September 29, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Senators 3, Tigers 2 (103-59)
The Tigers finished their regular season with a whimper as they dropped their third straight game in a series sweep at the hands of the Senators. The Tigers scored two in the first then failed to score the rest of the way as the Senators won it in the ninth for the second straight day. Al Kaline was the lone Tiger with more then one hit and he went two for five with a run while Bill Freehan singled, drove in a run and drew two walks.
Mickey Lolich got his final tune up before the World Series. He gave up a pair of runs in four innings. Pat Dobson gave up an unearned run in the ninth and he fell to 5-8 on the season. The Tigers did have a couple of days off but they had the unenviable task of flying to St. Louis to take on the defending World Series Champions.