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Indians
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 8, 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 8, 1968 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 8, 1968 |
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Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 8, 1968 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Sonny Siebert |
Home Starting Pitcher | Denny McLain |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 23,904 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 26 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Red Flaherty 1B: Bob Stewart 2B: Lou DiMuro 3B: Marty Springstead |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jose Cardenal | Center Fielder |
Russ Snyder | Right Fielder |
Jimmie Hall | Left Fielder |
Tony Horton | First Baseman |
Joe Azcue | Catcher |
Billy Harris | Second Baseman |
Lou Klimchock | Third Baseman |
Larry Brown | Shortstop |
Sonny Siebert | Pitcher |
Alvin Dark | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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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 |
Denny McLain | Pitcher |
Mayo Smith | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 8, 1968
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. McLain
Cardenal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Horton throws the ball in to McAuliffe who tags Cardenal, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. McLain
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tracewski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hall vs. McLain
Hall strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Siebert
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Siebert
Northrup hits a fly ball into right field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Siebert
Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. McLain
Horton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Azcue vs. McLain
Azcue hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Horton moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harris vs. McLain
Harris hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Freehan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Klimchock vs. McLain
Klimchock hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. McLain
Brown hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Siebert
Cash strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Siebert
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Siebert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Siebert
Freehan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wert vs. Siebert
Wert strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. McLain
Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLain fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. McLain
Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tracewski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. McLain
Snyder hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hall vs. McLain
Hall hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tracewski vs. Siebert
Tracewski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McLain vs. Siebert
McLain bunts towards the mound. Siebert fields it and throws to first for the out. Tracewski moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McAuliffe vs. Siebert
McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tracewski scores. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Siebert
Northrup hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McAuliffe moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kaline vs. Siebert
Kaline hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. McAuliffe scores. Northrup moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cash vs. Siebert
Cash is walked intentionally. Kaline moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Horton vs. Siebert
Horton hits a fly ball into right field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Northrup tags and scores. Kaline tags and moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Freehan vs. Siebert
Freehan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Siebert
Wert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tracewski vs. Siebert
Tracewski is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. McLain
Horton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Northrup. Horton reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Azcue vs. McLain
Azcue hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with McLain covering, for the out. Horton moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Harris vs. McLain
Harris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Klimchock vs. McLain
Klimchock hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Horton tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. McLain
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLain vs. Siebert
McLain hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cardenal. McLain reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McAuliffe vs. Siebert
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Northrup vs. Siebert
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kaline vs. Siebert
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klimchock fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McLain scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Siebert
Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kaline moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Horton vs. Siebert
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. McLain
Tommy Harper pinch hits for Sonny Siebert.
Harper is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. McLain
Cardenal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. McLain
There goes Cardenal. The throw from Freehan and he is safe. Cardenal steals second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Snyder vs. McLain
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cardenal moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hall vs. McLain
Hall hits a popup towards third. Wert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Kurtz
Hal Kurtz now pitching.
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klimchock fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Kurtz
Wert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klimchock juggles the ball. That's an error on Klimchock. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tracewski vs. Kurtz
Tracewski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wert moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McLain vs. Kurtz
McLain strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. McLain
Horton hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Azcue vs. McLain
Azcue hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. McLain
Harris hits a popup, foul, towards third. Wert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Kurtz
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Kurtz
Northrup hits a fly ball into left field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Kurtz
Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klimchock vs. McLain
Mickey Stanley now playing center field. Jim Northrup now playing right field.
Klimchock hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. McLain
Brown hits a line drive towards short. Tracewski reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurtz vs. McLain
Kurtz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with McLain covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Kurtz
Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Kurtz
Horton hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Cardenal. Horton reaches second base with a double. Cash moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Freehan vs. Kurtz
Wayne Comer pinch runs for Willie Horton.
Freehan is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wert vs. Kurtz
Wert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cash scores. Comer scores. Freehan moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tracewski vs. Kurtz
Tracewski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klimchock fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Klimchock. Freehan scores. Wert moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McLain vs. Kurtz
McLain hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klimchock fields it and throws to first for the out. Wert scores. Tracewski moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McAuliffe vs. Kurtz
McAuliffe hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Snyder. McAuliffe reaches second base with a double. Tracewski scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Northrup vs. Kurtz
Dave Campbell pinch runs for Dick McAuliffe.
Northrup takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. Kurtz
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Campbell moves to third. Northrup moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cash vs. Kurtz
Cash is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Comer vs. Kurtz
Comer hits a line drive towards short. Brown reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenal vs. McLain
Dave Campbell now playing second base. Wayne Comer now playing left field.
Cardenal hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stanley. Cardenal reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Snyder vs. McLain
Snyder hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hall vs. McLain
Hall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tracewski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Horton vs. McLain
Horton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Azcue vs. McLain
Azcue hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Kurtz
Freehan hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Kurtz
Wert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tracewski vs. Kurtz
Tracewski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McLain vs. Kurtz
McLain hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alvis vs. McLain
Max Alvis pinch hits for Billy Harris.
Alvis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. McLain
Lou Johnson pinch hits for Lou Klimchock.
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Salmon vs. McLain
Chico Salmon pinch hits for Larry Brown.
Salmon is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maye vs. McLain
Lee Maye pinch hits for Hal Kurtz.
Maye hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/8/1968 -- Cleveland at Detroit (N) Cleveland AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Cardenal J, cf 3 0 2 0 McAuliffe D, 2b 5 1 2 2 Snyder R, rf 4 0 1 0 Campbell D, pr-2b 0 0 0 0 Hall J, lf 4 0 0 0 Northrup J, cf-rf 4 1 1 0 Horton T, 1b 3 1 2 0 Kaline A, rf 4 1 2 2 Azcue J, c 4 0 1 0 Stanley M, cf 1 0 0 0 Harris B, 2b 2 0 0 0 Cash N, 1b 3 2 2 0 Alvis M, ph 1 0 0 0 Horton W, lf 3 0 1 1 Klimchock L, 3b 2 0 0 1 Comer W, pr-lf 1 1 0 0 Johnson L, ph 1 0 0 0 Freehan B, c 3 3 2 4 Brown L, ss 3 0 0 0 Wert D, 3b 5 1 2 2 Salmon C, ph 0 0 0 0 Tracewski D, ss 5 2 2 0 Siebert S, p 1 0 0 0 McLain D, p 4 1 1 1 Harper T, ph 1 0 0 0 Kurtz H, p 1 0 0 0 Maye L, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 1 6 1 38 13 15 12 Cleveland 000 100 000 -- 1 Detroit 006 100 51x -- 13 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Siebert S (L) 4.0 9 7 7 2 3 Kurtz H 4.0 6 6 5 3 1 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO McLain D (W) 9.0 6 1 1 3 2 E -- Klimchock L 2 DP -- Cleveland 1 LOB -- Cleveland 8, Detroit 8 2B -- Horton T, McLain D, Horton W, McAuliffe D, Cardenal J HR -- Freehan B 2 SB -- Cardenal J SH -- McLain D SF -- Horton W, Klimchock L HBP -- by McLain D (Salmon C) T -- 2:26 A -- 23904
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