The 1968 World Series Highlights (St. Louis Cardinals vs. Detroit Tigers)
brings you the first game of the 1968 World Series. [Music] The Detroit Tigers [Music] versus the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis, and the aerial shot of Bush Memorial Stadium, one of the beautiful new ballparks of baseball, now in its third year of operation. Hi everybody, I’m Kurt Gouty of NBC Sports. This is Harry Kerry, the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals down on the field and in the stands roaming around to report to you’ll be Tony Kubc also of NBC. Bob Gibson who set a new National League record for earn run average this year 1.12. And now to bring you the playbyplay on this the first game of the World Series. Tremendous all-around athlete. The two pitch to Mala. Stuck him out. Born in Baltimore. A two- two pitch. Suck him out on a good curve ball. Well, Gibson. And here’s a study of Mlan. His delivery. He’s compact. He’s powerful. He has good control. Two down. Nobody on. No score. It’s the breaking pitch to right field. Kine waiting for it. That’s it. Mlan reads it through the first inning. A one-two pitch to Cash. struck him out in a blazing fast ball. Oh, look at that curve ball. He’s got a great Tigers have two down, nobody on. And he’s struck out the side and Gibson is now struck out five. [Applause] Struck him out with a fast ball. Mlan pitching three and two. Right in there for strike three. So Mlan strikes out Shannon and Javier with a runner on third. 3-2 pitch. Strike three. He’s out. Strike out for the pitcher and a put out for the pitcher. Here’s a 3-2 pitch. Strike three in the eight strikeouts for Bob Gibson. Three and nothing to Tim Macar. And he walks him on four pitches. He walked Maris on four pitches. The third walked by Shannon. There’s a base hit to left field. Maris is rounding third. Willie Horton fumbles the ball. Coming over the third is McCarter. And in the second goes Shannon. And the Cardinals take the lead and he hits it in the right field. This will score maybe two. Kine fires to the plate. Not in time and the Cardinals lead three to nothing on Javier single to right. in the series last year. Strike three as Gibson goes down. Third strike out for Mlan, but a three-run inning for the Cardinals on two hits, one error. The two strike pitch is strike three. They won’t get to in this one. Nine strikeouts for Bob Gford. Stanley swings and strikes out. That’s number 10 for today. base hit. Maybe extra bases. A runner on second on his way to third. Kline going into second base with a double. And the Tigers have something going. Runners in the hole. [Applause] The 11 strikeout. No runs like Michigan. He struck him out swinging. Strikeout number 12. 3-2 pitch. Tight number 13. Long drive way back. Break me out of here. Hold on. [Applause] P set up. He fooled him on a slider. McAuliff under the ball. That’s all for the Cardinals in the seventh. One run, two hits, no errors, one left. At the end of seven full innings, St. Louis four, Detroit nothing much of this year. The count on him. Two strikes and the ball. He stuck him out swinging line. Got him. Listen to the crowd. Standing standing ovation for Bob Gibson. He has just tied a World Series record with his 15th strikeout. Once again, a standing ovation, a new World Series record. He got him. Suck him out. Look at the scene on the field. McCar the first one. Now it is infielders all over him. A new world’s record of 17 strikeouts in one game. Tony Cubac I know be talking to him. The St. Louis Cardinals have won the first game of the World Series 4 to nothing. He won 17 and lost nine during the regular season and he did some tremendous work in relief roads as well as starting. He’s 28 years old. was his 10th professional season. Buyers stuck him out. And boy, that’s as good a curveball. There she goes way back. It might be out of here. It’s home run. Holy cow. Did he give that ball a ride? [Music] Strike a fast ball. He passes. There’s a long fly ball way back. It might be out of here. Home run. Holy cow. Foul of that one. Mickey Lish with one of the lowest lifetime batting averages in Major League history has just hit one out of the ballpark. There he goes. swung and a high pump foul. Mac Carver may have a play. He does. That retires the side. So it is one run, two hits, no errors, one left. We go into the bottom of the third. Detroit two, St. Louis nothing. Spam a good fast ball. Shallow against the bunt. And he was going to try with two strikes. struck him out on that sweeping curve. Another one, two, three inning for low. Curtwell in right center for him. There’s a drive deep to right. Get a new ball out, Mr. Umpire. That one is gone. The third Tiger home run of the game. Well, the Tigers who hit over twice as many homers of the Cardinals during the season. And the bases are loaded. One two pitch there. The smash right at the center coming on as blood and he can’t handle a ball. Two runs are in the throw to the plate and down to second. On the throw goes Dick Matala. The usually sure fist of Kurt Clark going balls to second. He thought the ball had been fouled. The two- two pitch struck him out on a high fast ball. Strike out number six for Lowley. They got a little pop in the shallow