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Indians 1 @ Tigers 2
Tiger Stadium
August 6, 1968

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 6, 1968 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers beat the visiting Indians with a score of 2 to 1.

Game Summary

DateAugust 6, 1968 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 1 H: 7 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 1
Hits: 7
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 2 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 2
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherJohn Wyatt  
Losing PitcherMike Paul  
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Game Winning RBIDick Tracewski 

Game Info

DateAugust 6, 1968 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherLuis Tiant  
Home Starting PitcherJohn Hiller  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance 
Time of Game4 hours 28 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lou DiMuro
1B: Marty Springstead
2B: Red Flaherty
3B: Bob Stewart

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jose Cardenal  Center Fielder 
Chico Salmon  Shortstop 
Lou Johnson  Left Fielder 
Tony Horton  First Baseman 
Joe Azcue  Catcher 
Max Alvis  Third Baseman 
Tommy Harper  Right Fielder 
Vern Fuller  Second Baseman 
Luis Tiant  Pitcher 
Alvin Dark  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick McAuliffe  Second Baseman 
Jim Northrup  Center Fielder 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Norm Cash  First Baseman 
Willie Horton  Left Fielder 
Bill Freehan  Catcher 
Don Wert  Third Baseman 
Dick Tracewski  Shortstop 
John Hiller  Pitcher 
Mayo Smith  Manager 

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Indians 1 @ Tigers 2
Tiger Stadium
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         Game of 8/6/1968, game 1 -- Cleveland at Detroit (N)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Cardenal J, cf        7  0  2  1   McAuliffe D, 2b       7  0  3  0   
Salmon C, ss-1b-ss    7  0  0  0   Northrup J, cf        7  0  4  0   
Johnson L, lf         7  0  1  0   Kaline A, rf          6  0  0  0   
Horton T, 1b          3  0  0  0   Cash N, 1b            6  0  0  0   
Harris B, pr          0  0  0  0   Horton W, lf          7  0  2  0   
Sims D, c             2  0  0  0   Freehan B, c          6  1  0  0   
Azcue J, c            3  0  0  0   Wert D, 3b            7  1  1  1   
Hall J, ph            1  0  0  0   Tracewski D, ss       7  0  1  1   
Brown L, ss           0  0  0  0   Hiller J, p           2  0  0  0   
Snyder R, ph-1b       3  0  0  0   Brown G, ph           1  0  0  0   
Alvis M, 3b           6  0  1  0   Patterson D, p        0  0  0  0   
Harper T, rf          7  1  1  0   Stanley M, ph         1  0  0  0   
Fuller V, 2b          5  0  1  0   Dobson P, p           0  0  0  0   
Tiant L, p            2  0  1  0   Price J, ph           1  0  0  0   
Klimchock L, ph       1  0  0  0   McMahon D, p          0  0  0  0   
Romo V, p             0  0  0  0   Lolich M, p           0  0  0  0   
Maye L, ph            1  0  0  0   Comer W, ph           1  0  0  0   
Fisher E, p           0  0  0  0   Wyatt J, p            0  0  0  0   
Siebert S, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
Paul M, p             0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     56  1  7  1                        59  2 11  2

Cleveland        001 000 000 000 000 00 --  1
Detroit          000 000 010 000 000 01 --  2
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Tiant L               9.0  4  1  1  0  7
Romo V                3.0  1  0  0  1  1
Fisher E              2.0  1  0  0  0  0
Paul M (L)            2.1  5  1  1  1  4

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hiller J              8.0  4  1  1  1  6
Patterson D           3.0  1  0  0  2  2
Dobson P              3.0  0  0  0  0  3
McMahon D             1.2  2  0  0  1  2
Lolich M              0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Wyatt J (W)           1.0  0  0  0  0  1

E -- Alvis M, Freehan B
DP -- Cleveland 1, Detroit 1
LOB -- Cleveland 9, Detroit 11
2B -- McAuliffe D, Northrup J
HR -- Wert D
SB -- Johnson L
CS -- McAuliffe D, Alvis M
SH -- Tiant L
HBP -- by Paul M (Freehan B)
WP -- Patterson D, Romo V, McMahon D
T -- 4:28
A -- 0

    

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