The 1968 World Series shifted to Detroit for Game 3 and it was played in poor conditions at Tiger Stadium. On a cool, dark, wet afternoon, the Tigers scored just enough and held on to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2. Earl Wilson pitched a great game and Al Kaline drove in 2 runs with a 5th inning double to lead the Tigers to victory. Detroit had 2 runners thrown out at the plate in that 5th inning which led to Cardinal manager Red Schoendienst sending Bobby Tolan in to pinch hit for starter Steve Carlton in the top of the 6th. Wilson allowed only 2 hits until the 9th inning, one of them a homer hit by Roger Maris, but he got into trouble in the 9th. After a double by Brock and single by Flood that scored Brock, Mayo Smith brought in lefty John Hiller to face Maris. Schoendienst stuck with the lefty hitting Maris, probably because of his earlier homerun, and Hiller struck him out. The next batter Orlando Cepeda popped out and Hiller struck out pinch hitter Ron Davis to end the game. Detroit now leads The Series 2 games to 1. Tomorrow's Game 4 will feature a rematch between Game 1 pitchers Denny McLain and Bob Gibson.
BOXSCORE: 1968 St. Louis Cardinals At 1968 Detroit Tigers 10/5/1968
Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
L.Brock LF 4 1 1 0 .077 D.McAuliffe 2B 2 1 0 0 .400
C.Flood CF 3 0 1 1 .417 M.Stanley SS,CF 3 1 0 0 .154
R.Maris RF 4 1 1 1 .200 A.Kaline RF 3 0 1 2 .333
O.Cepeda 1B 4 0 1 0 .167 W.Horton LF 3 1 1 0 .364
T.McCarver C 3 0 0 0 .091 B-R.Oyler SS 0 0 0 0 .000
D-R.Davis PH 1 0 0 0 .750 N.Cash 1B 3 0 2 0 .385
M.Shannon 3B 2 0 0 0 .000 B.Freehan C 3 0 2 1 .364
J.Javier 2B 3 0 0 0 .182 J.Northrup CF,LF 3 0 0 0 .154
D.Maxvill SS 3 0 0 0 .417 D.Wert 3B 3 0 0 0 .083
S.Carlton P 1 0 0 0 .000 E.Wilson P 3 0 0 0 .000
A-B.Tolan PH 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Hiller P 0 0 0 0 ----
D.Hughes P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-J.Edwards PH 1 0 0 0 .000
M.Nelson P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 30 2 4 2 Totals 26 3 6 3
A-Pinch Hit For Carlton In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Horton In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hughes In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For McCarver In 9th Inning
Cardinals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 2 4 0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 - 3 6 0
Cardinals (1-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
S.Carlton LOSS(0-1) 5 6 3 3 4 5 0 5.40
D.Hughes 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
M.Nelson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 8 6 3 3 5 7 0
Tigers (2-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
E.Wilson WIN(1-0) 8 4 2 2 1 5 1 2.25
J.Hiller SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Totals 9 4 2 2 1 7 1
ATTENDANCE- 53,251 DATE- Saturday, October 5th 1968 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Doug Harvey, Bill Haller, Stan Landes, Bill Kinnamon
T- 2:25
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 3 Tigers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 1 Tigers: 1
DOUBLES- L.Brock(1st), A.Kaline(1st), N.Cash(1st)
HOME RUNS- R.Maris(1st)
RBIs- C.Flood(3rd), R.Maris(1st), A.Kaline-2(4th), B.Freehan(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- C.Flood(1st), O.Cepeda(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Freehan
WALKS- M.Shannon, D.McAuliffe-2, A.Kaline, W.Horton, J.Northrup
HIT BY PITCH- C.Flood, M.Stanley, N.Cash
STRIKE OUTS- L.Brock-2, R.Maris, R.Davis, D.Maxvill-2, S.Carlton, D.McAuliffe,
W.Horton-2, J.Northrup-2, E.Wilson-2
GIDP- J.Javier, D.Wert
WILD PITCHES- E.Wilson
RLISP 2-out- W.Horton, T.McCarver, D.Wert, B.Freehan
TEAM RISP- Cardinals: 1 for 6 Tigers: 3 for 8
WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Julian Javier robbed Al Kaline of a base hit.
Top 4th: Earl Wilson robbed Tim McCarver of a base hit.
Bot 5th: Tim McCarver blocked the plate, saving a run!
Earl Wilson had an impressive outing as the Detroit Tigers outscored the St.
