St. Louis Cardinals vs Detroit Tigers
October 5, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 5, 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."

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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Detroit Tigers 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 3 0
Flood cf 4 2 2 1
Maris rf 3 2 1 0
Cepeda 1b 5 1 1 3
McCarver c 5 1 2 3
Shannon 3b 4 0 2 0
Javier 2b 4 0 1 0
Maxvill ss 4 0 0 0
Washburn p 3 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 2 0 1 0
Totals 38 7 13 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 2 2 1
Stanley ss 3 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 1 1 2
Cash 1b 3 0 0 0
Horton lf 2 0 0 0
Northrup cf 4 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0
Wert 3b 4 0 0 0
Wilson p 1 0 0 0
  Dobson p 0 0 0 0
  Matchick ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Comer ph 1 0 1 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Price ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 4 3
St. Louis 000 040 3007130
Detroit 002 010 000340
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn  W (1-0) 5.1 3 3 3 4 3
  Hoerner  SV (1) 3.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
5
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  L (0-1) 4.1 4 3 3 6 3
  Dobson   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  McMahon   1.0 3 3 3 0 1
  Patterson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hiller   2.0 4 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
7
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–St. Louis Flood (1,off Wilson); Maris (1,off McMahon).  HR–St. Louis McCarver (1,5th inning off Dobson 2 on, 2 out); Cepeda (1,7th inning off McMahon 2 on, 0 out), Detroit Kaline (1,3rd inning off Washburn 1 on, 2 out); McAuliffe (1,5th inning off Washburn 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Brock 3 (6,2nd base off Wilson/Freehan 3).  CS–Brock (1,3rd base by Wilson/Freehan); McCarver (1,3rd base by Wilson/Freehan).  U–Stan Landes (NL), Bill Kinnamon (AL), Doug Harvey (NL), Bill Haller (AL), Jim Honochick (AL), Tom Gorman (NL).  T–3:17.  A–53,634.
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