Baseball Historians

September 25, 1968 at Memorial Stadium Tigers 4, Orioles 3  (103-56) The Tigers added to their win total as they stormed back to beat the Orioles for their 103rd win.  Gate Brown came through in a huge way with a ninth inning, three run homer that gave the Tigers the win.  Bill Freehan also had [...]

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 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 [...]