Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
April 18, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 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 0, Detroit Tigers 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Salmon 2b,3b 4 0 1 0
Cardenal cf 4 0 1 0
Wagner lf 4 0 0 0
Sims c 4 0 0 0
Horton 1b 4 0 3 0
Davalillo rf 4 0 1 0
Alvis 3b 2 0 0 0
  Nelson 2b 2 0 0 0
Brown ss 3 0 0 0
Hargan p 2 0 0 0
  Kurtz p 0 0 0 0
  Maye ph 1 0 1 0
  Sutherland p 0 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Gramly p 0 0 0 0
  Vidal ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 0 7 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 2 1 1
Wert 3b 5 0 2 0
Kaline rf 5 1 1 1
Horton lf 4 1 2 2
Cash 1b 2 1 1 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Northrup cf 4 0 1 1
Oyler ss 4 0 1 0
  Tracewski pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Sparma p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Cleveland 000 000 000071
Detroit 010 120 10x591
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hargan  L (0-2) 4.1 7 4 4 2 4
  Kurtz   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Sutherland   0.2 1 1 1 2 1
  Fisher   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Gramly   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
5
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sparma  W (1-0) 9.0 7 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
1
4

  E–Wagner (2), Oyler (3).  2B–Cleveland Horton (1,off Sparma).  HR–Detroit Horton (2,2nd inning off Hargan 0 on, 0 out); McAuliffe (2,5th inning off Hargan 0 on, 0 out); Kaline (1,5th inning off Hargan 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Brown (2,by Sparma); McAuliffe (1,by Gramly).  SH–Sparma (1,off Gramly).  SB–Salmon (1,2nd base off Sparma/Freehan); Horton (1,3rd base off Sparma/Freehan); Davalillo (4,2nd base off Sparma/Freehan); Cash (1,2nd base off Hargan/Sims); McAuliffe (1,2nd base off Sutherland/Sims).  CS–Wert (1,2nd base by Hargan/Sims).  WP–Gramly (1).  IBB–Gramly (1,McAuliffe); Sparma (1,Brown).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Cal Drummond, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:38.  A–9,753.
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