DET @ SLN

October 02, 1968

Final Score: DET 0 - SLN 4

Game Information

Ballpark
Busch Stadium II
Attendance
54,692
Game Duration
149 minutes
Day/Night
Day
Winning Pitcher
Bob Gibson
Losing Pitcher
Denny McLain

Umpires

Home Plate
Tom Gorman
First Base
Jim Honochick
Second Base
Stan Landes
Third Base
Bill Kinnamon

Line Score

DET @ SLN — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
SLN 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 x 4 6 0

DET Batting

DET @ SLN — DET Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Gates Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Norm Cash 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000
Pat Dobson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bill Freehan 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Willie Horton 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Al Kaline 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .250
Tommy Matchick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Eddie Mathews 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Dick McAuliffe 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Denny McLain 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Don McMahon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jim Northrup 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Mickey Stanley 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500
Dick Tracewski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Don Wert 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500
Team Totals 31 0 5 0 1 17 1 0 0 0 .161

SLN Batting

DET @ SLN — SLN Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Lou Brock 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250
Orlando Cepeda 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Curt Flood 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Bob Gibson 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Julian Javier 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .333
Roger Maris 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dal Maxvill 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Tim McCarver 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333
Mike Shannon 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500
Team Totals 29 4 6 4 4 3 0 1 1 3 .207

DET Pitching

DET @ SLN — DET Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Pat Dobson - 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 1 4.50
Denny McLain (L) L 5.0 3 3 2 3 3 0 3.60
Don McMahon - 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Team Totals 8.0 6 4 3 4 3 1 3.38

SLN Pitching

DET @ SLN — SLN Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Bob Gibson (W) W 9.0 5 0 0 1 17 0 0.00
Team Totals 9.0 5 0 0 1 17 0 0.00

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