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Tigers 3 @ Yankees 3
Yankee Stadium
August 23, 1968

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 23, 1968 at Yankee Stadium. The game ended in a tie with neither side victorious.

Game Summary

DateAugust 23, 1968 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 3 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 3
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 3 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 17
Runs: 3
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 17
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Game Info

DateAugust 23, 1968 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherJoe Sparma  
Home Starting PitcherJoe Verbanic  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance33,880 
Time of Game5 hours 4 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bob Stewart
1B: Lou DiMuro
2B: Marty Springstead
3B: Red Flaherty

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Mickey Stanley  Shortstop 
Jim Northrup  Center Fielder 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Gates Brown  Left Fielder 
Norm Cash  First Baseman 
Don Wert  Third Baseman 
Jim Price  Catcher 
Dick Tracewski  Second Baseman 
Joe Sparma  Pitcher 
Mayo Smith  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick Howser  Second Baseman 
Bill Robinson  Right Fielder 
Roy White  Left Fielder 
Joe Pepitone  Center Fielder 
Andy Kosco  First Baseman 
Charley Smith  Third Baseman 
Frank Fernandez  Catcher 
Gene Michael  Shortstop 
Joe Verbanic  Pitcher 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

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2 Re: New York Yankees versus Detroit Tigers - August 23, 1968 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information
Posted by HC SPELKIN – 05/23/2014 at 6:41 PM
WHY WAS THE SUSPENDED GAME REPLAYED IN ITS ENTIRETY INSTEAD OF FROM THE 20TH INNING?
1 Re: New York Yankees versus Detroit Tigers - August 23, 1968 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information
Posted by Eddie Hathaway – 07/02/2013 at 6:28 PM
John Hiller threw nine scoreless innings in RELIEF.

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Tigers 3 @ Yankees 3
Yankee Stadium
August 23, 1968

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/23/1968, game 2 -- Detroit at New York (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Stanley M, ss-cf      8  1  3  1   Howser D, 2b          6  0  0  0   
Northrup J, cf-rf     8  0  1  0   Robinson B, rf        8  1  0  0   
Kaline A, rf          2  0  1  1   White R, lf           9  1  2  2   
Oyler R, ss           4  0  0  0   Pepitone J, cf        9  0  2  0   
Brown G, lf           3  0  1  0   Kosco A, 1b           8  0  1  0   
Horton W, ph-lf       4  0  0  0   Smith C, 3b           4  0  1  0   
Cash N, 1b            8  1  4  0   McDaniel L, p         2  0  0  0   
Wert D, 3b            7  0  0  0   Clarke H, ph          0  0  0  0   
Price J, c            3  0  0  0   Womack D, p           1  0  1  0   
Freehan B, c          4  0  0  0   Fernandez F, c        0  1  0  0   
Tracewski D, 2b       8  1  2  1   Colavito R, ph        1  0  0  0   
Sparma J, p           1  0  0  0   Hamilton S, p         0  0  0  0   
Lasher F, p           2  0  0  0   Cox B, 3b             5  0  0  0   
Hiller J, p           2  0  0  0   Michael G, ss         3  0  0  0   
Comer W, ph           1  0  1  0   Mantle M, ph          1  0  1  0   
McMahon D, p          0  0  0  0   Amaro R, ss           2  0  0  0   
                                   Verbanic J, p         1  0  0  0   
                                   Tresh T, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Talbot F, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Gibbs J, c            5  0  2  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     65  3 13  3                        66  3 10  2

Detroit          001 010 010 000 000 000 0 --  3
New York         000 010 020 000 000 000 0 --  3

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Sparma J              5.1  4  1  1  3  2
Lasher F*             1.2  1  2  2  1  1
Hiller J              9.0  4  0  0  6  2
McMahon D             3.0  1  0  0  0  3

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Verbanic J            5.0  7  2  1  1  2
Talbot F              1.0  0  0  0  0  0
Hamilton S            2.0  4  1  1  0  2
McDaniel L            7.0  0  0  0  0  6
Womack D              4.0  2  0  0  1  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th

E -- Verbanic J
DP -- New York 3
LOB -- Detroit 11, New York 17
2B -- Gibbs J
HR -- White R
SB -- Pepitone J, Womack D
SH -- Sparma J, Wert D, Gibbs J
SF -- Kaline A
HBP -- by Hamilton S (Freehan B)
WP -- Sparma J
T -- 5:04
A -- 33880

    

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