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New York Yankees 2 Detroit Tigers 6

September 19,1968

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (81-74)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (99-56)

Game Date

September 19,1968

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

9,063

Time of Game

2:01

Umpires

[HP]: Russ Goetz [1B]: Hank Soar [2B]: Nestor Chylak [3B]: Bill Kinnamon

New York Yankees 2 Detroit Tigers 6

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8th inning: HR/9 **Denny McLain told catcher Jim Price to tell Mickey Mantle**
8th inning: HR/9 **what pitch is coming; Mantle hit the ball into the upper**
8th inning: HR/9 **deck for home run #535**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Yankees	NYA	81-74		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	1	0			2	8	0		5	5	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	99-56		0	0	0		1	0	3		2	0	x			6	10	0		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Yankees - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Horace Clarke	2b	29.109	B	5	0	1	0		0	0	.232		139	429
2	Jake Gibbs	c	29.317	L	5	0	1	0		0	1	.223		117	341
3	Mickey Mantle	1b	36.335	B	2	2	2	1		2	0	.242		136	2365
4	Joe Pepitone	cf	27.346	L	4	0	2	0		0	1	.247		103	911
5	Bill Robinson	lf	25.085	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.236		98	219
6	Tom Tresh	ss	29.365	B	3	0	0	1		1	1	.201		143	1043
7	Andy Kosco	rf	26.350	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.234		125	214
8	Mike Ferraro	3b	24.032	R	4	0	2	0		0	2	.157		22	32
9	Mel Stottlemyre	p	26.311	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.138		33	157
	Dick Howser	ph	32.128	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.152		80	780
	Charley Smith	ph	31.004	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.232		44	766
Totals

2B: Jake Gibbs (12)

HR: Mickey Mantle (17)

RBI: Mickey Mantle (53), Tom Tresh (52)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick McAuliffe	2b	28.295	L	4	1	0	0		1	1	.250		142	1071
2	Mickey Stanley	ss-cf	26.061	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.258		146	417
3	Al Kaline	rf	33.275	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.286		93	2085
4	Gates Brown	lf	29.140	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.354		60	473
	Wayne Comer	lf	24.229	R	1	0	1	2		0	0	.158		42	46
5	Norm Cash	1b	33.314	L	3	2	3	3		1	0	.266		118	1362
6	Jim Northrup	cf-rf	28.300	L	3	1	2	0		1	0	.265		145	497
7	Eddie Mathews	3b	36.342	L	2	0	1	1		1	0	.200		27	2194
	Don Wert	pr-3b	30.052	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.200		141	821
8	Jim Price	c	26.342	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.175		58	102
9	Denny McLain	p	24.174	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.150		41	168
Totals

2B: Al Kaline (12), Jim Northrup (27)

HR: Norm Cash 2 (24)

RBI: Wayne Comer 2 (3), Norm Cash 3 (61), Eddie Mathews (7)

GDP: Jim Northrup (13)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mel Stottlemyre	R	L 20-12	6.0	8	4	4	2	3	2		2.53	1.12		34	157
2	Dooley Womack	R		2.0	2	2	2	3	2	0		3.26	1.32		44	151
Totals				0.0

WP: Dooley Womack (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mel Stottlemyre (0-0-0), Dooley Womack (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Denny McLain	R	W 31-5	9.0	8	2	2	3	7	1		2.01	0.91		39	169
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Denny McLain (0-0-0)