November 15, 2018

1968 World Series Game 2

October 3, 1968

 The Detroit Tigers jumped out to a lead in the 1st inning again today in Game 2 of the 1968 World Series, but this time they built on that lead and defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2. Al Kaline (pictured) hit a 2-run homer in the 1st and the Tigers added runs in the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 8th innings while Mickey Lolich kept the Cardinals at bay earning the Win. Willie Horton hit his 2nd homerun of the Series and after a day off, the series will resume in Detroit for the next 3 games.



BOXSCORE: 1968 Detroit Tigers At 1968 St. Louis Cardinals           10/3/1968
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.McAuliffe 2B      3  2  2  2 .500     L.Brock LF          4  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Stanley SS,CF     5  0  2  1 .200     J.Javier 2B         4  0  1  0 .250  
  A.Kaline RF         4  2  2  2 .333     C.Flood CF          4  0  1  0 .444  
  N.Cash 1B           5  0  1  0 .300     O.Cepeda 1B         3  0  0  0 .125  
  W.Horton LF         3  1  2  1 .375     M.Shannon 3B        3  0  0  0 .000  
C-R.Oyler SS          1  0  0  0 .000     T.McCarver C        4  0  0  0 .125  
  J.Northrup CF,LF    5  0  1  0 .200     R.Davis RF          3  2  3  01.000  
  B.Freehan C         3  1  1  1 .250   E-R.Maris PH          1  0  0  0 .167  
  D.Wert 3B           4  0  0  0 .111     D.Maxvill SS        4  0  1  0 .556  
  M.Lolich P          3  1  0  0 .000     R.Washburn P        0  0  0  0 ----  
  D.Patterson P       0  0  0  0 ----   A-P.Gagliano PH       1  0  1  11.000  
  J.Hiller P          0  0  0  0 ----     N.Briles P          0  0  0  0 ----  
  P.Dobson P          0  0  0  0 ----     L.Jaster P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        B-D.Schofield PH      1  0  1  11.000  
                                          R.Willis P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        D-J.Edwards PH        1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          W.Granger P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          M.Nelson P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        F-B.Tolan PH          1  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  7 11  7                 Totals      34  2  8  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Washburn In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Jaster In 5th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Horton In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Willis In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Davis In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Nelson In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 2 1 1  0 1 0  0 2 0  -  7 11  1
Cardinals....... 0 0 1  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  2  8  0
 
Tigers (1-1)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Lolich WIN(1-0)         7       8   2   2   1   4   0   2.57
D.Patterson               0 1/3   0   0   0   1   1   0   0.00
J.Hiller HOLD(1st)        0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
P.Dobson                  1       0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    9       8   2   2   2   6   0
 
Cardinals (1-1)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
R.Washburn LOSS(0-1)      3       7   4   4   1   0   2  12.00
N.Briles                  1       1   1   1   2   0   0   9.00
L.Jaster                  1       0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
R.Willis                  2       1   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
W.Granger                 1       2   2   2   1   0   0  18.00
M.Nelson                  1       0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    9      11   7   7   4   3   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 50,469 DATE- Thursday, October 3rd 1968 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Stan Landes, Bill Kinnamon, Doug Harvey, Jim Honochick
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8  Cardinals: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  Cardinals: 1
ERRORS- M.Stanley
DOUBLES- W.Horton(1st), J.Northrup(2nd), C.Flood(1st), P.Gagliano(1st)
TRIPLES- D.McAuliffe(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Kaline(1st), W.Horton(2nd)
RBIs- D.McAuliffe-2(3rd), M.Stanley(1st), A.Kaline-2(2nd), W.Horton(2nd),
      B.Freehan(1st), P.Gagliano(1st), D.Schofield(1st)
STOLEN BASES- L.Brock(2nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Freehan
WALKS- D.McAuliffe-2, A.Kaline, M.Lolich, O.Cepeda, M.Shannon
HIT BY PITCH- W.Horton
STRIKE OUTS- D.McAuliffe, R.Oyler, J.Northrup, L.Brock, J.Javier, C.Flood-2,
             M.Shannon, B.Tolan
GIDP- M.Stanley, T.McCarver
WILD PITCHES- R.Washburn
2-out RBI- D.McAuliffe-2, M.Stanley
RLISP 2-out- J.Northrup, A.Kaline, D.Wert-2, J.Javier-2, L.Brock
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 3 for 11  Cardinals: 2 for 10
 
Al Kaline hit a homerun and had 2 RBI as the Detroit Tigers topped the St.
Louis Cardinals by a score of 7 to 2 at Busch Stadium.
 
Mickey Lolich(1-0) gave a fine effort for Detroit.  He went 7 innings
surrendering 8 hits and 1 walk.  Detroit finished with 11 hits while St.
Louis ended up with 8.  
 
Ray Washburn(0-1) was given the loss.  He gave up 4 runs in 3 innings of work.
 
