Oct 2, 1968 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1968 Detroit 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 1968 St. Louis 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Detroit AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Avg St. Louis AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Avg McAuliffe 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 Brock LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 Stanley SS-CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Flood CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 Kaline RF 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Maris RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 Cash 1B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 .500 Cepeda 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 Horton LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 McCarver C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Oyler SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Shannon 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Northrup CF-LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Javier 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Freehan C 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 Maxvill SS 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 Wert 3B 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 Gibson P 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 McLain P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 31 0 5 0 1 10 1 0 0 .161 32 1 6 1 1 9 0 0 1 .188 Detroit IP H R ER W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf McLain W(1-0) 9.0 5 0 0 1 10 119 82 37 0.00 33 135(135) 9.0 5 0 0 1 10 119 82 37 0.00 33 St. Louis IP H R ER W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf Gibson L(0-1) 9.0 6 1 1 1 9 116 88 28 1.00 34 135(143) 9.0 6 1 1 1 9 116 88 28 1.00 34 Det: Stanley moved to CF in the 9th Oyler moved to SS in the 9th Northrup moved to LF in the 9th 2B-Flood(1) HR-Det Cash(1) off Gibson(1) in the 9th with bases empty, 332 feet CS-StL Brock(1) by McLain(1) and Freehan(1) in the 8th SH-McLain LOB-Detroit 6 St. Louis 5 GWRBI-Cash Game MVP:Denny McLain Busch Stadium I, Time 2:37, 72ø, 5mph Right to Left Oct 2, 1968 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1968 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 1968 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1968 Detroit Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 McAuliffe 2B 1>G53 L9 F7 8>K 2 Stanley SS-CF G43 F8 6>G63 G3u 3 Kaline RF K 4>S S L4 4 Cash 1B 2>P3 S,12 K 9>HR 5 Horton LF G53 P3 S,13 K Oyler SS 6 Northrup CF-LF S L1 P3 K 7 Freehan C K L7 7>K Fs7 8 Wert 3B 3>W 5>F8 K 9 McLain P B24,12 G43 K 1968 St. Louis Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Brock LF 1>K K F8 W 2 Flood CF S D,13 6>G63 F8 3 Maris RF K P6 F9 CS2(26) 9>F7 4 Cepeda 1B K K K P3 5 McCarver C 2>P3 4>P3 7>F9 P4 6 Shannon 3B P6 K S 7 Javier 2B S Fs9 Fd8 8 Maxvill SS G54/fo 5>K K 9 Gibson P 3>S K 8>F8 Detroit IN OUT McLain AB1-1 End St. Louis IN OUT Gibson AB1-1 End Oct 2, 1968 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1968 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 1968 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Inn Out B-S On Det-StL Result 1-Detroit 1 0 0-1 - 0-0 McAuliffe grounded to third, 1 out 1 1 0-1 - 0-0 Stanley grounded to second, 2 out 1 2 0-2 - 0-0 Kaline struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-St. Louis 1 0 0-2 - 0-0 Brock struck out, 1 out 1 1 1-2 - 0-0 Flood lined a single between third and short 1 1 1-2 1 0-0 Maris struck out, 2 out 1 2 0-0 1 0-0 ------K----- 1 2 1-0 1 0-0 Cepeda struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Detroit 2 0 1-1 - 0-0 Cash popped to first, 1 out 2 1 2-0 - 0-0 Horton grounded to third, 2 out 2 2 0-2 - 0-0 Northrup singled to left center 2 2 0-2 1 0-0 Freehan struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-St. Louis 2 0 3-1 - 0-0 McCarver popped to first, 1 out 2 1 2-2 - 0-0 Shannon popped to short, 2 out 2 2 0-2 - 0-0 Javier grounded a single between first and second 2 2 2-1 1 0-0 Maxvill grounded to third, forcing Javier at second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Detroit 3 0 3-2 - 0-0 Wert walked 3 0 0-1 1 0-0 McLain bunted out to first, Wert to 2nd, sacrifice, 1 out 3 1 1-1 2 0-0 McAuliffe lined to right, 2 out 3 2 2-0 2 0-0 Stanley flied to right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-St. Louis 3 0 1-1 - 0-0 Gibson grounded a single between third and short 3 0 3-2 1 0-0 Brock struck out, 1 out 3 1 1-1 1 0-0 Flood doubled down the left field line, Gibson to 3rd 3 1 2-1 23 0-0 Maris popped to short, 2 out 3 2 0-2 23 0-0 Cepeda struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Detroit 4 0 2-1 - 0-0 Kaline singled to left 4 0 1-2 1 0-0 Cash grounded a single between third and short, Kaline to 2nd 4 0 0-2 12 0-0 Horton popped to first, 1 out 4 1 0-0 12 0-0 Northrup lined to the pitcher, 2 out 4 2 2-2 12 0-0 Freehan lined to left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-St. Louis 4 0 2-0 - 0-0 McCarver popped to first, 1 out 4 1 2-2 - 0-0 Shannon struck out, 2 out 4 2 2-0 - 0-0 Javier flied to shallow right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Detroit 5 0 1-1 - 0-0 Wert flied to right center, 1 out 5 1 2-1 - 0-0 McLain grounded to second, 2 out 5 2 0-0 - 0-0 McAuliffe flied to left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-St. Louis 5 0 2-2 - 0-0 Maxvill struck out, 1 out 5 1 0-2 - 0-0 Gibson struck out, 2 out 5 2 2-1 - 0-0 Brock flied to left center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Detroit 6 0 0-2 - 0-0 Stanley grounded to short, 1 out 6 1 0-2 - 0-0 Kaline lined a single between first and second 6 1 0-2 1 0-0 Cash struck out, 2 out 6 2 0-1 1 0-0 Horton lined a single between third and short, Kaline to 3rd 6 2 2-1 13 0-0 Northrup popped to first, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-St. Louis 6 0 1-1 - 0-0 Flood grounded to short, 1 out 6 1 1-1 - 0-0 Maris flied to right, 2 out 6 2 2-2 - 0-0 Cepeda struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Detroit 7 0 0-2 - 0-0 Freehan struck out, 1 out 7 1 1-2 - 0-0 Wert struck out, 2 out 7 2 0-2 - 0-0 McLain struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-St. Louis 7 0 0-2 - 0-0 McCarver flied down the right field line, 1 out 7 1 1-0 - 0-0 Shannon grounded a single between first and second 7 1 0-2 1 0-0 Javier flied to deep left center, 2 out 7 2 0-2 1 0-0 Maxvill struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Detroit 8 0 0-2 - 0-0 McAuliffe struck out, 1 out 8 1 0-0 - 0-0 Stanley grounded to first, 2 out 8 2 1-0 - 0-0 Kaline lined to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-St. Louis 8 0 1-0 - 0-0 Gibson flied to right center, 1 out 8 1 3-0 - 0-0 Brock walked 8 1 0-0 1 0-0 Flood flied to left center, 2 out 8 2 0-0 1 0-0 Brock caught stealing 2nd, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Detroit 9 0 0-0 - 0-0 Cash hit a solo homer down the right field line, 332 feet, Det 1 StL 0 9 0 1-2 - 1-0 Horton struck out, 1 out 9 1 2-2 - 1-0 Northrup struck out, 2 out 9 2 3-2 - 1-0 Freehan flied to shallow left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-St. Louis >Stanley playing CF >Oyler playing SS >Northrup playing LF 9 0 1-1 - 1-0 Maris flied to left, 1 out 9 1 0-0 - 1-0 Cepeda popped to first, 2 out 9 2 0-1 - 1-0 McCarver popped to second, 3 out