California Angels vs Detroit Tigers
August 28, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 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)
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California Angels 1, Detroit Tigers 6

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Davalillo cf 4 0 0 0
Fregosi ss 4 0 0 0
Mincher 1b 3 1 1 1
Reichardt lf 4 0 1 0
Kirkpatrick rf 4 0 1 0
Knoop 2b 4 0 2 0
Rodgers c 2 0 0 0
  Hinton ph,3b 1 0 0 0
  Repoz ph 1 0 0 0
Cottier 3b 2 0 0 0
  Llenas ph 1 0 0 0
  Locke p 0 0 0 0
Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 1 0 1 0
  Egan ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 3 0 0 0
Tracewski 3b 3 0 0 0
Stanley cf 4 0 1 0
Horton lf 4 2 3 0
Freehan 1b 3 2 1 2
Northrup rf 4 2 3 3
Price c 4 0 2 1
Oyler ss 3 0 0 0
McLain p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 6
California 000 100 000160
Detroit 030 000 03x6100
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Burgmeier  L (1-4) 2.0 4 3 3 1 2
  Pattin   4.0 4 0 0 1 7
  Locke   2.0 2 3 3 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
2
10
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  W (26-5) 9.0 6 1 1 2 11
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
11

  E–None.  DP–California 2, Detroit 1.  2B–California Knoop (18,off McLain), Detroit Northrup (21,off Burgmeier).  HR–California Mincher (13,4th inning off McLain 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Freehan (20,2nd inning off Burgmeier 1 on, 0 out); Northrup (16,8th inning off Locke 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Oyler (7,off Burgmeier).  HBP–Freehan (22,by Locke).  HBP–Locke (1,Freehan).  U-HP–Ed Runge, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Cal Drummond, 3B–Jim Odom.  T–2:24.  A–35,740.
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