Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
June 8, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1968 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 1, Detroit Tigers 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Alvis 3b 4 0 1 0
Brown ss 4 0 1 0
Horton 1b 4 1 2 1
Azcue c 4 0 1 0
Cardenal cf 4 0 0 0
Salmon lf 4 0 1 0
Fuller 2b 3 0 1 0
Vidal rf 3 0 0 0
McDowell p 2 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 1 0 0 0
  Rohr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 1 2 0
Tracewski ss 3 0 0 0
  Oyler ss 0 0 0 0
Northrup rf 4 1 0 1
Freehan 1b 2 0 0 0
Horton lf 3 0 1 1
Wert 3b 3 0 0 0
Stanley cf 2 1 2 0
Price c 3 0 1 1
Lolich p 3 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 6 3
Cleveland 100 000 000170
Detroit 200 000 10x360
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  L (6-4) 7.0 6 3 3 3 3
  Rohr   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
3
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (4-3) 9.0 7 1 1 0 10
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
10

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 4.  2B–Cleveland Salmon (7,off Lolich), Detroit Price (1,off McDowell).  3B–Detroit McAuliffe (6,off McDowell).  HR–Cleveland Horton (7,1st inning off Lolich 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Cardenal (14,2nd base off Lolich/Price).  CS–Salmon (6,3rd base by Lolich/Price).  U-HP–Emmett Ashford, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Bill Valentine, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:05.  A–28,100.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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