Freehan reached base twice […]

August 17, 1968 at Fenway Park
Tigers 10, Red Sox 9  (78-43)
The Tigers outlasted the Red Sox in a game that saw the two teams combined for 19 runs on 28 hits.  The Tigers blew an 8-1 lead only to win it in the eleventh inning on a solo homer by Bill Freehan.  Norm Cash and […]

August 16, 1968 at Fenway Park
Tigers 4, Red Sox 0  (77-43)
Denny McLain put on another pitching show as he won his 25th game of the season.  He gave up just seven hits and a walk with nine strikeouts in his shutout win.  It was his sixth straight complete game and his sixth shutout of the season.
Dick McAuliffe […]

August 14, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers 3, Indians 0  (76-43)
The Tigers won their rubber game with the Indians behind a combined shutout by Joe Sparma and Mickey Lolich.  Sparma got into trouble and in the fourth inning and he pitched  3 1/3 shutout innings when Mickey Lolich came in to get the Tigers out of […]

August 13, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium
Indians 1, Tigers 0  (75-43)
The Tigers four game winning streak came to an end as they were held to just four hits in a shutout loss to the Indians.  No Tiger reached base more then once and Mickey Stanley had the only extra base hit with a triple.
A solid start […]

August 12, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers 6, Indians 3  (75-42)
Denny McLain improved to 24-3 with his fifth straight complete game.  In this one, he gave up three runs on five hits and a walk with five strikeouts although two of the five hits he gave up left the park.
Norm Cash homered and drove in a pair […]

August 11, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5, Red Sox 4 (73-42)
A long day was made even longer as the Tigers and Red Sox kicked off a doubleheader with a 4 1/2 hour, 14 inning contest.  The Tigers were down 4-0 after the Red Sox scored four in the first but the pitching staff held the […]

August 10, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 4, Red Sox 3  (72-42)
The Tigers came back from a 3-1 deficit to bounce back and beat the Red Sox.  The Tigers scored single runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to complete the comeback and the game winner came on a solo homer by Norm Cash.  The […]