St. Louis Cardinals vs Detroit Tigers
October 6, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 6, 1968 at Tiger Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 10, Detroit Tigers 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 2 3 4
Flood cf 5 1 1 0
Maris rf 5 1 0 1
Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 0
McCarver c 5 1 3 1
Shannon 3b 5 1 2 2
Javier 2b 4 1 2 0
Maxvill ss 4 1 0 0
Gibson p 3 2 1 2
Totals 40 10 13 10
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0
Stanley ss 4 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 0 2 0
Cash 1b 4 0 1 0
Horton lf 3 0 0 0
Northrup cf 4 1 1 1
Mathews 3b 2 0 1 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
McLain p 1 0 0 0
  Sparma p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Price ph 1 0 0 0
  Lasher p 0 0 0 0
  Matchick ph 1 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Dobson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
St. Louis 202 200 04010130
Detroit 000 100 000154
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (2-0) 9.0 5 1 1 2 10
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
10
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  L (0-2) 2.2 6 4 3 1 3
  Sparma   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Patterson   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Lasher   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Hiller   0.0 2 4 3 2 0
  Dobson   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
10
8
4
4

  E–Northrup (2), Mathews (1), Freehan (2), McLain (1).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Shannon (1,off McLain); Javier (1,off Hiller); Brock (1,off Hiller), Detroit Kaline (2,off Gibson).  3B–St. Louis McCarver (2,off McLain); Brock (1,off Sparma).  HR–St. Louis Brock (2,1st inning off McLain 0 on, 0 out); Gibson (1,4th inning off Sparma 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Northrup (1,4th inning off Gibson 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Brock (7,3rd base off Dobson/Freehan).  CS–Cepeda (1,2nd base by Patterson/Freehan).  U–Bill Kinnamon (AL), Doug Harvey (NL), Bill Haller (AL), Tom Gorman (NL), Stan Landes (NL), Jim Honochick (AL).  T–2:34.  A–53,634.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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