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  • Phenomenal Pitching Seasons

    Denny McLain 1968 Detroit Tigers August 20, 1968. vs. Chicago White Sox. at Tiger Stadium Tigers 2 White Sox 0 WP- Denny McLain (15-10) LP- Gary Peters Real Life: 5.2IP, 2ER(7UER), 9H, 2K, 2BB, 1HR (25-4) Replay: 9IP, 0R, 1H, 8K, 1BB, 1HBP. (15-10) Denny McLain rebounded from a very rough stretch by tossing his…

  • Phenomenal Pitching Seasons

    Denny McLain 1968 Detroit Tigers August 16, 1968. vs. Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park Red Sox 5 Tigers 3 WP- Jim Lonborg LP- Denny McLain (14-10) HR- Dick McAuliffe, Norm Cash. Real Life: 9IP, 0R, 7H, 9K, 1BB, (25-3) Replay: 5IP, 4R, 8H, 4K, 2BB, (14-10) The Tigers dropped a 5 to 3 decision…

  • Phenomenal Pitching Seasons

    Denny McLain 1968 Detroit Tigers August 12, 1968. vs. Cleveland Indians at Municipal Stadium Indians 5 Tigers 4 WP- Vincente Romo LP-Daryl Patterson HR- Norm Cash(4), Willie Horton (5); Tony Horton Real Life: 9IP, 3R, 5H, 5K, 1BB, 2HR. (24-3) Replay: 6IP, 3R, 8H, 5K, 1BB, 1HR, (14-9) It’s literally been the tale of two…

  • Phenomenal Pitching Seasons

    Denny McLain 1968 Detroit Tigers August 8, 1968. vs. Cleveland Indians at Tiger Stadium Indians 2 Tigers 0 WP-Sonny Siebert LP- Denny McLain (14-9) Real Life: 9IP, 1R, 6H, 2K, 3BB. (23-3) Replay: 9IP, 2R, 7H, 8K, 0BB (14-9) Cleveland’s Sonny Siebert blanked the Tigers with a four-hit shutout, as the Indians once again beat…

  • Phenomenal Pitching Seasons

    Denny McLain 1968 Detroit Tigers August 4, 1968. vs. Minnesota Twins at Metropolitan Stadium. Twins 3 Tigers 2 11 innings WP- Bob Miller LP- Fred Lasher Real Life: 9IP, 1R, 5H, 4K, 4BB. (22-3) Replay: 7IP, 2R, 6H, 5K, 0BB. (14-8) Minnesota’s Ted Uhlaender singled in Cesar Tovar in the bottom of the eleventh inning,…

  • Phenomenal Pitching Seasons

    Denny McLain. 1968 Detroit Tigers July 31, 1968. vs. Washington Senators at Tiger Stadium Senators 11 Tigers 9 WP- Frank Bartania LP- Don McMahon HR- Mike Epstein 2, Frank Howard, Ken McMullen; Al Kaline (1) Real Life: 9IP, 0R, 4H, 9K, 1BB (21-3) Replay: 6IP, 6R, 6H, 4K, 2BB, 2HR, ND(14-8) July has been a…

  • Phenomenal Pitching Season

    Denny McLain 1968 Detroit Tigers July 27, 1968. vs. Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium Orioles 3 Tigers 2 WP- Tom Phoebus LP- Denny McLain (14-8) HR- Willie Horton (4) Real Life: 9IP, 0R, 3H, 7K, 2BB. (20-3) Replay: 7IP, 3R, 8H, 6K, 3BB. (14-8) A loss for Denny McLain, as the Baltimore Orioles defeat the…

  • Phenomenal Pitching Seasons

    Denny McLain 1968 Detroit Tigers July 23, 1968. vs. Washington Senators at D.C. Stadium Tigers 5 Senators 3 WP- Daryl Patterson LP- Darold Knowles HR- Bill Freehan (5) Real Life: 7IP, 4R, 8H, 7K, 4BB, 1HR, HBP, WP (19-3) Replay: 8IP, 1R, 4H, 3K, 1BB, WP (14-7) For the second straight start, it was a…

  • Phenomenal Pitching Seasons

    Denny McLain 1968 Detroit Tigers July 20, 1968. vs. Baltimore Orioles at Tiger Stadium Orioles 10 Tigers 7 WP- Dave McNally LP- Les Cain HR- Dave McNally (grand slam); Willie Horton (3) Real Life: 4.1 IP, 5R, 6H, 4K, 3BB, 2HR, HBP (18-3) Replay: 3IP, 5R, 6H, 1K, 1BB(14-7) Baltimore beat Detroit in a slugfest,…

  • Phenomenal Pitching Seasons

    Denny McLain 1968 Detroit Tigers July 16, 1968. vs. Oakland Athletics at Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Tigers 3 Oakland 0 WP- Denny McLain (14-7) LP- Chuck Dobson Real Life: 9IP, 0R, 8H, 8K, 0BB (18-2) Replay: 9IP, 0R, 2H, 8K, 1BB (14-7) HR- Willie Horton (3) A very nice bounce back game for Denny McLain.…