Question

[djhutch]

Does anybody know where I can find out information about the Tigers game from the day I was born?

[Brent]

www.retrosheet.org has box scores and scoring summaries from a ton of games.

Detroit Tigers 12, Washington Senators 2
DayGame Played on Saturday, May 11, 1968 (D) at D.C. Stadium
DET A 0 0 4 0 2 1 2 1 2 - 12 15 0
WAS A 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 4 1
BATTING
Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Stanley 1b,cf 5 3 2 0 1 0 6 0
Northrup cf 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
Matchick pr,1b 2 1 1 1 0 1 8 1
Kaline rf 2 3 1 1 3 0 1 0
Freehan c 5 2 3 3 0 0 8 1
Horton lf 3 1 2 3 1 0 0 0
Wert 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 2
Tracewski 2b 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 6
Oyler ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 1
Sparma p 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 39 12 15 11 5 5 27 11
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Tracewski-Matchick-Oyler.
BATTING -
2B: Northrup (3,off Bertaina); Freehan (7,off Bertaina); Oyler (4,off Knowles);
Stanley (5,off Humphreys).
HR: Freehan (6,3rd inning off Bertaina 2 on 2 out); Horton (6,9th inning off
Humphreys 0 on 0 out); Wert (3,9th inning off Humphreys 0 on 0 out).
SH: Matchick (1,off Bertaina).
SF: Horton (3,off Higgins).
Team LOB: 7.
Washington Senators AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Unser cf 2 1 0 0 2 1 4 0
Coggins 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 1
F. Howard 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
Valentine rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Hansen 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
Stroud lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0
Casanova c 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bertaina p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Higgins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bowens ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epstein ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Humphreys p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 1 3 6 27 5
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Hansen-Coggins-F. Howard.
E: Knowles (1).
PB: Casanova (3).
PITCHING
Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR
Sparma W(2-3) 9 4 2 2 3 6 0

Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bertaina L(1-2) 4.1 5 6 6 4 3 1
Higgins 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Knowles 2 5 3 2 1 1 0
Humphreys 2 5 3 3 0 1 2
Totals 9 15 12 11 5 5 3
WP: Sparma 2 (3).
Umpires: Bill Kinnamon, Russ Goetz, Johnny Stevens, Nestor Chylak
Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 3435
Starting Lineups:

Detroit Tigers Washington Senators
1. Stanley 1b Unser cf
2. Northrup cf Coggins 2b
3. Kaline rf F. Howard 1b
4. Freehan c Valentine rf
5. Horton lf Hansen 3b
6. Wert 3b Stroud lf
7. Tracewski 2b Casanova c
8. Oyler ss Brinkman ss
9. Sparma p Bertaina p

TIGERS 1ST: Stanley made an out to left; Northrup flied to left
in foul territory; Kaline walked; Freehan lined to pitcher; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Unser walked; Sparma threw a wild pitch [Unser to
second]; Coggins grounded out (second to first) [Unser to
third]; Sparma threw a wild pitch [Unser scored]; F. Howard
grounded out (second to first); Valentine singled to center;
Hansen made an out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0,
Senators 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton grounded out (third to first); Wert made an
out to left; Tracewski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers
0, Senators 1.

SENATORS 2ND: Stroud struck out; Casanova was called out on
strikes (catcher to first); Brinkman made an out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Senators 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Oyler struck out; Sparma made an out to center;
Stanley singled to center; Northrup doubled to right [Stanley
scored]; MATCHICK RAN FOR NORTHRUP; Kaline walked; Freehan
homered [Matchick scored, Kaline scored]; Horton walked; Wert
made an out to left; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Senators 1.

SENATORS 3RD: MATCHICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); STANLEY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Bertaina popped to third; Unser
walked; Coggins hit into a double play (second to first to
shortstop) [Unser out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers
4, Senators 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Tracewski struck out; Oyler popped to catcher in
foul territory; Sparma popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 4, Senators 1.

SENATORS 4TH: F. Howard grounded out (second to first);
Valentine popped to catcher in foul territory; Hansen grounded
out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4,
Senators 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Stanley walked; Matchick out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Stanley to second]; Kaline singled [Stanley
scored]; Freehan doubled to left [Kaline to third]; HIGGINS
REPLACED BERTAINA (PITCHING); Horton hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Kaline scored, Freehan to third]; Wert grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 6, Senators
1.

SENATORS 5TH: Stroud singled to right; Casanova grounded out
(first unassisted) [Stroud to second]; Brinkman grounded out
(shortstop to first); BOWENS BATTED FOR HIGGINS; Bowens struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 6, Senators 1.

TIGERS 6TH: KNOWLES REPLACED BOWENS (PITCHING); Tracewski
grounded out (third to first); Oyler doubled to right; Oyler was
picked off second but was safe on an error by Knowles [Oyler
scored (unearned)]; Sparma singled to pitcher; Stanley popped to
first in foul territory; Matchick struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. Tigers 7, Senators 1.

SENATORS 6TH: Unser struck out; Coggins singled to left; F.
Howard struck out; Valentine walked [Coggins to second]; Hansen
singled to right [Coggins scored, Valentine to second]; Stroud
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 7,
Senators 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Kaline walked; Freehan singled to left [Kaline to
second]; Horton singled to left [Kaline scored, Freehan to
second]; Wert singled to right [Freehan scored, Horton to
third]; Tracewski popped to first in foul territory; Oyler
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Wert out
at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 9, Senators 2.

SENATORS 7TH: Casanova grounded out (third to first); Brinkman
made an out to center; EPSTEIN BATTED FOR KNOWLES; Epstein made
an out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 9, Senators 2.

TIGERS 8TH: HUMPHREYS REPLACED EPSTEIN (PITCHING); Sparma popped
to second; Stanley doubled to left; Matchick singled [Stanley
scored]; Kaline popped to second; Freehan made an out to center;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 10, Senators 2.

SENATORS 8TH: Unser made an out to center; Coggins lined to
second; F. Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 10,
Senators 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Horton homered; Wert homered; Tracewski singled to
shortstop; Casanova allowed a passed ball [Tracewski to second];
Oyler made an out to center; Sparma was called out on strikes;
Stanley made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers
12, Senators 2.

SENATORS 9TH: Valentine grounded out (second to first); Hansen
grounded out (third to first); Stroud popped to catcher; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 12, Senators 2.

Final Totals R H E LOB
Tigers 12 15 0 7
Senators 2 4 1 4

[djhutch]

Not only do you give me a link, but you take the time to check on my profile for my birthdate & post it.

You win this week's "Above & Beyond the Call Award." Unfortunately, Above & Beyond, Inc. is going bankrupt - so we can't afford any trophies. :sad: