Baltimore Orioles 3 – 7 Detroit Tigers
1 September 1968 · DET04
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | Boog Powell | 1 in 497 games |
| 21 | final score 7–3 | 1 in 54 games | |
| 16 | 9 strikeouts | Denny McLain | 1 in 62 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Orioles | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Detroit Tigers | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | 12 | 0 |
Box score
Baltimore Orioles batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Buford | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Curt Blefary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Frank Robinson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boog Powell | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brooks Robinson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Davey Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Paul Blair | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Larry Haney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elrod Hendricks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jim Hardin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Richert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave May | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Baltimore Orioles pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hardin | 1.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Wally Bunker | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Richert | 4.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Eddie Watt | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Detroit Tigers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick McAuliffe | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mickey Stanley | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Northrup | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Willie Horton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2B |
| Norm Cash | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bill Freehan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tommy Matchick | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ray Oyler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Don Wert | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denny McLain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Detroit Tigers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denny McLain | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |