May 16, 1967 at D.C. Stadium
Senators 5, Tigers 4 (17-10)
The Washington Senators handed the Tigers their third straight loss in a close game. The Tigers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning but the Senators matched that in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game up. A two run third inning for the Senators knocked Earl Wilson out of the game and it was a deficit that the Tigers couldn’t come back from.
Al Kaline was responsible for those three first inning runs. He hit a three run shot, his eighth homerun of the season. Gates Brown drove in the other Tiger run with a sac. fly in the seventh inning.
Earl Wilson was hammered. He gave up five runs and only got six outs. Give some credit to Dave Wickersham and George Korince. They threw six shutout innings to at least give the Tigers a chance in this one. Unfortunately the bats went away after that first frame.