Baseball Historians

June 2, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Yankees 4, Tigers 3  (29-17)
This time it was the Yankees who came out on top in a one run game as they topped the Tigers in the first game of their Sunday doubleheader.  The Tigers scored three runs in the sixth inning but then the Yankees finally got to Denny […]

May 15, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Orioles 10, Tigers 8  (19-11)
Denny McLain lost his first decision of the season and he lasted just two innings in a high scoring affair.  McLain fell to 5-1 and he gave up four runs in the two frames.  Jon Warden was also touched up and he gave up three runs […]

May 8, 1968 at Memorial Stadium
Tigers 3, Orioles 1  (16-9)
Earl Wilson had one of his best starts of the season as he gave up just one unearned run in eight innings of work. That lone run didn’t come until the ninth inning and it was Jon Warden who came in to put out the fire.  […]

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 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 17, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 4, Indians 3  (5-1)
The Tigers picked up their fifth straight win and their second extra inning win in three games in their opener against the Indians.   Willie Horton provided the heroics with a two run, walk off homer in the bottom of the tenth inning to win it for […]

April 13, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5, White Sox 2  (2-1)
Daryl Patterson threw some exceptional relief pitching after Joe Sparma ran into problems in the fifth inning.  Like Jon Warden two days before, Patterson picked up his first career win and he gave up four hits and three walks with three strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.  […]

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 […]