Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
June 24, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1968 at Cleveland 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

Detroit Tigers 14, Cleveland Indians 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 1 1 2
Tracewski ss,3b 5 1 1 1
Stanley cf 4 1 1 0
Freehan 1b 5 2 2 2
Horton lf 1 1 1 0
  Comer pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Wert 3b 2 0 0 0
  Oyler pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Northrup rf 4 2 2 8
Price c 4 3 2 1
McLain p 5 1 1 0
Totals 37 14 11 14
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Harris 2b,3b 4 1 1 0
Snyder rf 3 0 0 1
Hall cf 4 1 1 0
Maye lf 3 1 2 1
  Suarez c 1 0 1 0
Sims c,1b 4 0 2 1
Smith 1b,p 4 0 0 0
Brown ss 4 0 1 0
Alvis 3b 3 0 1 0
  Nelson 2b 1 0 0 0
Paul p 1 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Kurtz p 1 0 0 0
  Rohr p 0 0 0 0
  Harper lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Detroit 200 165 00014110
Cleveland 100 100 010391
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  W (13-2) 9.0 9 3 3 0 8
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Paul  L (0-4) 4.0 2 4 4 6 5
  Fisher   0.1 4 5 5 1 1
  Kurtz   0.2 2 3 3 0 0
  Rohr   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Smith   3.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
14
14
9
6

  E–Hall (2).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Detroit Freehan (12,off Fisher); Price (4,off Fisher); Horton (9,off Kurtz), Cleveland Hall (4,off McLain); Maye (6,off McLain); Brown (8,off McLain).  3B–Cleveland Harris (1,off McLain).  HR–Detroit Price (1,4th inning off Paul 0 on, 0 out); Northrup 2 (10,5th inning off Fisher 3 on, 1 out,6th inning off Rohr 3 on, 0 out).  SH–Stanley (3,off Paul).  HBP–Freehan (10,by Kurtz); Wert (5,by Kurtz).  IBB–Horton 2 (5,by Paul,by Fisher).  SF–Snyder (2,off McLain).  HBP–Kurtz 2 (5,Freehan,Wert).  IBB–Paul (4,Horton); Fisher (1,Horton).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Bob Stewart.  T–2:39.  A–12,808.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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