Detroit Tigers vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 10, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 10, 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 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0
Stanley ss,cf 4 0 1 0
Kaline rf 4 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 1 1 0
Horton lf 4 1 2 0
  Tracewski pr 0 1 0 0
  Oyler ss 0 0 0 0
Northrup cf,lf 4 1 2 2
Freehan c 4 0 1 1
Wert 3b 3 0 1 1
Lolich p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 0 1 0
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
Flood cf 4 0 2 0
Cepeda 1b 3 0 0 0
Shannon 3b 4 1 1 1
McCarver c 3 0 1 0
Maris rf 3 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 2 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  Schofield ss 0 0 0 0
Gibson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Detroit 000 000 301481
St. Louis 000 000 001150
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (3-0) 9.0 5 1 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (2-1) 9.0 8 4 4 1 8
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
8

  E–Northrup (3).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Freehan (1,off Gibson).  3B–Detroit Northrup (1,off Gibson).  HR–St. Louis Shannon (1,9th inning off Lolich 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Wert (1,by Gibson).  SB–Flood (3,2nd base off Lolich/Freehan).  IBB–Gibson (1,Wert).  U–Tom Gorman (NL), Jim Honochick (AL), Stan Landes (NL), Bill Kinnamon (AL), Bill Haller (AL), Doug Harvey (NL).  T–2:07.  A–54,692.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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