Phenomenal Pitching Seasons

Denny McLain 1968 Detroit Tigers

June 20, 1968. vs. Boston Red Sox. at Tiger Stadium.

Tigers 4 Red Sox 3

WP- Denny McLain (10-5) LP- Sparky Lyle

HR- Joe Lahoud; Dick McAuliffe (3), Bill Freehan (3)

Real Life: 9IP, 1R, 3H, 10K, 2BB, 1HBP (12-2)

Replay: 8IP, 3R, 10H, 6K, 3BB, 1HR (10-5)

The Red Sox bashed out ten hits against Denny McLain and he was trailing, 3-2 after eight innings pitched, but Dick McAuliffe bailed him out with a two-run blast in the bottom of the eighth. That allowed him to reach double digit wins. In the replay, he is two behind in the win column and three behind in the loss column.


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