left going out of Stanley. It’s in for a base hit in the strong over the third slug. A Texas later dumped into left gets set up for a single and a ground ball to Stanley. Good pick up. One over and two. Mickey Stanley. A converted center field and it works so far. He walked in on four pitches. Tigers have the bases loaded. Nobody out. He taps it back to the pitching leg. Stepping on second. Max delivered to first for a double play. And in the score is Kline. North 3-2 delivery. Struck him out on the curve. And that’s all for the Tigers in the second. But they picked up another run on two hits. No errors, one left. At the end of six and a half, it’s the Tigers six and the Cardinals one. There’s a beautiful breaking pitch around the knees for strike three. A very easy inning. Right back to the box. Face it into center field. Whoa. go to cash and he’s in the steel second and he nearly threw the ball in the left field and he struck him out on that sinking fast ball. No runs for the cardinal Ernie Banks Kine has his second hit of the game. All those outstanding players John Wart three and one with a bases loaded all four that forces in a run. Wart has his third walk. He gets an RBI and the Tigers lead now seven to one. There they go. Ball four. Witch gets his second run batted in. Witch has now been on base three times. Three walks in a row. Came two right-handers. There’s a slow curve and strikeout number nine for Mickey Logan. A pop up down the right field line. Cash has room. That’s it. And the Tigers have evened the series. Lich waiting on the mound for Cash to bring him the ball. Lich handcuffing the Cardinals on only one run in six zips. Mayo Smith going out to meet him. Tony Cooinella. There goes Brock. The pitch blown inside and Brock now has stolen four out of four. This may be a tough play. Stanley over. Fires safe. He’s going outside. The throw is a good one. He stole again. Rock now has five fine drive base hit left. Luke Brock up with it. Mclliff lost his cap or his banning helmet. There’s a long drive to left. That one is gone. A home run for Kine. [Applause] The two-1 pitch. Little chopper that’ll have to be charged by Javier is throw. Good play by Javier to throw out Norm Cash. And that’s it in the last of the third as the Tigers take the lead. Two runs. Kline will get a tremendous hand. Two hits. They play in the same setup. There he is on again. That’s the third time in a row he’s been on. [Music] Rock is going inside. The throw is safe. That’s his third stolen base of the game. He is now tied. There’s a base hit into left field. Brock’s coming in. Flood’s going for two. It’s a 2-1 ball game now. Tigers and Flood with a double is in scoring position with one out. That puts Maris on. That’s the six walk given up by Earl Wilton. There the drive deep to ride and that one is sailing into the seat. A three-run homer for Tim McCarver and the Cardinals have taken. That ball’s hit deep to center. Northrup backpedaling, puts it away and the Cards are out in the fifth, but they got four big runs on four hits. The big blow, a three-run homer by Macccarver. There were no errors and one man left. We’re halfway through at the end of the payoff pitch. There she goes. A long belt to right. It’s gone. He pops it down the left field line. It’s going to drop in for a base hit. He’s going to second. Here’s the throw. And it’ll be a double for Maris. Roger. Check the swing on that one. Here’s a long belt to left field. This one is well hit. It’s gone. A home run. Orlando Sapeda hit a line drive over the left field fence and another three-run homer for the Card. Fly ball center field. Should be an easy play for Jim North. He puts it away. So Patterson comes on and does a job, but the Cardinals get three runs in the inning on three hits with no errors, none left. And the score as we go into the bottom of the seventh, the Cardinals seven on the Tigers three. There’s a fly ball. Hit the left field. Not deep. Should be the ball game. Blue Rock pounds his glove. He’s got it and it’s all over. So Jimmy Price out on a fly to left. Partner puts him down. One, two, three in the ninth. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Final score of the ball game, the Cardinals seven and the Tigers three. And this young man right here. There’s a drive hit deep into right center field. This ball’s hit a mile out there and it is gone into the bleachers in deep right center field. Boy, Lou Brock hit that one a country mile. You don’t see me. Helped him immensely. Here it is again. This is going to be trouble. Mclliff’s going to have Stanley throw safe. Stanley cut in front of McAuliff on that high bounding ball and he had him on a curve. Javier takes a curve ball and he’s called out on strikes. The Cardinals get two runs in the inning. Gibson and the fans here in Tiger Stadium will be getting their first chance to see this fellow in person. They watched him on television and games. He struck him. Gibson rared up and threw the fast ball right through. He got the fast ball over. There’s a drive to left center. Macarver coming through with another hit. This one’s going all the way to the fence. That’ll get a run in. Macarver is headed for third and he’ll go in easily. That ball hit the wet grass and it’s