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Miley BB CD 1968 World Series Game 6
Called by Ernie Harwell and Pee Wee Reese

Detroit scores 10 runs in the third inning, featuring Jim Northrup's grand-slam, and go on to pound the Cardinals, 13-1.  Denny McLain picks up a Series victory.

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Detroit Tigers 13, St. Louis Cardinals 1

World Series Game 6 Played on Wednesday, October 9, 1968 (D) at Busch Stadium II

DET A    0  2 10    0  1  0    0  0  0  -  13 12  1
STL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 9 1
BATTING
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McAuliffe 2b 2 2 0 0 3 2 3 1
Stanley ss,cf 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 1
Kaline rf 4 3 3 4 0 1 7 0
Cash 1b 4 2 3 2 1 0 5 0
Horton lf 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 0
Oyler ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northrup cf,lf 5 1 2 4 0 1 1 0
Freehan c 4 0 1 1 1 0 7 0
Wert 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2
McLain p 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
Totals 34 13 12 13 7 7 27 5
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Stanley-McAuliffe-Cash.
E: Stanley (2).
BATTING - 
2B: Horton (1,off Washburn).
HR: Northrup (2,3rd inning off Jaster 3 on 0 out); Kaline (2,5th inning off
Carlton 0 on 2 out).
SH: McLain (1,off Willis).
HBP: Wert (1,by Willis); Kaline (1,by Granger); Horton (1,by Granger).
IBB: McAuliffe (1,by Willis).
Team LOB: 5.
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Brock lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Flood cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Maris rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 7 2
McCarver c 4 0 1 0 0 1 8 0
Shannon 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 2
Javier 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 2
Maxvill ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 5
Washburn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jaster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hughes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ricketts ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Carlton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Tolan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Edwards ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nelson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 9 1 0 7 27 13
FIELDING - 
DP: 3. Maxvill-Javier-Cepeda, Maxvill-Javier-Cepeda, Granger-Maxvill-Cepeda.
E: Brock (1).
BATTING - 
Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
McLain W(1-2) 9 9 1 1 0 7 0 35
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Washburn L(1-1) 2 4 5 5 3 3 0 12
Jaster 0 2 3 3 1 0 1 3
Willis 0.2 1 4 4 2 0 0 6
Hughes 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Carlton 3 3 1 1 0 2 1 11
Granger 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7
Nelson 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Totals 9 12 13 13 7 7 2 45
Washburn faced 3 batters in the 3rd inning
Jaster faced 3 batters in the 3rd inning
HBP: Willis (1,Wert); Granger 2 (2,Kaline,Horton).
IBB: Willis (1,McAuliffe).
Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Stan Landes, 
LF - Bill Kinnamon, RF - Doug Harvey