Saturday, July 22, 1967: New York 4, Tigers 2

Detroit, MI- Mickey Mantle continued his assault on Tigers pitching with three hits, Tom Tresh hit two solo homers, and the New York Yankees beat the Tigers, 4-2 at Tiger Stadium.

The Yanks are 9-4 against Detroit this season.

Tresh stroked home runs in the sixth and eighth innings to turn a 2-1 Yankees lead into a 4-1 margin.

Mantle, who has been a tough out for Detroit pitching all season, had a double and two singles and a walk.

Norm Cash (14) hit a solo homer for the Tigers (50-41), who fell into third place.

Dick McAuliffe had a single, double and a triple in the losing effort.

Yankees starter Fred Talbot went 7.1 innings for the win. Dooley Womack notched his second save in as many days.

Earl Wilson (9-6) took the loss.

Game 91	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	9	0
DET	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	8	0

WP- Talbot

SV- Womack

LP- Wilson (9-6)

Friday, July 21, 1967: New York 4, Tigers 3

Detroit, MI- Mickey Mantle had three RBI, including the game-winning single in the ninth inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Tigers, 4-3 at Tiger Stadium.

Mantle also drilled a two-run homer in the third inning.

Steve Whitaker added a solo home run in the eighth inning that tied the game, 3-3.

Both four-baggers came off Tigers starter Denny McLain. Mantle's single, which drove in pinch-hitter Dick Howser, came off loser John Hiller (3-3).

The Tigers (50-40) managed just five hits, while the Yankees used a late-game onslaught---seven hits in the final three innings---to overcome Detroit.

In the ninth with one out, Howser singled. Horace Clarke followed with a single that sent Howser to second base. Roy White lined out to shortstop, then Mantle drove a Hiller pitch into right field, which easily plated Howser.

The Tigers scored in the first inning on a bases-loaded walk by Jim Landis. In the fourth, Yankees center fielder Joe Pepitone misplayed Ray Oyler's line drive into a two-base error, which scored Jim Price. The Tigers' third run came in the seventh inning when Price singled home Bill Freehan, who had been hit by a pitch for the second time in the game. The run gave Detroit a 3-2 lead, but the Yankees' late surge carried them to victory.

Steve Hamilton picked up the win in relief, and Dooley Womack pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the save.

Until right-hander Womack entered the game, the Tigers faced three pitchers who were all lefties, likely done to keep the Tigers' cache of left-handed bats on the bench as much as possible.

Game 90	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	10	1
DET	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	0

WP- Hamilton

SV- Womack

LP- Hiller (3-3)

Thursday, July 20, 1967: Tigers 4, Washington 2

Detroit, MI- Beleaguered Joe Sparma pitched into the eighth inning, giving up just two unearned runs, and the Tigers beat the Washington Senators, 4-2, in the rubber game of a three-game series at Tiger Stadium.

Sparma (9-10), who came into the game with an ERA over 5.00, limited the Senators to five hits. He walked four and struck out three.

Mike Marshall and Fred Gladding sealed the win in relief, despite some late Washington threats. Gladding picked up his 19th save.

Norm Cash (13) hit a solo homer for the Tigers (50-39) in the second inning to put Detroit up, 3-0.

The Senators scored twice in the eighth, strongly aided by Jim Northrup's two-base error.

In the ninth, Washington put the first two runners on base against Gladding with a single and a walk. But a double play grounder to the pitcher and a tap to the catcher ended the threat and the game.

The Tigers added an insurance run in the eighth when pinch-hitter Gates Brown doubled, scoring Cash, who had walked.

With the win, the Tigers crept to within one game of first-place and idle Chicago.

Game 89	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	0
DET	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	4	7	1

WP- Sparma (9-10)

SV- Gladding (19)

LP- Moore

Wednesday, July 19, 1967: Washington 3, Tigers 0

Detroit, MI- Phil Ortega pitched a complete game, five-hit shutout, as the Washingto Senators beat the Tigers, 3-0, on Wednesday night.

Ken McMullen's two-run homer in the eighth gave Ortega some breathing room as the Senators tripled their lead from 1-0.

Paul Casanova hit a solo homer in the second inning. Both home runs came off starter Mickey Lolich (9-6), who went eight innings.

Ortega didn't walk a batter and struck out three in his gem.

The Tigers (49-39), who lost for just the third time in 11 games, went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.

Don Wert's one-out triple in the second inning provided the Tigers with their best scoring chance of the evening, but Ortega induced a pop up from Norm Cash and a ground ball from Dick Tracewski to get out of the jam.

Game 88	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	6	1
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

WP- Ortega

LP- Lolich (9-6)

Tuesday, July 18, 1967: Tigers 6, Washington 5

Detroit, MI- Dave Baldwin uncorked a wild pitch with the bases loaded, enabling Ray Oyler to score the winning run in the bottom of the ninth as the Tigers beat the Washington Senators, 6-5 at Tiger Stadium.

The Tigers won for the eighth time in 10 games, drawing to within 1.5 games of the first-place Chicago White Sox, who lost.

It was fitting that Oyler scored the winning run, as the light-hitting shortstop had a big night---three hits and three runs scored.

The Tigers (49-38) trailed 5-3 in the seventh but scored twice to tie the game, aided by a Senators error and three singles. Willie Horton drove home Dick McAuliffe to make the score 5-5.

The Senators scored three times in their half of the seventh to wipe away a 3-2 deficit. A single by Fred Valentine, a triple by Mike Epstein and a single by Paul Casanova accounted for the trio of runs.

Lenny Green had a two-run double in the fifth inning to put the Tigers ahead 3-2.

To start the Tigers' ninth, Oyler reached on another Senators error, this one by second baseman Bob Saverine, who charged Oyler's soft ground ball and threw wildly to first, enabling Oyler to take second base.

