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White Sox
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 21, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox, played on August 21, 1968 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 21, 1968 |
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Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 21, 1968 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Cisco Carlos |
Home Starting Pitcher | Pat Dobson |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 29,540 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 39 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jim Honochick 1B: Al Salerno 2B: Emmett Ashford 3B: Bill Valentine |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Luis Aparicio | Shortstop |
Sandy Alomar | Second Baseman |
Pete Ward | Third Baseman |
Tommy McCraw | First Baseman |
Tommy Davis | Left Fielder |
Ken Berry | Center Fielder |
Buddy Bradford | Right Fielder |
Jerry McNertney | Catcher |
Cisco Carlos | Pitcher |
Les Moss | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
Mickey Stanley | Center Fielder |
Jim Northrup | Right Fielder |
Gates Brown | Left Fielder |
Norm Cash | First Baseman |
Bill Freehan | Catcher |
Tommy Matchick | Shortstop |
Don Wert | Third Baseman |
Pat Dobson | Pitcher |
Mayo Smith | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
White Sox
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 21, 1968
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Dobson
Aparicio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stanley. Aparicio reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alomar vs. Dobson
Alomar bunts towards the mound. Dobson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Aparicio moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ward vs. Dobson
Ward is hit by the pitch. Alomar moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McCraw vs. Dobson
McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Matchick fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Aparicio scores. Alomar moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Davis vs. Dobson
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Dobson covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Carlos
McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Carlos
There goes McAuliffe. The throw from McNertney and he is out, Alomar applying the tag. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Carlos
Stanley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Carlos
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Dobson
Berry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bradford vs. Dobson
Bradford is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McNertney vs. Dobson
McNertney hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carlos vs. Dobson
Carlos strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Carlos
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Carlos
Cash hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Carlos
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Dobson
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Dobson
Alomar hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Dobson
There goes Alomar. The throw from Freehan and he is safe. Alomar steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ward vs. Dobson
Ward is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCraw vs. Dobson
McCraw hits a fly ball into right field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matchick vs. Carlos
Matchick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carlos fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Carlos
Wert hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Berry. Wert reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dobson vs. Carlos
Dobson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wert moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McAuliffe vs. Carlos
McAuliffe is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stanley vs. Carlos
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Dobson
Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Dobson
Berry hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bradford vs. Dobson
Bradford hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Carlos
Northrup hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Carlos
There goes Northrup. The throw from McNertney and he is safe. Northrup steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Carlos
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cash vs. Carlos
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCraw scoops it up and throws to first, with Carlos covering, for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Freehan vs. Carlos
Freehan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Northrup scores. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matchick vs. Carlos
Matchick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 1 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNertney vs. Dobson
McNertney hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carlos vs. Dobson
Carlos hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Dobson
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Matchick scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Dobson
Alomar strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Carlos
Wert hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dobson vs. Carlos
Dobson strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Carlos
McAuliffe strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Dobson
Ward hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Dobson
McCraw hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Dobson
Davis strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Carlos
Stanley hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Carlos
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Carlos
Brown hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Berry who is chasing the ball. Brown reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cash vs. Locker
Bob Locker now pitching.
Cash is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Dobson
Berry strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bradford vs. Dobson
Bradford hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNertney vs. Dobson
McNertney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Matchick scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Locker
Freehan is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Matchick vs. Locker
Matchick hits a fly ball into right field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Locker
Wert hits a popup towards third. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Locker vs. Dobson
Locker strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Dobson
Aparicio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Dobson
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Matchick scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Locker
Al Kaline pinch hits for Pat Dobson.
Kaline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alomar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Locker
McAuliffe hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Locker
Stanley hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Locker
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Patterson
Daryl Patterson now pitching.
Ward strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCraw vs. Patterson
McCraw strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Patterson
Davis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berry vs. Patterson
Berry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Matchick misplays the ball. That's an error on Matchick. Davis moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wagner vs. Patterson
Leon Wagner pinch hits for Buddy Bradford.
Wagner strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Wood
Wilbur Wood now pitching. Woodie Held now playing right field. Willie Horton pinch hits for Gates Brown.
Horton strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Wood
Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Wood
Freehan hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matchick vs. Wood
Matchick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 10
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White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNertney vs. Patterson
Willie Horton now playing left field.
McNertney strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Patterson
Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Patterson
Aparicio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stanley. Aparicio reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alomar vs. Patterson
Alomar strikes out. View Play
Bottom 10
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White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Wood
Wert hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Price vs. Wood
Jim Price pinch hits for Daryl Patterson.
Price hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/21/1968 -- Chicago at Detroit (N) Chicago AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Aparicio L, ss 5 1 2 0 McAuliffe D, 2b 3 0 0 0 Alomar S, 2b 5 0 2 0 Stanley M, cf 4 1 2 1 Ward P, 3b 3 0 0 0 Northrup J, rf 4 1 1 0 McCraw T, 1b 4 0 0 0 Brown G, lf 3 0 1 0 Davis T, lf 4 0 1 0 Horton W, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Berry K, cf 3 0 0 0 Cash N, 1b 4 0 0 0 Bradford B, rf 3 0 0 0 Freehan B, c 4 0 1 1 Wagner L, ph 1 0 0 0 Matchick T, ss 4 0 0 0 Wood W, p 0 0 0 0 Wert D, 3b 4 0 1 0 McNertney J, c 4 1 1 1 Dobson P, p 2 0 1 0 Carlos C, p 2 0 0 0 Kaline A, ph 1 0 0 0 Locker B, p 1 0 0 0 Patterson D, p 0 0 0 0 Held W, rf 1 0 0 0 Price J, ph 1 1 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 2 6 1 35 3 8 3 Chicago 100 010 000 0 -- 2 Detroit 000 100 010 1 -- 3 1 out when winning run was scored. Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Carlos C 5.2 6 1 1 1 3 Locker B 2.1 1 1 1 0 2 Wood W (L) 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Dobson P 8.0 4 2 2 1 7 Patterson D (W) 2.0 2 0 0 0 5 E -- Matchick T DP -- Chicago 1, Detroit 1 LOB -- Chicago 6, Detroit 5 2B -- Aparicio L 2, Wert D 3B -- Brown G HR -- McNertney J, Stanley M, Price J SB -- Alomar S, Northrup J CS -- McAuliffe D HBP -- by Dobson P (Ward P) PB -- McNertney J T -- 2:39 A -- 29540
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