August 11, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5, Red Sox 4 (73-42)
A long day was made even longer as the Tigers and Red Sox kicked off a doubleheader with a 4 1/2 hour, 14 inning contest. The Tigers were down 4-0 after the Red Sox scored four in the first but the pitching staff held the Red Sox scoreless over the final thirteen frames. Mickey Lolich provide the bulk of the relief pitching and he gave up two hits and three walks with four strikeouts in five innings of shutout relief to close out the game. The win pushed his record to 10-7 on the season.
The game winner came on a walk off solo homer by Gates Brown in the bottom of the fourteenth. Bill Freehan and Wayne Comer also pitched in with solo homers. For Comer, it was the first homerun of his career. Mickey Stanley had a team high three hits in six at bats.
August 11, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 6, Red Sox 5 (74-42)
The Tigers worked their magic yet again as they finished up a sweep over the Red Sox in their doublheader. Down 2-0, the Tigers scored two in the bottom of the eighth to tie it only to see the Red Sox scored three in the top of the ninth. Then in the bottom of the ninth, the Tigers stormed back and scored four to walk away with the win. It was Gates Brown who provided the heroics again with his second walk off hit of the day. He singled home Mickey Stanley to win it while Norm Cash was the hitting star with three hits and two RBIs.
Jon Warden picked up the win and improved to 4-1 although he was in the right place at the right time. He gave up two of the Red Sox ninth inning runs. John Hiller had a solid start in a no decision and he gave up two runs on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.
