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1968 Yankees-Tigers 9/17 Called by Frank Messer and Phil Rizzuto The Detroit Tigers clinch the A.L. pennant with a two-out rally in the last of the ninth inning. Joe Sparma pitches a brilliant complete game, facing just 3 batters over the minimum. Game box score below provided by Retrosheet.org They have a fantastic website, be sure to check it out. |
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NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 0
DET A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 0
BATTING
New York Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Clarke 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 6
Gibbs c 4 0 1 1 0 0 5 0
Mantle 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 9 1
White lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Pepitone cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Robinson rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
Ferraro 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Michael ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Smith ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Howser pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amaro ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bahnsen p 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Whitaker ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McDaniel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1 1 2 26 16
FIELDING -
DP: 2. Robinson-Mantle, Michael-Clarke-Mantle.
BATTING -
Team LOB: 2.
BASERUNNING -
CS: Clarke (7,2nd base by Sparma/Freehan); Robinson (7,2nd base by Sparma/Freehan).
Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
McAuliffe 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 6
Stanley cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Northrup rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
Horton lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Cash 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 12 2
Kaline ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 2
Matchick ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 4
Oyler ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Price ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brown ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Wert 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2
Sparma p 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals 30 2 8 2 4 5 27 17
FIELDING -
DP: 1. McAuliffe-Matchick-Cash.
BATTING -
SH: Freehan (3,off Bahnsen).
Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Bahnsen 8 6 1 1 2 4 0 29
Hamilton L(2-2) 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
McDaniel 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Totals 8.2 8 2 2 4 5 0 35
Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Sparma W(9-10) 9 5 1 1 1 2 0 30
Umpires: HP - Bill Kinnamon, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Nestor Chylak