DET @ SLN

October 03, 1968

Final Score: DET 8 - SLN 1

Game Information

Ballpark
Busch Stadium II
Attendance
54,692
Game Duration
161 minutes
Day/Night
Day
Winning Pitcher
Mickey Lolich
Losing Pitcher
Nelson Briles

Umpires

Home Plate
Jim Honochick
First Base
Stan Landes
Second Base
Bill Kinnamon
Third Base
Doug Harvey

Line Score

DET @ SLN — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DET 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 8 13 1
SLN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1

DET Batting

DET @ SLN — DET Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Norm Cash 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .600
Bill Freehan 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Willie Horton 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .667
Al Kaline 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
Mickey Lolich 4 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .500
Dick McAuliffe 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400
Jim Northrup 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200
Ray Oyler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mickey Stanley 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200
Don Wert 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 38 8 13 7 7 6 0 0 3 0 .342

SLN Batting

DET @ SLN — SLN Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Nelson Briles 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Lou Brock 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .333
Steve Carlton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Orlando Cepeda 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Ron Davis 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Curt Flood 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Phil Gagliano 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Joe Hoerner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Julian Javier 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500
Dal Maxvill 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Tim McCarver 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mike Shannon 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Ron Willis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 32 1 6 1 2 9 0 0 0 2 .188

DET Pitching

DET @ SLN — DET Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Mickey Lolich (W) W 9.0 6 1 1 2 9 0 1.00
Team Totals 9.0 6 1 1 2 9 0 1.00

SLN Pitching

DET @ SLN — SLN Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Nelson Briles (L) L 5.0 7 4 4 1 2 3 7.20
Steve Carlton - 1.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 18.00
Joe Hoerner - 1.0 1 2 0 3 1 0 0.00
Ron Willis - 2.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0.00
Team Totals 9.0 13 8 6 7 6 3 6.00

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