September 19, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox 4 (86-66), Tigers 2 (85-67)
Just one day ago, the Tigers stood in first place with the Twins and Red Sox. Now, after their third straight loss, the Tigers found themselves all the way down in fourth place. Granted they were still just a game back but with less then two weeks to go, it looked like the American League Pennant race was still going strong.
Lee Stange threw six solid frames and he gave up just two runs but he left the game with the Red Sox down 2-1. The red hot Mickey Lolich, on the other hand, held the Red Sox in check through eight innings but then ran into trouble in the ninth inning when he gave up three innings and took the loss. He did strike out thirteen but the loss dropped his record to 11-13 on the season.
The game winning actually came with Earl Wilson on the mound and it was a wild pitch that scored Carl Yastrzemski. Russ Gibson had a big game with two hits and two RBIs and for the Tigers, Jim Northrup drove in both runs with a two run homer.