Oct 6, 1968 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1968 St. Louis 3-1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 1 1968 Detroit 1-3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 St. Louis AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Avg Detroit AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR Avg Brock LF 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 McAuliffe 2B 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 .125 Flood CF 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .294 Stanley SS 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 .188 Maris RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Kaline RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Cepeda 1B 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 .231 Cash 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .313 McCarver C 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .063 Horton LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .133 Shannon 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Northrup CF 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .267 Javier 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Mathews 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Maxvill SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .071 Wert 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .182 Gibson P 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Freehan C 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .143 35 3 9 3 1 4 2 0 0 .217 McLain P 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 Brown, G PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Dobson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 32 2 7 2 0 12 2 0 2 .185 St. Louis IP H R ER W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf Gibson W(1-1) 9.0 7 2 2 0 12 115 86 29 1.50 32 135(142) 9.0 7 2 2 0 12 115 86 29 1.25 32 Detroit IP H R ER W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf McLain L(1-1) 8.0 8 3 3 1 4 115 79 36 1.59 34 135(135) Dobson 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 16 12 4 0.00 4 85(75) + 9.0 9 3 3 1 4 131 91 40 1.80 38 Det: Wert moved to 3B in the 5th Brown, G hit for McLain in the 8th E-Maris(1) 2B-McCarver(1) Cepeda(1) Stanley 2(2) HR-Det McAuliffe(1) off Gibson(2) in the 3rd with bases empty, 359 feet Stanley(1) off Gibson(3) in the 9th with bases empty, 348 feet SB-StL Brock(3) off McLain(1) and Freehan(3) in the 7th HBP-Cepeda(StL) by McLain(Det) SH-Gibson LOB-St. Louis 8 Detroit 3 DP-St. Louis 2 GWRBI-Cepeda Game MVP:Bob Gibson Tiger Stadium, Time 2:44, 67ø, 5mph Right to Left Oct 6, 1968 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1968 St. Louis 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 1 1968 Detroit 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 1968 St. Louis Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Brock LF 1>F8 3>S P5 S F7 2 Flood CF S Fs9 5>K SB2 G63 G63 3 Maris RF Fs7 S,12 F8 F9 4 Cepeda 1B W,12 D,2H,1H,B3 HBP 8>F9 5 McCarver C Fd8 G43,3H G53 D 6 Shannon 3B 2>S S 6>L4 L3 7 Javier 2B G43,12 Fd9 G63 P3 8 Maxvill SS K 4>K23 G63 9>S 9 Gibson P Fs7 G63 7>K B54,12 1968 Detroit Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 McAuliffe 2B 1>K HR 6>K G363/dp 2 Stanley SS D D+e9 G43 9>HR 3 Kaline RF F8 Fs8/82 S L3 4 Cash 1B L1 4>G63 K F8 5 Horton LF 2>K P3 7>K L5 6 Northrup CF S K K 7 Mathews 3B F7 Wert 3B 5>G53 K 8 Freehan C L3 K2u 8>K 9 McLain P 3>K K Brown, G PH S Dobson P St. Louis IN OUT Gibson AB1-1 End Detroit IN OUT McLain AB1-1 AB4-7 Dobson AB4-8 End Oct 6, 1968 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1968 St. Louis 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 1 1968 Detroit 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 Inn Out B-S On StL-Det Result 1-St. Louis 1 0 3-1 - 0-0 Brock flied to right center, 1 out 1 1 1-1 - 0-0 Flood singled on the infield 1 1 2-1 1 0-0 Maris flied shallow down left field line, 2 out 1 2 3-0 1 0-0 Cepeda walked, Flood to 2nd 1 2 0-0 12 0-0 McCarver flied to deep center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-Detroit 1 0 1-2 - 0-0 McAuliffe struck