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August 24, 2007

Twins Take Finale In Five Game Series With Tigers

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August 24, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Twins 4 (69-55), Tigers 2  (69-57)

The Twins took the final game of a five game series between the Tigers and Twins behind a strong outings by Dave Boswell and Al Worthington.  Worthington set the stage and held the Tigers to two runs on five hits and three walks with seven strikeouts in six innings but he left with the game tied 2-2.  Worthington picked up from there and pitched three innings of one hit ball to improve to 8-8 on the season.

Denny McLain held on as long as he could but he yieled three runs on eleven hits in 7 1/3 innings.  he walked one and struck out three.

The game winner came off of Harmon Killebrew’s bat.  His solo homerun in the eighth inning broke a 2-2 tie.  It was his 34th dinger of the season.  Ted Uhlaender had a solid game as well.  He went three for five with an RBI.

Norm Cash homered for the seventeenth time and Willie Horton had two doubles and an RBI in the loss for the Tigers.

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