Baseball Historians

June 9, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Indians 2, Tigers 0 (35-20)
Luis Tiant held the Tigers to just four hits and while Denny McLain was nearly as good, he suffered his second loss of the season.  He fell to 9-2 and he gave up two runs on three hits with four strikeouts in eight innings of work.
Gates […]

June 4, 1968 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 2, Tigers 0  (30-19)
A pretty good start by Mickey Lolich went to waste as the Tigers dropped the first game of their doubleheader with the Red Sox.  Lolich gave up two runs on just two hits but he walked six with four strikeouts in seven innings.  For his […]

May 22, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 4, Tigers 3  (23-14)
The Tigers lost their rubber game with the Twins despite coming back from two runs down to tie it in the top of the eighth.  Don Wert led off the inning with his second homerun of the game to make it a one run contest and […]

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 […]

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 […]