Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
August 8, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 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 13

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal cf 3 0 2 0
Snyder rf 4 0 1 0
Hall lf 4 0 0 0
Horton 1b 3 1 2 0
Azcue c 4 0 1 0
Harris 2b 2 0 0 0
  Alvis ph 1 0 0 0
Klimchock 3b 2 0 0 1
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Brown ss 3 0 0 0
  Salmon ph 0 0 0 0
Siebert p 1 0 0 0
  Harper ph 1 0 0 0
  Kurtz p 1 0 0 0
  Maye ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 1 2 3
  Campbell 2b 0 0 0 0
Northrup cf,rf 4 1 1 0
Kaline rf 4 1 2 2
  Stanley cf 1 0 0 0
Cash 1b 3 2 2 0
Horton lf 3 0 1 1
  Comer pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Freehan c 3 3 2 4
Wert 3b 5 1 2 2
Tracewski ss 5 2 2 0
McLain p 4 1 1 1
Totals 38 13 15 13
Cleveland 000 100 000162
Detroit 006 100 51x13150
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert  L (11-9) 4.0 9 7 7 2 3
  Kurtz   4.0 6 6 5 3 1
Totals
8.0
15
13
12
5
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  W (23-3) 9.0 6 1 1 3 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
2

  E–Klimchock 2 (2).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Horton (20,off McLain); Cardenal (18,off McLain), Detroit McLain (1,off Siebert); Horton (14,off Kurtz); McAuliffe (20,off Kurtz).  HR–Detroit Freehan 2 (16,3rd inning off Siebert 2 on, 2 out,8th inning off Kurtz 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Klimchock (1,off McLain); Horton (7,off Siebert).  HBP–Salmon (2,by McLain).  SH–McLain (9,off Siebert).  IBB–Cash 2 (6,by Siebert,by Kurtz); Freehan (4,by Kurtz).  SB–Cardenal (27,2nd base off McLain/Freehan).  HBP–McLain (6,Salmon).  IBB–Siebert (10,Cash); Kurtz 2 (6,Freehan,Cash).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Bob Stewart, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:26.  A–23,904.
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