Detroit Tigers vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 9, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 9, 1968 at Busch Stadium II. The Detroit Tigers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 13, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 2 2 0 0
Stanley ss,cf 5 2 1 0
Kaline rf 4 3 3 4
Cash 1b 4 2 3 2
Horton lf 3 2 2 2
  Oyler ss 0 0 0 0
Northrup cf,lf 5 1 2 4
Freehan c 4 0 1 1
Wert 3b 3 1 0 0
McLain p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 13 12 13
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
Maris rf 4 1 2 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 2 0
McCarver c 4 0 1 0
Shannon 3b 4 0 1 0
Javier 2b 4 0 1 1
Maxvill ss 4 0 0 0
Washburn p 0 0 0 0
  Jaster p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
  Ricketts ph 1 0 1 0
  Carlton p 0 0 0 0
  Tolan ph 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 9 1
Detroit 0210 010 00013121
St. Louis 000 000 001191
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  W (1-2) 9.0 9 1 1 0 7
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
0
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn  L (1-1) 2.0 4 5 5 3 3
  Jaster   0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Willis   0.2 1 4 4 2 0
  Hughes   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Carlton   3.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Granger   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Nelson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
13
13
7
7

  E–Stanley (2), Brock (1).  DP–Detroit 1, St. Louis 3.  2B–Detroit Horton (1,off Washburn).  HR–Detroit Northrup (2,3rd inning off Jaster 3 on, 0 out); Kaline (2,5th inning off Carlton 0 on, 2 out).  SH–McLain (1,off Willis).  HBP–Wert (1,by Willis); Kaline (1,by Granger); Horton (1,by Granger).  IBB–McAuliffe (1,by Willis).  HBP–Willis (1,Wert); Granger 2 (2,Kaline,Horton).  IBB–Willis (1,McAuliffe).  U–Bill Haller (AL), Tom Gorman (NL), Jim Honochick (AL), Stan Landes (NL), Doug Harvey (NL), Bill Kinnamon (AL).  T–2:26.  A–54,692.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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