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Tigers 4 @ Twins 5
Metropolitan Stadium
July 11, 1968

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers, played on July 11, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium. The home team Twins beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJuly 11, 1968 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 4 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 4
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Minnesota Twins
R: 5 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherRon Perranoski  
Losing PitcherJohn Hiller  
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Game Winning RBIRod Carew 

Game Info

DateJuly 11, 1968 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamMinnesota Twins 
Visiting Starting PitcherMickey Lolich  
Home Starting PitcherDean Chance  
BallparkMetropolitan Stadium 
CityBloomington 
StateMN 
Attendance25,330 
Time of Game2 hours 34 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Russ Goetz
1B: Hank Soar
2B: Nestor Chylak
3B: Bill Kinnamon

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick McAuliffe  Second Baseman 
Mickey Stanley  Center Fielder 
Jim Northrup  Right Fielder 
Norm Cash  First Baseman 
Willie Horton  Left Fielder 
Bill Freehan  Catcher 
Tommy Matchick  Shortstop 
Don Wert  Third Baseman 
Mickey Lolich  Pitcher 
Mayo Smith  Manager 

Minnesota Twins Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cesar Tovar  Left Fielder 
Rod Carew  Second Baseman 
Tony Oliva  Right Fielder 
Bob Allison  First Baseman 
Ted Uhlaender  Center Fielder 
Frank Quilici  Third Baseman 
Rick Renick  Shortstop 
John Roseboro  Catcher 
Dean Chance  Pitcher 
Cal Ermer  Manager 

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Tigers 4 @ Twins 5
Metropolitan Stadium
July 11, 1968

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/11/1968 -- Detroit at Minnesota (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Minnesota          AB  R  H RBI
McAuliffe D, 2b       4  1  1  1   Tovar C, lf           5  1  2  1   
Stanley M, cf         4  1  1  3   Carew R, 2b           5  0  3  3   
Northrup J, rf        4  0  0  0   Oliva T, rf           2  0  0  0   
Cash N, 1b            2  0  0  0   Allison B, 1b         4  0  1  0   
Kaline A, ph-1b       0  0  0  0   Perranoski R, p       0  0  0  0   
Horton W, lf          4  0  1  0   Uhlaender T, cf       4  0  0  0   
Freehan B, c          4  0  0  0   Quilici F, 3b         4  1  1  0   
Matchick T, ss        1  1  0  0   Renick R, ss          4  1  1  1   
Oyler R, ss           2  0  1  0   Roseboro J, c         1  0  0  0   
Wert D, 3b            3  1  2  0   Kostro F, ph          1  0  0  0   
Lolich M, p           3  0  0  0   Look B, c             1  1  0  0   
Dobson P, p           0  0  0  0   Chance D, p           1  0  0  0   
Tracewski D, ph       1  0  0  0   Rollins R, ph         0  0  0  0   
Hiller J, p           0  0  0  0   Perry J, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Clark R, ph           0  0  0  0   
                                   Reese R, ph-1b        0  1  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  4  6  4                        32  5  8  5

Detroit          003 010 000 --  4
Minnesota        110 000 201 --  5
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lolich M              6.1  5  4  4  3  7
Dobson P              1.2  1  0  0  2  3
Hiller J (L)          0.1  2  1  1  1  0

  Minnesota            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Chance D              5.0  3  4  4  0  7
Perry J               2.0  2  0  0  1  0
Perranoski R (W)      2.0  1  0  0  1  1

E -- Quilici F
DP -- Minnesota 1
LOB -- Detroit 5, Minnesota 8
2B -- Wert D
HR -- Tovar C, Renick R, Stanley M, McAuliffe D
CS -- Wert D
HBP -- by Chance D (Matchick T), by Chance D (Cash N)
T -- 2:34
A -- 25330

    

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