July 5, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 8, Athletics 5 (53-27)
The Tigers won their fifth straight game in the month of July and their fifth straight game over all as Bill Freehan put the team on his back. He hit a pair of three runs homers to account for most of the Tigers offense and Willie Horton pitched in with a pair of runs.
Mickey Lolich improved to 7-4 with a mediocre start. He gave up four runs on six hits and a walk with six strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. Pat Dobson gave up a run in 3 2/3 innings and he picked up his fifth save of the season.
