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Cardinals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
October 6, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on October 6, 1968 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | October 6, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | October 6, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Gibson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Denny McLain |
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 53,634 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 34 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Kinnamon 1B: Doug Harvey 2B: Bill Haller 3B: Tom Gorman |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
| Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
| Tim McCarver | Catcher |
| Mike Shannon | Third Baseman |
| Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
| Dal Maxvill | Shortstop |
| Bob Gibson | Pitcher |
| Red Schoendienst | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick McAuliffe | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Stanley | Shortstop |
| Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
| Norm Cash | First Baseman |
| Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
| Jim Northrup | Center Fielder |
| Eddie Mathews | Third Baseman |
| Bill Freehan | Catcher |
| Denny McLain | Pitcher |
| Mayo Smith | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
October 6, 1968
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. McLain
Brock hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. McLain
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. McLain
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. McLain drops the ball. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. McLain
Cepeda strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarver vs. McLain
McCarver hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Maris moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Shannon vs. McLain
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Maris scores. McCarver moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Javier vs. McLain
Javier is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Gibson
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McAuliffe for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Gibson
Stanley hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Gibson
Kaline hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Flood. Kaline reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cash vs. Gibson
Cash strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. McLain
Maxvill is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. McLain
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. McLain
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Gibson
Horton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Gibson
Northrup hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Gibson
Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Horton moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Freehan vs. Gibson
Freehan is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McLain vs. Gibson
McLain hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. McLain
Flood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. McLain
Maris hits a line drive into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. McLain
Cepeda hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarver vs. McLain
McCarver hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Northrup, who is chasing the ball. McCarver reaches third base with a triple. Flood goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Shannon vs. McLain
Shannon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton. Shannon reaches second base with a double. McCarver scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Javier vs. McLain
Javier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maxvill vs. Sparma
Joe Sparma now pitching.
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Gibson
McAuliffe strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Gibson
Stanley is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Gibson
Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Gibson
Cash hits a line drive, foul, towards first. Cepeda reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Sparma
Gibson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Sparma
Brock hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Northrup who is chasing the ball. Brock reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Flood vs. Patterson
Daryl Patterson now pitching.
Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maris vs. Patterson
Maris hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Freehan settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Freehan. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maris vs. Patterson
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brock scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Patterson
Cepeda takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarver vs. Patterson
There goes Cepeda. The throw from Freehan and he is out, Stanley applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Gibson
Horton strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Gibson
Northrup hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Gibson
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Gibson
Freehan strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Patterson
McCarver hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Patterson
Shannon hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Patterson
Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxvill vs. Patterson
Patterson has Javier trapped. He fires to second, with Stanley covering, who tags Javier for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Price vs. Gibson
Jim Price pinch hits for Daryl Patterson.
Price is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Gibson
McAuliffe strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Gibson
Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Lasher
Fred Lasher now pitching.
Maxvill strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Lasher
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lasher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Lasher
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Gibson
Kaline hits a line drive towards short. Maxvill reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Gibson
Cash hits a popup towards third. Shannon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Gibson
Horton strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Lasher
Flood hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Lasher
Maris hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Lasher
Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarver vs. Lasher
McCarver hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Northrup vs. Gibson
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Northrup for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Gibson
Mathews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Gibson
Freehan is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Matchick vs. Gibson
Tommy Matchick pinch hits for Fred Lasher.
Matchick hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Hiller
John Hiller now pitching.
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Mathews. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Hiller
Javier hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton. Javier reaches second base with a double. Shannon moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Maxvill vs. Hiller
Maxvill takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gibson vs. Hiller
Gibson takes first base on ball four. Shannon scores. Javier moves to third. Maxvill moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Brock vs. Hiller
Brock hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Northrup. Brock reaches second base with a double. Javier scores. Maxvill scores. Gibson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 10 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flood vs. Dobson
Pat Dobson now pitching.
There goes Brock. The throw from Freehan and he is safe. Brock steals third. View Play -
Cardinals, 10 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Flood vs. Dobson
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 10 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maris vs. Dobson
Maris hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 10 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cepeda vs. Dobson
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Dobson covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 10 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Gibson
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 10 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Gibson
Stanley hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 10 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Gibson
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 10 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Dobson
McCarver hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Northrup. McCarver moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 10 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Shannon vs. Dobson
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 10 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Javier vs. Dobson
Javier hits a fly ball into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 10 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maxvill vs. Dobson
Maxvill hits a line drive into center field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 10 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Gibson
Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 10 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Gibson
Horton hits a popup into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 10 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Northrup vs. Gibson
Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Cash for the double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 10/6/1968 -- St.Louis at Detroit (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Brock L, lf 5 2 3 4 McAuliffe D, 2b 4 0 0 0
Flood C, cf 5 1 1 0 Stanley M, ss 4 0 0 0
Maris R, rf 5 1 0 1 Kaline A, rf 4 0 2 0
Cepeda O, 1b 4 0 1 0 Cash N, 1b 4 0 1 0
McCarver T, c 5 1 3 1 Horton W, lf 3 0 0 0
Shannon M, 3b 5 1 2 2 Northrup J, cf 4 1 1 1
Javier J, 2b 4 1 2 0 Mathews E, 3b 2 0 1 0
Maxvill D, ss 4 1 0 0 Freehan B, c 3 0 0 0
Gibson B, p 3 2 1 2 McLain D, p 1 0 0 0
Sparma J, p 0 0 0 0
Patterson D, p 0 0 0 0
Price J, ph 1 0 0 0
Lasher F, p 0 0 0 0
Matchick T, ph 1 0 0 0
Hiller J, p 0 0 0 0
Dobson P, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 10 13 10 31 1 5 1
St.Louis 202 200 040 -- 10
Detroit 000 100 000 -- 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson B (W) 9.0 5 1 1 2 10
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
McLain D (L) 2.2 6 4 3 1 3
Sparma J* 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
Patterson D 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Lasher F 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Hiller J+ 0.0 2 4 3 2 0
Dobson P 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 4th
+ Pitched to 5 batters in 8th
E -- McLain D, Freehan B, Mathews E, Northrup J
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- St.Louis 7, Detroit 5
2B -- Kaline A, Shannon M, Javier J, Brock L
3B -- McCarver T, Brock L
HR -- Brock L, Gibson B, Northrup J
SB -- Brock L
CS -- Cepeda O
T -- 2:34
A -- 53634
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