scooted by Northrup all the way to the fence. Here’s a drive. Fair ball down the third baseline into the corner. Shannon is on his way to second and he’ll go in with a standup double. Boy, he hit that one like a bullet. A shot this man. He struck him out. Dick McCollum struck out the two two pitch. Strike three call. There she goes. A long belt to left. This one’s well hit and it’s gone. A home run for Gibson. There’s a drive into deep right center field. That’s well hit and it is against the fence on the first hop. This might be an inside the park job. Let’s watch it. Nope, they’re going to hold him. Brock is being held at third base. There’s a bouncer to second. Nope, they can’t get him. The ball bounced high in the air and McAuliff had no chance to get Brock. He struck him. Willie Horton went for the high five. A 3-2 pitch. There’s a long drive. Well hit. Could be. It’s gone. Well, the Tigers have broken through against Gibson. He’s got three on him very quickly. And that’s strike out number seven for Gibson. And there’s another strike out for Gibson. Number eight. The two two pitch. There’s strike three. Nine strikeouts for Gibson. He has struck out now one to the seven. Frag nothing and two. Nothing three. That’s the third strike on the 3-2 pitch. He walked him to force in a row. Well, Gibson has his second run batted into the game. There’s a smash into deep center. Northrup watches the ball sail over his head. This may clean the bases. Two runs are in. Here’s Gibson scoring and Rock was all the way to third and goes back to second. Rock got into third. Thought he was going to get into it. There he goes. The throw is not in time and he has just tied his own World Series record. Bounding ball hit down to Sepa. Steps on first, throws to second. Here’s a double play that ends the ball game. They had the force off and had to make the tag at second. Bob Gibson being congratulated as he wins another big one for the Cardinals. Breaks the all-time World Series record by winning his seventh World Series game. Will be left-hander Mickey Lich. Mickey there. The drive to left. That one’s headed toward the corner. Willie Harden out after Brock is coming into second and Lou Brock. There goes Brock and it’s a blooper to right. They score Brock. Brock had a big jump and I think George, if Blood had not swung, Brock might have had third base. He had a good lead. And he hits a high drive to deep left. That one is sailing back going and it is in the seats for a home run. Orlando aid getting RBI five and six. He now leads the series at runs batted in half as many hits as he gave up the entire game in St. Louis. A curve of strike three. Two down one, two, three inning walking lead. There he goes. A pitch out the throw and they have a pitch down and got it. We’ll see. That’s been the scoring so far. [Music] Strikes out on strikes out. Really tough. Two two pitch to Stanley. There’s a drive down the right field line. It’s a fair ball. Stanley on his way to second and may come for three to throw to Javier. Javier holds the ball and Stanley has a triple. Highf fly should score the run. Coming over to handle it is Brock. The tag by Stanley and he’s in there. [Music] Fly ball in the deep right center and that ball is going to be bounding around out there. Horton is coming on. Here’s a throw and he is in with a triple. Round ball to Javier. Takes a bad hop and in to score is Willie Horton. Now the Tigers are one run down and the two pitch back. Five strikeouts for Low. [Music] There’s a drive in the deep left center. Willie Horton going over. Brock’s on again. Horton up with it. Throwing in. And Brock now has two doubles in a line drive in the left. Horton’s up with it. Brock’s being waved around. The throw by Horton and he is safe. Out. He’s out. They call him out of the plate. Joe coming up. He struck him. Davis. Fast ball hit hard. Maliff a great play. to the throw and he got him down low and he walked him. There’s a drive into right center. A base hit for Kline. A run in. There’s another one coming in. And the Tigers have taken the lead. for pitch the cash. Ground ball right field base hit Kine heading to third. Here’s the throw. It’s going to be close. Nope, it’s cut off. He does and bounces it. Seda, good play. Zapeda saved a run with a diving stab of a hard hit ground ball as Northrup swinging at a three and 0 pitch. Hit it hard and Sepa saved a run. Three runs in the inning. There’s the two two pitch. He struck him out. Well, it’s clear to the fast by him and he struck him out. He struck him out. There’s a tap to the pitcher. It can’t be over. Over to Cash and it’s all over. Mickey Low turns in a great job as he got Brock to tap it right back to the mound and he raced to first base with it as you saw and he flipped it over to Cash and the ball game is over in the ninth inning for the Cardinals. No run on two hits. There were no errors, two left and the final score of the game, the Tigers five and the Cardinals three. There’s a drive on the run. Might be it is base hit. Cash is going to the wall. Cash might score. Here he comes. He’ll make it. Norm Cash scores all the way from first base. Line drive. Base hit. Horton may score. The ball goes through block. Two to nothing Detroit. Free hands going