Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
August 25, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 1968 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, New York Yankees 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Stanley cf 5 1 2 1
Tracewski ss 3 2 2 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Kaline rf 5 1 3 1
Horton lf 4 0 1 2
Freehan 1b,c 4 0 1 0
Wert 3b 4 0 0 0
Price c 3 0 0 0
  Oyler ss 0 0 0 0
  Northrup ph 1 0 0 0
Matchick 2b 4 0 0 0
Dobson p 2 1 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Cash ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 5 0 1 0
Gibbs c 4 0 1 1
Mantle 1b 4 0 0 0
Pepitone cf 4 1 1 0
Kosco rf 4 1 2 0
Tresh ss 2 1 1 0
Robinson lf 3 1 2 4
Cox 3b 4 1 1 1
Barber p 1 0 1 0
  Colavito p 1 1 0 0
  Womack p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
Detroit 202 100 0005100
New York 000 105 00x6102
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson   5.2 8 5 5 2 0
  Patterson  L (2-3) 1.1 2 1 1 2 0
  McMahon   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
4
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Barber   3.1 7 5 4 3 1
  Colavito  W (1-0) 2.2 1 0 0 2 1
  Womack   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  McDaniel  SV (8) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
6
3

  E–Tresh (22), Cox (16).  DP–Detroit 1, New York 1.  2B–Detroit Horton (17,off Barber); Kaline (11,off Colavito); Brown (5,off McDaniel), New York Kosco 2 (11,off Dobson 2).  HR–New York Robinson (4,6th inning off Dobson 2 on, 2 out); Cox (6,6th inning off Dobson 0 on, 2 out).  WP–Barber (3).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bob Stewart, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–3:04.
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