St. Louis Cardinals vs Detroit Tigers
October 7, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 7, 1968 at Tiger Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Detroit Tigers 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 3 0
Javier 2b 4 0 2 0
Flood cf 4 1 1 1
Cepeda 1b 4 1 1 2
Shannon 3b 4 0 0 0
McCarver c 3 0 1 0
Davis rf 3 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph 1 0 1 0
  Schofield pr 0 0 0 0
Briles p 2 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Maris ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 4 1 1 0
Stanley ss,cf 3 2 1 0
Kaline rf 4 0 2 2
Cash 1b 2 0 2 2
Horton lf 4 1 1 0
  Oyler ss 0 0 0 0
Northrup cf,lf 3 0 1 1
Freehan c 4 0 0 0
Wert 3b 3 0 0 0
Lolich p 4 1 1 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
St. Louis 300 000 000390
Detroit 000 200 30x591
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles   6.1 6 3 3 3 5
  Hoerner  L (0-1) 0.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Willis   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 8.0 9 5 5 4 6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (2-0) 9.0 9 3 3 1 8
Totals 9.0 9 3 3 1 8

  E–Cash (2).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Brock 2 (3,off Lolich 2).  3B–Detroit Stanley (1,off Briles); Horton (1,off Briles).  HR–St. Louis Cepeda (2,1st inning off Lolich 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Briles (1,by Lolich).  SF–Cash (1,off Briles).  IBB–Northrup (1,by Briles).  SB–Flood (2,2nd base off Lolich/Freehan).  CS–Brock (2,2nd base by Lolich/Freehan).  HBP–Lolich (1,Briles).  IBB–Briles (1,Northrup).  U-HP–Doug Harvey (NL), 1B–Bill Haller (AL), 2B–Tom Gorman (NL), 3B–Jim Honochick (AL), LF–Bill Kinnamon (AL), RF–Stan Landes (NL).  T–2:43.  A–53,634.

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