DET @ SLN

October 10, 1968

Final Score: DET 4 - SLN 1

Game Information

Ballpark
Busch Stadium II
Attendance
54,692
Game Duration
127 minutes
Day/Night
Day
Winning Pitcher
Mickey Lolich
Losing Pitcher
Bob Gibson

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 3 0 1 4 8 1
SLN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0

DET Batting

DET @ SLN — DET Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Norm Cash 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Bill Freehan 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Willie Horton 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500
Al Kaline 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Mickey Lolich 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Dick McAuliffe 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jim Northrup 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .500
Ray Oyler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mickey Stanley 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Dick Tracewski 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Don Wert 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Team Totals 35 4 8 4 1 8 1 1 0 0 .229

SLN Batting

DET @ SLN — SLN Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Lou Brock 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Orlando Cepeda 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Curt Flood 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500
Phil Gagliano 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bob Gibson 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Julian Javier 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Roger Maris 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Dal Maxvill 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Tim McCarver 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Dick Schofield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mike Shannon 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250
Team Totals 30 1 5 1 3 4 0 0 1 1 .167

DET Pitching

DET @ SLN — DET Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Mickey Lolich (W) W 9.0 5 1 1 3 4 1 1.00
Team Totals 9.0 5 1 1 3 4 1 1.00

SLN Pitching

DET @ SLN — SLN Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Bob Gibson (L) L 9.0 8 4 4 1 8 0 4.00
Team Totals 9.0 8 4 4 1 8 0 4.00

Detroit Tigers at St. Louis Cardinals, October 10, 1968

The Detroit Tigers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 at Busch Stadium II on October 10, 1968 in a World Series game. The game information lists attendance of 54,692, a running time of 127 minutes, and a day start. The Detroit Tigers' runs came in the seventh and ninth innings, 3 of them in the seventh. The St. Louis Cardinals' only run came in the ninth inning. The Detroit Tigers had 8 hits and the St. Louis Cardinals 5, with 1 and 0 errors. Mickey Lolich was the winning pitcher, allowing 1 earned run on 5 hits in 9.0 innings. Bob Gibson took the loss after 9.0 innings and 4 runs. Bob Gibson led all pitchers with 8 strikeouts. For the Detroit Tigers, Jim Northrup went 2 for 4 and 2 RBI. Curt Flood led the St. Louis Cardinals at the plate: 2 for 4. Mike Shannon also homered for the St. Louis Cardinals. The home-plate umpire was Tom Gorman.

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