Baseball Historians

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 [...]

July 3, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5, Angels 2  (51-27)
The Tigers remained perfect in the month of the June and they won their third game behind a trio of homeruns.  Norm Cash belted two run shot while both Dick Tracewski and Willie Horton went yard with nobody on base.  For Horton, it was his ninteenth [...]

July 1, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5, Angels 1 (49-27)
The Tigers kicked off the month of July with an impressive win behind the arm of Mickey Lolich.  He gave up just a single run on five hits with fourteen strikeouts in the complete game win.
Bill Freehan provided the bulk of the offense with a pair [...]

June 23, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium
Indians 3, Tigers 0  (43-26)
The Tigers suffered their third straight loss and their second straight shutout at the hands of the Indians.  This time, the offense was held to just three hits, two of which were by Don Wert.  He singled and doubled while Tom Matchick had the only other [...]

May 19, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5, Senators 4  (21-12)
The Tigers held off a late inning surge to walk away with a win in the first game of their doubleheader with the Senators.  The Tigers took a 4-0 lead into the eigth inning when Earl Wilson and Joe Warden were both tagged for a pair [...]