Play Account:
 
*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0     D.McAuliffe 3- 6     0 Walk                           b-1 
0 1   M.Stanley            0 Ground Out                     1-2 b-0 
1  2  A.Kaline    2- 4  5  0 Home Run                       2-H b-H 
1     N.Cash      4- 4     0 Fly Out                        b-0 
2     W.Horton    4- 8  4  0 Double                         b-2 
2  2  J.Northrup  6- 4     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0     L.Brock     3- 6     0 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     J.Javier    6- 5     0 Strike Out                     b-0 
2     C.Flood     6- 5     0 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0     B.Freehan   2- 6     0 Single                         b-1 
0 1   D.Wert               0 Wild Pitch                     1-2 
0  2  D.Wert      2- 3  8  0 Line Out                       b-0 
1  2  M.Lolich    1- 7     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
2  2  D.McAuliffe 6- 9  3  0 Single                         2-H b-1 
2 1   M.Stanley   2- 7     0 Single                         1-2 b-1 
2 12  A.Kaline    5- 6     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0     O.Cepeda    6-11     0 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     M.Shannon   2- 8     0 Fly Out                        b-0 
2     T.McCarver  4- 8     0 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0     N.Cash      4- 4     0 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     W.Horton    3- 5  5  0 Home Run                       b-H 
1     J.Northrup  1- 9  7  0 Double                         b-2 
1  2  B.Freehan   5-10     0 Ground Out                     2-3 b-0 
2   3 D.Wert      5- 6     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0     R.Davis     4- 4     0 Single & Error - SS            b-2 
0  2  D.Maxvill   4- 5     0 Ground Out                     2-3 b-0 
                             SUBSTITUTE PH- Phil Gagliano
1   3 P.Gagliano  5- 8  7  0 Double                         3-H b-2 
1  2  L.Brock     4- 7     0 Strike Out                     b-0 
2  2  J.Javier    2- 9     0 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Nelson Briles
0     M.Lolich    4- 8     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     D.McAuliffe 3- 6     0 Walk                           b-1 
1 1   M.Stanley   3-10     0 Ground Out Double Play         1-o b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0     C.Flood     1- 9     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     O.Cepeda    4- 4     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     M.Shannon   2-10     0 Walk                           b-1 
2 1   T.McCarver  1- 9     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0     A.Kaline    1- 5     0 Walk                           b-1 
0 1   N.Cash      4- 9     0 Single                         1-3 b-1 
0 1 3 W.Horton    1- 3     0 HBP                            1-2 b-1 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Larry Jaster
0 123 J.Northrup  6- 6     0 Strike Out                     b-0 
1 123 B.Freehan   6- 6     0 Sac Fly                        3-H b-0 
2 12  D.Wert      6- 5     0 Line Out                       b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0     R.Davis     6- 7 10  0 Single                         b-1 
0 1   D.Maxvill   6- 3     0 Fly Out                        1-2 b-0 
                             SUBSTITUTE PH- Dick Schofield
1  2  D.Schofield 3- 8     0 Single                         2-H b-1 
1 1   L.Brock     1-11     0 Force Play                     1-o b-1 
2 1                        0 Stolen Base                    1-2 
2  2  J.Javier    1- 3     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Ron Willis
0     M.Lolich    1-11     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     D.McAuliffe 3- 9     0 Strike Out                     b-0 
2     M.Stanley   2-10     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0     C.Flood     5- 9     0 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     O.Cepeda    1- 7     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     M.Shannon   1- 7     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0     A.Kaline    1- 8 10  0 Single                         b-1 
0 1   N.Cash      4- 7     0 Fly Out                        b-0 
1 1   W.Horton    6-11 16  0 Line Out                       b-0 
2 1   J.Northrup  4- 4     0 Force Play                     1-o b-1 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE CF- Mickey Stanley
                             SUBSTITUTE SS- Ray Oyler
                             SUBSTITUTE LF- Jim Northrup
0     T.McCarver  1- 6     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     R.Davis     6- 7 10  0 Single                         b-1 
1 1   D.Maxvill   6- 7 18  0 Single                         1-2 b-1 
                             SUBSTITUTE PH- Johnny Edwards
1 12  J.Edwards   5-10     0 Line Out                       b-0 
2 12  L.Brock     4- 9 16  0 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Wayne Granger
0     B.Freehan   5- 3 16  0 Line Out                       b-0 
1     D.Wert      3- 6     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     M.Lolich    1- 9     0 Walk                           b-1 
2 1   D.McAuliffe 5- 5  3  0 Triple                         1-H b-3 
2   3 M.Stanley   4- 7     0 Single                         3-H b-1 
2 1   A.Kaline    3- 7     0 Pop Out                        b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
0     J.Javier    2- 8     0 Single                         b-1 
0 1   C.Flood     5- 8  5  0 Double                         1-3 b-2 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Daryl Patterson
0  23 O.Cepeda    4- 7     0 Walk                           b-1 
0 123 M.Shannon   4- 8     0 Strike Out                     b-0 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - John Hiller
1 123 T.McCarver  3- 7     0 Ground Out Double Play         1-o b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Mel Nelson
0     N.Cash      1- 5 17  0 Line Out                       b-0 
1     R.Oyler     3- 8     0 Strike Out                     b-0 
2     J.Northrup  3- 9     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Pat Dobson
                             SUBSTITUTE PH- Roger Maris
0     R.Maris     6- 2     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     D.Maxvill   2- 8     0 Ground Out                     b-0 
                             SUBSTITUTE PH- Bobby Tolan
2     B.Tolan     4- 5     0 Strike Out                     b-0 

 

 

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