July 4, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 13, Angels 10 (52-27)
The Tigers held on to win a wild one as they finished up a four game sweep over the Angels for their fourth straight win. Jim Northrup and Norm Cash both hit a pair of homeruns and Northrup had a team high five RBIs. Bill Freehan and […]
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 2, 1968 at Tiger StadiuM
Tigers 3, Angels 1 (50-27)
The Tigers won their second straight game and this time it was Earl Wilson who got it done on the mound. He improved to 6-5 and he gave up just one run on seven hits and one walk with nine strikeouts in the complete game.
Willie Horton […]
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 22, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium
Indians 2, Tigers 0 (43-25)
The Tigers dropped their second straight game to the Indians in a contest that saw the road team pick up just five hits. Willie Horton was the only hitter to reach base twice with a single and a walk while Mickey Stanley and Norm Cash both […]
June 19, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox 8, Tigers 5 (42-23)
Joe Sparma took it on the chin again and he fell to 5-7 with a subpar outing. He gave up five runs on eight hits and four walks with eight strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. Daryl Patterson gave up three runs in his 2/3 of […]
June 15, 1968 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 7, Tigers 4 (40-21)
Joe Sparma had a rough outing and he fell to 5-6 as the Tigers five game winning streak came to an end. He gave up five runs on five hits and three walks with a strikeout in four innings of work.
Bill Freehan went four for […]
June 12, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 2, Twins 1 (38-20)
The Tigers made it three straight over the Twins behind a solid outing by Mickey Lolich. He improved to 5-3 and he gave up one run on five hits and two walks with nine strikeouts in the complete game.
Dick McAuliffe was the hiting star. He went […]
June 7, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5, Indians 4 (34-19)
The Tigers needed five runs in the final three innings but they did it to win their fourth straight game. Norm Cash had a big game with a pair of solo homers while Willie Horton joined him with a solo shot of his own. For Horton, […]
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 31, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 1, Yankees 0 (28-16)
The Tigers closed out the month of May with their fourth straight win despite picking up just a run on four hits in the contest. Willie Horton’s solo homerun in the seventh inning, his fourteenth long ball of the year, was the only run for either […]
May 29, 1968 at Anaheim Stadium
Tigers 3, Angels 0 (26-16)
Denny McLain did it again with another exceptional start as he improved to 8-1. He gave up just four hits and a walk with thirteen strikeouts in the shutout win.
Willie Horton’s two run homer in the seventh inning was his thirteenth of the season. Dick McAuliffe […]
May 28, 1968 at Anaheim Stadium
Tigers 4, Angels 1 (25-16)
Bill Freehan doubled home two runs and then Willie Horton followed that up with a two run homer to give the Tigers an early 4-0 lead before the Angels even got to hit. That was all the Tigers got but it more then enough because of […]
May 24, 1968 at the Oakland Coliseum
Tigers 2, Athletics 2 (23-14)
The Tigers and Athletics played to a 2-2 rain shortened tie today and the game was called in the seventh inning. Both Tiger runs came via the longball with solo shots by Bill Freehan and Willie Horton. For Horton, it was his eleventh of the […]
May 21, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 3, Tigers 1 (23-13)
The Tigers three game winning streak came to an end with a pretty pathetic day at the plate. Tigers’ hitters managed just four hits and their lone run of the game came in the second inning when Bill Freehan singled home Willie Horton.
A solid start by […]
May 20, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium
Tigers 4, Twins 3 (23-12)
The Tigers came back from an early 3-0 deficit in this one to walk away with their third straight win. Willie Horton hit a solo shot, his tenth homer of the season, in the ninth inning to send the game into extra frames and then Al […]
May 18, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Senators 8, Tigers 4 (20-12)
Frank Howard took it to the Tigers with two more homeruns as Mickey Lolich was shelled in the Tigers blowout loss. Lolich gave up five runs on nine hits with five strikeouts and the loss dropped his record to 2-2 on the season.
Bill Freehan went two […]
May 14, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 4, Orioles 0 (19-10)
Earl Wilson improved to 4-4 on the season with a four hit shutout as the Tigers got back on track in front of their home crowd. He gave up two walks and he struck out five in what his best start of the season to date.
Willie […]
May 11, 1968 at D.C. Stadium
Tigers 12, Senators 2 (18-9)
For the second straight game, an impressive offensive performance by the Tigers overshadowed a solid outing by the team’s starter. Bill Freehan, Willie Horton and Don Wert all went yard in the contest and both Horton and Freehan finished with three RBIs a piece. Mickey Stanley […]
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. […]
May 3, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Angels 6, Tigers 5 (13-7)
The Tigers lost their second one run game in as many days as Mickey Lolich was roughed up by the Angels’ hitters. Lolich fell to 1-1 and he gave up five runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks with six strikeouts in 5 1/3 […]
May 3, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Angels 6, Tigers 5 (13-7)
The Tigers lost their second one run game in as many days as Mickey Lolich was roughed up by the Angels’ hitters. Lolich fell to 1-1 and he gave up five runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks with six strikeouts in 5 1/3 […]
May 1, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 3, Twins 2 (13-5)
Willie Horton drove in Dick McAuliffe with a sac. fly in the bottom of the eighth inning to break a 2-2 tie to win their first game in the May. With just five hits, the Tigers needed a two run homer by Jim Northrup in the […]
May 1, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 3, Twins 2 (13-5)
Willie Horton drove in Dick McAuliffe with a sac. fly in the bottom of the eighth inning to break a 2-2 tie to win their first game in the May. With just five hits, the Tigers needed a two run homer by Jim Northrup in the […]
April 18, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5, Indians 0 (6-1)
The Tigers made it six straight wins behind an exceptional start by Joe Sparma. He gave up seven hits and a walk with four strikeouts in the complete game shutout and it was his first win of the season.
Three of the Tigers’ runs came via 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 16, 1968 at Fenway Park
Tigers 9, Red Sox 2 (4-1)
The Tigers ran up the score in their most impressive offensive performance of the short season and won their fourth straight game. While there were plenty of hitting stars, it was Willie Horton who led the way. He went three for six with two doubles, […]
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 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 […]
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