California Angels vs Detroit Tigers
July 4, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1968 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the California Angels 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

California Angels 10, Detroit Tigers 13

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Kirkpatrick rf,c 4 2 1 0
Fregosi ss 5 3 3 2
Repoz cf 4 0 1 2
  Hinton ph 1 0 0 0
Mincher 1b 5 2 2 3
Reichardt lf 5 0 0 0
Knoop 2b 4 1 2 0
Satriano c 4 1 2 1
  Rodriguez pr 0 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
Held 3b 3 1 0 0
Ellis p 1 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Sherry p 0 0 0 0
  Messersmith p 2 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 11 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 1 1 2
Stanley cf 4 2 2 1
Northrup rf 5 3 3 5
Cash 1b 4 2 3 3
  Oyler ss 1 0 0 0
Horton lf 5 1 1 1
Freehan c 4 1 1 1
Matchick ss,1b 4 1 2 0
Tracewski 3b 3 1 1 0
Sparma p 0 0 0 0
  Ribant p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 1 0 0
  Wyatt p 0 0 0 0
  Lasher p 2 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 13 14 13
California 040 020 20210111
Detroit 090 002 02x13143
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   1.1 3 4 4 2 0
  Burgmeier  L (1-3) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Pattin   0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Sherry   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Messersmith   5.1 3 2 2 1 3
  Rojas   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
13
13
4
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparma   1.1 3 4 2 1 2
  Ribant  W (2-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Wyatt   2.0 4 2 2 0 2
  Lasher   4.0 4 4 4 1 3
  Hiller  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
10
8
2
7

  E–Knoop (6), Freehan (5), Matchick (3), Ribant (3).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–California Satriano (5,off Sparma); Fregosi 2 (12,off Wyatt,off Lasher); Repoz (6,off Wyatt), Detroit McAuliffe (7,off Burgmeier).  3B–Detroit Northrup (3,off Pattin); Stanley (4,off Rojas).  HR–California Mincher 2 (7,2nd inning off Sparma 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Lasher 1 on, 2 out); Fregosi (8,9th inning off Lasher 1 on, 0 out), Detroit Freehan (12,2nd inning off Ellis 0 on, 1 out); Cash 2 (12,2nd inning off Pattin 1 on, 1 out,6th inning off Messersmith 0 on, 0 out); Horton (20,2nd inning off Sherry 0 on, 1 out); Northrup 2 (13,6th inning off Messersmith 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Rojas.  CS–Repoz (4,2nd base by Wyatt/Freehan).  SB–McAuliffe (7,3rd base off Pattin/Satriano).  U-HP–Al Salerno, 1B–Emmett Ashford, 2B–Bill Valentine, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–3:00.  A–18,186.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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