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How the 1968 Detroit Tigers won 28 games in the final inning

The 1968 Detroit Tigers finished the regular season with 40 victories in which they were either trailing or tied in the seventh inning or later. Of those wins, 28 featured the Tigers taking the lead in the final inning. Free Press special writer Bill Dow takes a look at those games:

April 11: Gates Brown hits a pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Red Sox, 4-3, in the second game of the season.

April 14: Bill Freehan singles with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to beat the White Sox, 5-4.