out, 1 out 1 1 0-0 - 0-0 Stanley doubled off the wall in right center 1 1 2-1 2 0-0 Kaline flied to right center, 2 out 1 2 2-2 2 0-0 Cash lined to the pitcher, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-St. Louis 2 0 0-2 - 0-0 Shannon lined a single to right center 2 0 1-0 1 0-0 Javier grounded to second, Shannon to 2nd, 1 out 2 1 0-2 2 0-0 Maxvill struck out, 2 out 2 2 0-1 2 0-0 Gibson flied shallow down left field line, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Detroit 2 0 2-2 - 0-0 Horton struck out, 1 out 2 1 2-0 - 0-0 Northrup lined a single between first and second 2 1 0-2 1 0-0 Mathews flied to left, 2 out 2 2 3-1 1 0-0 Freehan lined to first, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-St. Louis 3 0 0-1 - 0-0 Brock bunted for a single 3 0 1-2 1 0-0 Flood flied shallow down right field line, 1 out 3 1 1-2 1 0-0 Maris singled to left center, Brock to 2nd 3 1 2-2 12 0-0 Cepeda doubled off the wall in center, Brock scored, Maris scored, Cepeda to 3rd, StL 2 Det 0 3 1 2-0 3 2-0 McCarver grounded to second, Cepeda scored, 2 out, StL 3 Det 0 3 2 3-1 - 3-0 Shannon grounded a single between third and short 3 2 0-1 1 3-0 Javier flied deep down the right field line, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Detroit 3 0 1-2 - 3-0 McLain struck out, 1 out 3 1 1-2 - 3-0 McAuliffe hit a solo homer down the right field line, 359 feet, StL 3 Det 1 3 1 0-0 - 3-1 Stanley doubled off the wall in right, Stanley to 3rd 3 1 2-2 3 3-1 Kaline flied to shallow right center, Stanley out at home, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-St. Louis 4 0 1-2 - 3-1 Maxvill struck out, out at 1st, 1 out 4 1 1-2 - 3-1 Gibson grounded to short, 2 out 4 2 0-2 - 3-1 Brock popped to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Detroit 4 0 1-0 - 3-1 Cash grounded to short, 1 out 4 1 1-2 - 3-1 Horton popped to first, 2 out 4 2 1-2 - 3-1 Northrup struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-St. Louis >Wert playing 3B 5 0 0-2 - 3-1 Flood struck out, 1 out 5 1 2-0 - 3-1 Maris flied to center, 2 out 5 2 1-0 - 3-1 Cepeda hit by pitch 5 2 0-1 1 3-1 McCarver grounded to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Detroit 5 0 1-0 - 3-1 Wert grounded to third, 1 out 5 1 0-2 - 3-1 Freehan struck out, tagged out, 2 out 5 2 3-2 - 3-1 McLain struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-St. Louis 6 0 0-2 - 3-1 Shannon lined to second, 1 out 6 1 1-2 - 3-1 Javier grounded to short, 2 out 6 2 2-0 - 3-1 Maxvill grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Detroit 6 0 1-2 - 3-1 McAuliffe struck out, 1 out 6 1 1-2 - 3-1 Stanley grounded to second, 2 out 6 2 3-1 - 3-1 Kaline singled to right center 6 2 0-2 1 3-1 Cash struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-St. Louis 7 0 0-2 - 3-1 Gibson struck out, 1 out 7 1 0-0 - 3-1 Brock bunted for a single 7 1 0-0 1 3-1 Brock stole 2nd 7 1 0-1 2 3-1 Flood grounded to short, 2 out 7 2 1-1 2 3-1 Maris flied to right, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Detroit 7 0 0-2 - 3-1 Horton struck out, 1 out 7 1 0-2 - 3-1 Northrup struck out, 2 out 7 2 0-2 - 3-1 Wert struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-St. Louis 8 0 2-0 - 3-1 Cepeda flied down the right field line, 1 out 8 1 2-2 - 3-1 McCarver doubled off the wall in left center 8 1 1-0 2 3-1 Shannon lined to first, 2 out 8 2 1-1 2 3-1 Javier popped to first, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Detroit 8 0 1-2 - 3-1 Freehan struck out, 1 out 8 1 0-1 - 3-1 Brown singled up the middle 8 1 0-1 1 3-1 McAuliffe grounded to first, second to first double play, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-St. Louis >Dobson pitching 9 0 1-2 - 3-1 Maxvill grounded a single between first and second 9 0 0-1 1 3-1 Gibson bunted out to the catcher, Maxvill to 2nd, sacrifice, 1 out 9 1 2-2 2 3-1 Brock flied to left center, 2 out 9 2 1-2 2 3-1 Flood grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Detroit 9 0 0-1 - 3-1 Stanley hit a solo homer to left, 348 feet, StL 3 Det 2 9 0 0-0 - 3-2 Kaline lined to first, 1 out 9 1 0-0 - 3-2 Cash flied to center, 2 out 9 2 0-0 - 3-2 Horton lined to third