Baseball Historians

October 5, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Cardinals 7, Tigers 3
Cardinals Lead Best of Seven Game Series 2-1
The Tigers played a World Series game in front of home crowd for the first time since 1945 but they failed to get it done because some of lackluster hitting and mediocre pitching.  Earl Wilson walked six and gave up [...]

October 2, 1968 at Busch Stadium
Cardinals 4, Tigers 0
Cardinals Lead Best of Seven Game Series 1-0
The Tigers ran into a buzz saw in game one of the 1968 World Series and the end result was a game one loss.  Bob Gibson struck out a World Series record seventeen batters as he was the star of [...]

September 29, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Senators 3, Tigers 2  (103-59)
The Tigers finished their regular season with a whimper as they dropped their third straight game in a series sweep at the hands of the Senators.  The Tigers scored two in the first then failed to score the rest of the way as the Senators won [...]

September 27, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Senators 3, Tigers 1  (103-57)
The Tigers came out a little flat as they kicked off their final regular season home series with a loss.  The hitters were held to just six hits and it was Norm Cash who provided the bulk of the offense.  He finished two for four and [...]

September 20, 1968 at D.C. Stadium
Tigers 6, Senators 3  (100-54)
The Tigers won their tenth straight and in the process, they reached the 100 win mark for just the fourth time in franchise history.  They were hoping they wouldn’t repeat history though because the other three times they won 100, they couldn’t get that World Series [...]

September 7, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Twins 2, Tigers 1  (90-53)
The Tigers outhit the Twins 8-6 but they came up short where it counted in a 2-1 loss that ended their four game winning streak.  Pat Dobson went the distance but he gave up a ninth inning run to fall to 5-6.  He gave up two [...]

September 4, 1968 at the Oakland Coliseum
Tigers 4, Athletics 2  (89-52)
The Tigers march towards the American League pennant continued behind a solid start by John Hiller.  He gave up two runs on six hits and two walks with five strikeouts in seven innings.  Pat Dobson picked up his sixth save of the season with two [...]

September 3, 1968 at the Oakland Coliseum
Tigers 6, Athletics 3  (88-52)
It looked like the Tigers were going to let this game get away.  Up 2-0 in the eighth inning, Earl Wilson was finally touched up for three runs and the Tigers entered the ninth down by a run.  Fortunately, they stormed back and scored four [...]

September 2, 1968 at the Oakland Coliseum
Athletics 4, Tigers 0  (86-52)
The Tigers were held to four hits in a shutout loss as the Tigers kicked off their series with the A’s with a pair of games.  Bill Freehan had two of the Tigers hits while Willie Horton was the tough luck hitter at the plate.  [...]

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 [...]

August 21, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 3, White Sox 2  (80-45)
The Tigers got some timley hitting and some good pitching as they came back to beat the White Sox to ensure at least a split in their four game series.  Down 2-1, Mickey Stanley belted a solo homer in the bottom of the eighth to [...]

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 [...]

August 13, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium
Indians 1, Tigers 0  (75-43)
The Tigers four game winning streak came to an end as they were held to just four hits in a shutout loss to the Indians.  No Tiger reached base more then once and Mickey Stanley had the only extra base hit with a triple.
A solid start [...]

June 25, 1968 at Yankees Stadium
Tigers 8, Yankees 5 (46-26)
The Tigers piled on twelve hits and eight walks to win their third straight game.  Willie Horton led the way and he went two for five with a triple, two runs and two RBIs while Jim Northrup tripled, drove in two and drew two walks.
Mickey Lolich [...]

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 [...]

June 21, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium
Indians 4, Tigers 3 (43-24)
The Tigers blew a thirteenth inning lead as they dropped their series opener to the Indians.  Jim Northrup had doubled home Mickey Stanley in the top of the thirteenth inning but Pat Dobson gave up a two run homer in the bottom of the inning and [...]

June 18, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 2, Red Sox 1 (42-22)
Earl Wilson got it done on the mound for the Tigers as they came back home to take on the Red Sox.  He gave up one run on four hits and three walks with seven strikeouts in eight innings of work and the win pushed [...]

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 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 11, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 3, Twins 1 (36-20)
Pat Dobson outdueled Dean Chance as the Tigers took the first game of a series opening doubleheader that saw an over an hour rain delay in the second inning.  Dobson improved to 2-0 and he gave up one run on five hits and five walks with [...]

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 [...]

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 27, 1968 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 7, Tigers 6  (24-16)
It took twelve innings but the Tigers lost for the fifth time in six games in their series opener against the Angels.  The Tigers hitters did get it done though and Eddie Mathews homered twice and drove in three runs while Norm Cash belted a two [...]

April 10, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox 7, Tigers 3  (0-1)
The Tigers lost their home opener against the defending American League champs.  The Red Sox got to Earl Wilson early to the tune of five runs in five innings and both Pat Dobson and Daryl Patterson were touched up for a piece as well.
Wilson did [...]