Louis Cardinals 3 to 2.
St. Louis was unable to claim the lead after Detroit went ahead in the bottom
of the 4th inning scoring a single run using 2 hits. St. Louis tried
unsuccessfully to come back in the 9th.
Wilson(1-0) got the win allowing 2 runs in 8 innings. John Hiller recorded the
save, his 1st. The losing pitcher was Steve Carlton(0-1).
*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 L.Brock 4- 5 0 Strike Out b-0
1 C.Flood 3- 8 0 Fly Out b-0
2 R.Maris 5- 3 0 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 D.McAuliffe 2- 9 0 Walk b-1
0 1 M.Stanley 0 Ground Out 1-2 b-0
1 2 A.Kaline 6- 7 0 Ground Out 2-3 b-0
2 3 W.Horton 5- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 O.Cepeda 4- 7 0 Single b-1
0 1 0 Stolen Base 1-2
0 2 T.McCarver 0 Wild Pitch 2-3
0 3 T.McCarver 1- 7 0 Line Out b-0
1 3 M.Shannon 3-10 0 Walk b-1
1 1 3 J.Javier 2- 9 0 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 N.Cash 2- 2 0 HBP b-1
0 1 B.Freehan 5- 3 0 Single 1-2 b-1
0 12 J.Northrup 2- 5 0 Strike Out b-0
1 12 D.Wert 1- 7 0 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 D.Maxvill 1- 3 0 Ground Out b-0
1 S.Carlton 2- 9 0 Strike Out b-0
2 L.Brock 5- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 E.Wilson 3- 8 0 Strike Out b-0
1 D.McAuliffe 1- 8 0 Strike Out b-0
2 M.Stanley 4- 6 19 0 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 C.Flood 2-12 0 HBP b-1
0 1 0 Stolen Base 1-2
0 2 R.Maris 3- 9 0 Fly Out b-0
1 2 O.Cepeda 1- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
2 2 T.McCarver 6-12 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 A.Kaline 3-10 0 Line Out b-0
1 W.Horton 5- 3 0 Single b-1
1 1 N.Cash 3- 6 12 0 Double 1-3 b-2
1 23 B.Freehan 1- 8 0 Sac Fly 3-H b-0
2 2 J.Northrup 0 Int Walk b-1
2 12 D.Wert 3- 4 0 Pop Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 M.Shannon 1- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
1 J.Javier 5-10 0 Ground Out b-0
2 D.Maxvill 5- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 E.Wilson 3- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
1 D.McAuliffe 1- 6 0 Walk b-1
1 1 M.Stanley 2- 2 0 HBP 1-2 b-1
1 12 A.Kaline 2- 4 18 0 Double 2-H 1-H b-2
1 2 W.Horton 0 Int Walk b-1
1 12 N.Cash 4- 9 0 Single 2-o 1-2 b-1
2 12 B.Freehan 4- 8 0 Single 2-o 1-2 b-1
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
SUBSTITUTE PH- Bobby Tolan
0 B.Tolan 3- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
1 L.Brock 4- 6 7 0 Fly Out b-0
2 C.Flood 3-10 15 0 Line Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Dick Hughes
0 J.Northrup 1- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
1 D.Wert 3- 6 0 Ground Out b-0
2 E.Wilson 5-10 0 Pop Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0 R.Maris 6- 5 8 0 Home Run b-H
0 O.Cepeda 3- 5 0 Ground Out b-0
1 T.McCarver 5-11 0 Ground Out b-0
2 M.Shannon 4- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0 D.McAuliffe 6- 7 17 0 Fly Out b-0
1 M.Stanley 3- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
2 A.Kaline 1- 9 0 Walk b-1
2 1 W.Horton 1- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE CF- Mickey Stanley
SUBSTITUTE SS- Ray Oyler
SUBSTITUTE LF- Jim Northrup
0 J.Javier 4- 4 0 Ground Out b-0
1 D.Maxvill 6- 8 0 Strike Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE PH- Johnny Edwards
2 J.Edwards 4- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Mel Nelson
0 N.Cash 1- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
1 B.Freehan 6- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
2 J.Northrup 5- 9 0 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
0 L.Brock 2- 5 8 0 Double b-2
0 2 C.Flood 4- 7 0 Single 2-H b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - John Hiller
0 1 R.Maris 5- 5 0 Strike Out b-0
1 1 O.Cepeda 5- 6 0 Pop Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE PH- Ron Davis
2 1 R.Davis 4- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
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