Baseball Historians

June 24, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers 14, Indians 3 (45-26)
Jim Northrup put a huge exclamation point as the Tigers finished up their series with the Indians with a blowout win.  Northrup hit not one, but two grand slams and he finished with eight RBIs.  Jim Price hit his first homer of the season and Bill […]

June 16, 1968 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 3, Tigers 2  (40-22)
Mickey Lolich fell to 5-4 on the season despite a solid outing as the Tigers lost to the White Sox in the first game of their Sunday doubleheader.  He gave up three runs (two earned) on seven hits with two strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. 
Bill […]

June 15, 1968 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 7, Tigers 4 (40-21)
Joe Sparma had a rough outing and he fell to 5-6 as the Tigers five game winning streak came to an end.  He gave up five runs on five hits and three walks with a strikeout in four innings of work.
Bill Freehan went four for […]

June 14, 1968 at Comiskey Park
Tigers 6, White Sox 5  (40-20)
This time it was the hitters who bailed out the pitchers as the Tigers won their fifth straight contest despite needing fourteen innings to notch the win.  Earl Wilson helped out his own cause with a three run homer and Don Wert belted a solo […]

June 13, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 3, Twins 1 (39-20)
The Tigers finished up a four game sweep over the Twins with yet another solid pitching performance.  It was the third time in the series that the Twins were held to a mere one run and in the fourth game, the Twins managed just a pair […]

June 1, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5, Yankees 4  (29-16)
The Tigers overcame a four run first inning deficit to top the Yankees by a single run.  Les Cain was bounced in the first inning after getting just one batter out and he was tagged for four runs on five hits.  Back to back homers by […]

May 30, 1968 at Anaheim Stadium
Tigers 7, Angels 3  (27-16)
Bill Freehan had a big day at the plate as the Tigers won their third straight game against the Angels.  He went three for three with two walks, a homerun, two RBIs and three runs.  Jim Northrup drove in three runs on two hits while Dick […]

May 28, 1968 at Anaheim Stadium
Tigers 4, Angels 1  (25-16)
Bill Freehan doubled home two runs and then Willie Horton followed that up with a two run homer to give the Tigers an early 4-0 lead before the Angels even got to hit.  That was all the Tigers got but it more then enough because of […]

May 24, 1968 at the Oakland Coliseum
Tigers 2, Athletics 2  (23-14)
The Tigers and Athletics played to a 2-2 rain shortened tie today and the game was called in the seventh inning.  Both Tiger runs came via the longball with solo shots by Bill Freehan and Willie Horton.  For Horton, it was his eleventh of the […]

May 21, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 3, Tigers 1  (23-13)
The Tigers three game winning streak came to an end with a pretty pathetic day at the plate.  Tigers’ hitters managed just four hits and their lone run of the game came in the second inning when Bill Freehan singled home Willie Horton.
A solid start by […]

May 18, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Senators 8, Tigers 4  (20-12)
Frank Howard took it to the Tigers with two more homeruns as Mickey Lolich was shelled in the Tigers blowout loss.  Lolich gave up five runs on nine hits with five strikeouts and the loss dropped his record to 2-2 on the season.
Bill Freehan went two […]

May 11, 1968 at D.C. Stadium
Tigers 12, Senators 2  (18-9)
For the second straight game, an impressive offensive performance by the Tigers overshadowed a solid outing by the team’s starter.  Bill Freehan, Willie Horton and Don Wert all went yard in the contest and both Horton and Freehan finished with three RBIs a piece.  Mickey Stanley […]

May 10, 1968 at D.C. Stadium
Tigers 12, Senators 1  (17-9)
The Tigers won their third straight game behind a huge game by Al Kaline at the plate and another rock solid outing on the mound by Denny McLain.  Kaline went three for four with a homerun, six RBIs and three runs.  Bill Freehan and Don Wert […]

May 5, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5, Angels 2  (14-8)
Denny McLain improved to a perfect 4-0 on the season with another nice start as the Tigers snapped a three game losing streak.  He gave up just a pair of runs on seven hits and a walk with seven strikeouts.
Mickey Stanley and Bill Freehan were the […]

May 4, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Angels 7, Tigers 2  (13-8)
The Tigers dropped their third straight game in a contest that saw Earl Wilson and Joe Warden hammered on the mound.  Wilson fell to 2-4 and he gave up three runs on five hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings.  Warden struck […]

April 30, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Athletics 3, Tigers 1  (12-5)
The Tigers ended April on a losing note but they had to be happy with 12-5 record during the month.  The Tigers made three errors in this one but none of them came into play with regard to the score.  Earl Wilson fell to 2-3 and […]

April 28, 1968 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 2, Tigers 1  (10-4)
The Tigers lost a tough one in a low scoring pitchers duel.  Joe Sparma took a shutout into the eighth inning but both he and Jon Warden combined to give up two runs in the eighth to blow a 1-0 lead.  Sparma dropped to 1-2 on […]

April 21, 1968 at Comiskey Park
Tigers 4, White Sox 1  (8-1)
The Tigers won their eighth straight game behind Earl Wilson’s second solid start in a row.  Wilson improved to 2-1 and he gave up one run on five hits and a walk with four strikeouts in the complete game win.
Dick McAuliffe tripled and drove in […]

April 20, 1968 at Comiskey Park
Tigers 4, White Sox 1  (7-1)
The Tigers continued their April tear with their seventh straight win and this time it was Mickey Lolich and the pen who got it done.  Lolich gave up just five hits in seven shutout innings while Jon Warden improved to 3-0 as he pitched the […]

April 16, 1968 at Fenway Park
Tigers 9, Red Sox 2  (4-1)
The Tigers ran up the score in their most impressive offensive performance of the short season and won their fourth straight game.  While there were plenty of hitting stars, it was Willie Horton who led the way.  He went three for six with two doubles, […]

April 14, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5, White Sox 4  (3-1)
The Tigers won their third straight in a ten inning contest in which Bill Freehan provided the heroics.  His RBI single in the bottom of the tenth inning won it for the Tigers and it capped off a great individual game for the catcher.  He […]

April 11, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 4, Red Sox 3  (1-1)
The Tigers blew a three run lead but still managed to win when Gates Brown broke a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the ninth with a pinch hit, walk off solo homer.  Dick McAuliffe and Bill Freehan also belted solo shots while Freehan reached […]