to try for third. He makes it. A hit. An arm. There’s a smash. Base hit. The run’s going to score. Stanley races to third. McAuliff has scored. It’s three to nothing. Cash hits his first pitch. Base hit. Another run is in. Kine racing for third and the Tigers. There’s a drive. It’s going to be a grand slam. He’s the grand slam kid, isn’t he? Hit three in one week during the season. Led the majors and hits a grand slammer in the World Series. The first run. Another hit. One run is in. Another man’s going to score. And it’s 10 to nothing. An eight-run inning for Detroit. Al Kaline. Second hit of the inning. He now [Music] base hit. Another run is in. A high hopper over Saped’s head and Stanley has scored the ninth one of the inning. One pitch by Hughes. Brown ball right back off his hip. It’s going to go for a hit. No one scores. That ties the World Series record going all the way. High drive left field is there. The inning is over. [Music] 10 runs, seven hits, no errors. Stuck him out. Called out and it’s no runs. There she goes. No doubt about it. Home run. Al Kaline third straight hit his second home run. He now has driven in eight runs of your nose, didn’t he? A one-two pitch. Struck him out. Strike out number two. Hop single in the fourth. That’s been it so far for St. Louis. And he struck him out. Lane pitching with two strikes and a curveball strikes out flood. A one-two pitch. Struck him out. Paul McQueen struck him out on a high fast ball. Number six going to get this last out. He’s got it. That’s it. And we’re going to the seventh game tomorrow. Denny Mlan coming back. Winning this one 13 to1 in the ninth inning. One run for the Cardinals. Three hits. No. Tiger lineup. All set now. There goes Bob Gibson strolling out to the mound trying for his third victory of the series. Crowd giving him a big hand. He pitched 13 shutouts during the regular season. There’s strike three of the quarter. So Gibson breezes to Michael Steven Lich 28 years old trying for his third World Series victory. study and he flips that ball as he lets it go. There’s a drive in the right center. Kinesine’s over in front of it and has it for the out. He’s been all over that right field area this time. Strikes out on a curve. Try to hold 32 pitch. Curve has been good. [Music] And he’s just broken the World Series record. 32 strikeout pass now as a new record. Five motorcycles. Has that sinker ball going for him. Easy taper to third and Lich and Gibson are matched up here now. Two and two. Strike three to him looking two pitch on the way. Ground ball to the left side. Cannon’s up with it. His throw to first is in time by two stride and the Tigers are retired in the fourth. They had the 0 and2 pitch struck him out on a high fast ball and Mickey Lich continues to match Fox. One- nothing pitch. There’s a pop foul down the left field line. Everybody racing for it and Shannon going away has it. Strikes him out. No score in the six. There’s a fly ball deep, but it’ll be caught. Quad waits. One, two, three. Nothing across. Base hit. World Rock’s 13th hit of the series. Going to throw over. And there it goes the other way. Out. That’s the play that worked here. Ground ball. Tough play for Stanley. Long throw. Safe. They got him picked off. Blood is caught off first base. Here’s McAlliff now. And Low running him down the other way. Everybody’s handled the ball and he is tagged out finally by One out of two in this game. Strike three call. [Applause] Line smash. Base hit. And here’s Willie Hart. [Applause] Base hit. And the Tigers now made their first threat. [Applause] Fly ball flood. Hey, he almost fances it over his head. Two runs are going to score. The same thing almost happened earlier in the game to Jim Northrup and now it has happened to one of the greatest defensive center fielders in baseball. Long drive left center field. Brock on the run. Can’t make the play. A base hit. Another run is in. Tigers lead three to nothing. A double for free. Stuck him out. So the Tigers finally break the ice here by scoring three runs on four hits. Strike him out. Strike him out. Swinging. That’s a full catch. Ivons W feeling and throwing. Good play. He’s out. Quick play by Wart. Ground ball up the middle through a hit. Here’s Pzooki racing to third and he’ll make it and the Tigers threaten. Here’s downward line drive. Base hit. A run is in. [Applause] work. Singles to center. He’s pops it up. Short center. Javier there takes it and it’s one run, three hits. No errors, two left. Going to the bottom half of the ninth inning. It’s Detroit four. St. Louis popped up on the first pitch. free and under the ball. He’s got it. There’s a long drive back near the wall, North, but it’s out of here for a home run. And the Cardinal fans have their first chance to cheer. Macaver pops up. Here’s three in Detroit’s the new world champion. And look at Fran picking up Lage. And there is a scene that has been repeated many times in World Series history. It’s a happy bunch of Tigers. They have beaten the Cardinals four to one and they have replaced them as the champions of baseball and they made some comeback. They were trailing three games to one. They were behind three runs in the first inning.
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