Baseball Historians

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 [...]