Pinch-hitter Jim Landis was intentionally walked, and McAuliffe drew an unintentional free pass, loading the bases with no outs against lefty reliever Dick Lines. Mickey Stanley was sent to the plate to bat for the left-handed swinging Green.

Baldwin, a right-hander, relieved Lines.

But Baldwin's first pitch was wide to the right of catcher Casanova, who couldn't block it. As the ball scooted away, Oyler scampered home.

Green and McAuliffe each had two hits for Detroit.

Hank Aguirre (1-1) earned the win with two innings of scoreless relief of Earl Wilson, who went seven innings, yielding all five Senators runs and seven hits. He walked five and struck out six.

Game 87	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	8	2
DET	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	6	9	0
None out when winning run scored.

WP- Aguirre (1-1)

LP- Lines

Monday, July 17, 1967: Tigers 6, Boston 3

Boston, MA- The Tigers had just one hit and no runs after six innings and trailed the Boston Red Sox 2-0, but slumping Norm Cash caught fire in the late innings, hitting two, two-run homers, leading Detroit to a 6-3 victory at Fenway Park.

The Red Sox did manage to cobble together nine singles in the final three innings, yet only scored one run. They left 12 men on base for the game.

Tigers first baseman Cash, who came into the game batting .190, curled a line drive around the right field foul pole in the seventh inning to tie the game, 2-2. The homer came off Red Sox starter Lee Stange, who had stifled the Tigers up to that point.

In the eighth, the Tigers added two more runs to go ahead 4-2. A double, a sacrifice fly and a solo homer by Bill Freehan accounted for the runs.

In Boston's eighth, the Red Sox had four singles but could only score one run.

The Tigers (48-38) added insurance in the ninth when Cash again homered, this time to deep right center, scoring Don Wert in front of him for a 6-3 lead.

The four-baggers were Cash's 11th and 12th of the season.

The winner was reliever Mike Marshall, who took over for starter Denny McLain in the seventh inning after McLain allowed three singles. Mike Andrews was caught stealing, which derailed the Red Sox rally.

John Hiller pitched 1.2 innings to earn his third save.

Carl Yastrzemski continued his hot streak by going 4-for-4 with a walk and a run scored for Boston.

Red Sox reliever Dan Osinski took the loss.

With the win, the Tigers leap-frogged into second place over the Minnesota Twins, 2.5 games behind the Chicago White Sox.

Game 86	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	6	9	1
BOS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	14	0

WP- Marshall (4-0)

SV- Hiller (3)

LP- Osinski

Sunday, July 16, 1967: Boston 20, Tigers 5

Boston, MA- The Boston Red Sox smacked five home runs, including two by Carl Yastrzemski, and they routed the Tigers, 20-5 at Fenway Park.

Boston amassed 21 hits and the Tigers made three errors as Detroit suffered its worst loss of the season.

Starter Joe Sparma (8-10) was strafed for nine runs (eight earned) in 2.1 innings. The bullpen wasn't any better; Dave Wickersham (five runs) and Hank Aguirre (six runs, four earned) combined to give up 11 runs in 4.2 innings.

Tigers pitchers also walked eight and hit a batter.

Yastrzemski struck for a two-run homer in the first inning and a solo shot in the third. Tony Conigliaro, Mike Ryan and George Scott also homered for the Red Sox.

The Tigers (47-38) got two solo home runs from Willie Horton (16).

The Red Sox' first three hitters each made seven plate appearances.

Yastrzemski scored five runs to go with his two homers and three RBI. He walked once and was hit by a pitch, scoring on each occasion.

Darrell Brandon pitched seven innings to earn the win.

Game 85	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	5	10	3
BOS	4	0	5	5	0	3	3	0	X	20	21	1

WP- Brandon
LP- Sparma (8-10)

Saturday, July 15, 1967: Tigers 1, Washington 0

Washington, DC- Mickey Stanley's solo home run in the eighth inning was the only offense of the game, as the Tigers beat the Washington Senators, 1-0 at DC Stadium.

Mickey Lolich (9-5) pitched 8.1 innings to earn the win, while Fred Gladding picked up his 18th save by inducing a double play ground ball from pinch-hitter Ed Stroud.

The Tigers (47-37) have won six of their past seven games and moved to within 2.5 games of the first-place Chicago White Sox---the closest the Tigers have been to first place in many weeks.

Stanley's homer made a tough-luck loser out of Senators starter Barry Moore, who went eight innings and gave up just four base hits while striking out six and walking none.

Lolich struck out 13 Senators hitters and surrendered six hits. He walked three.

The Tigers are now off to Boston for a quick two-game series before facing these same Senators in Detroit for three games starting on Tuesday.

Game 84	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	1
WAS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1

WP- Lolich (9-5)
SV: Gladding (18)
LP- Moore

Friday, July 14, 1967: Tigers 3, Washington 1

Washington, DC- The Tigers didn't get a base hit until the seventh inning and committed three errors, yet they still managed to beat the Washington Senators, 3-1 at DC Stadium.

Willie Horton's lead-off double in the seventh broke up Phil Ortega's no-hit bid, and two more doubles followed from Bill Freehan and Jim Northrup to turn a 1-0 Washington lead into a 2-1 Tigers advantage.

The Tigers added an insurance run in the ninth when Ray Oyler walked with the bases loaded.

The Senators' lone run came on a Frank Howard homer in the first inning, his second round tripper of the series.

Earl Wilson (9-5) pitched 6.1 innings to earn the victory. Fred Gladding pitched the ninth for his 17th save.

The Tigers (46-37) have won five of six.

Game 83	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	5	3
WAS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2

WP- Wilson (9-5)
SV- Gladding (17)
LP- Ortega