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Miley BB CD 1968 World Series Game 3
Called by Jack Buck and Pee Wee Reese

Tim McCarver's go-ahead 3-run homer in the fifth and Orlando Cepeda's 3-run homer  in the seventh defeat the Tigers.


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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Detroit Tigers 3

World Series Game 3 Played on Saturday, October 5, 1968 (D) at Tiger Stadium

STL N    0  0  0    0  4  0    3  0  0  -   7 13  0
DET A 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 4 0
BATTING
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Brock lf 4 1 3 0 1 1 6 0
Flood cf 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
Maris rf 3 2 1 0 2 1 2 0
Cepeda 1b 5 1 1 3 0 0 10 0
McCarver c 5 1 2 3 0 0 5 0
Shannon 3b 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1
Javier 2b 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 5
Maxvill ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 2
Washburn p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Hoerner p 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 38 7 13 7 7 5 27 9
BATTING - 
2B: Flood (1,off Wilson); Maris (1,off McMahon).
HR: McCarver (1,5th inning off Dobson 2 on 2 out); Cepeda (1,7th inning off
McMahon 2 on 0 out).
Team LOB: 11.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Brock 3 (6,2nd base off Wilson/Freehan 3).
CS: Brock (1,3rd base by Wilson/Freehan); McCarver (1,3rd base by Wilson/Freehan).
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McAuliffe 2b 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 1
Stanley ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Kaline rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 0
Cash 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 8 1
Horton lf 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
Northrup cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 2
Wert 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
Wilson p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Dobson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matchick ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
McMahon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Patterson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Comer ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Price ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 4 3 5 5 27 10
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Freehan-Wert, Freehan-Wert.
BATTING - 
HR: Kaline (1,3rd inning off Washburn 1 on 2 out); McAuliffe (1,5th inning
off Washburn 0 on 2 out).
Team LOB: 6.
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Washburn W(1-0) 5.1 3 3 3 4 3 2 23
Hoerner SV(1) 3.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 13
Totals 9 4 3 3 5 5 2 36
Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Wilson L(0-1) 4.1 4 3 3 6 3 0 21
Dobson 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 1 4
McMahon 1 3 3 3 0 1 1 6
Patterson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Hiller 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 11
Totals 9 13 7 7 7 5 2 45
McMahon faced 3 batters in the 7th inning
Umpires: HP - Stan Landes, 1B - Bill Kinnamon, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Bill Haller, 
LF - Tom Gorman, RF - Jim Honochick