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Miley BB CD 1968 World Series Game 4
Called by Jack Buck and Pee Wee Reese

Bob Gibson coasts to his seventh straight victory, a Series record, striking out 10 as Lou Brock drives home four runs.  Jim Northrup homers in the fourth, accounting for Detroit's lone tally.

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St. Louis Cardinals 10, Detroit Tigers 1

World Series Game 4 Played on Sunday, October 6, 1968 (D) at Tiger Stadium

STL N    2  0  2    2  0  0    0  4  0  -  10 13  0
DET A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 4
BATTING
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Brock lf 5 2 3 4 0 0 2 0
Flood cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 0
Maris rf 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 0 1 1 9 1
McCarver c 5 1 3 1 0 0 10 0
Shannon 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0
Javier 2b 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 2
Maxvill ss 4 1 0 0 1 2 2 1
Gibson p 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 13 10 4 4 27 4
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Cepeda-Maxvill.
BATTING - 
2B: Shannon (1,off McLain); Javier (1,off Hiller); Brock (1,off Hiller).
3B: McCarver (2,off McLain); Brock (1,off Sparma).
HR: Brock (2,1st inning off McLain 0 on 0 out); Gibson (1,4th inning off Sparma
0 on 0 out).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Brock (7,3rd base off Dobson/Freehan).
CS: Cepeda (1,2nd base by Patterson/Freehan).
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McAuliffe 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 4
Stanley ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
Kaline rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Cash 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 10 2
Horton lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
Northrup cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 5 0
Mathews 3b 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
Freehan c 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 1
McLain p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparma p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Patterson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Price ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Lasher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Matchick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dobson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 31 1 5 1 2 10 27 13
FIELDING - 
E: Northrup (1), Mathews (1), Freehan (2), McLain (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Kaline (2,off Gibson).
HR: Northrup (1,4th inning off Gibson 0 on 1 out).
GDP: Northrup (2,off Gibson).
Team LOB: 5.
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Gibson W(2-0) 9 5 1 1 2 10 1 33
Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
McLain L(0-2) 2.2 6 4 3 1 3 1 16
Sparma 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 1 3
Patterson 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
Lasher 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
Hiller 0 2 4 3 2 0 0 5
Dobson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
Totals 9 13 10 8 4 4 2 44
Sparma faced 2 batters in the 4th inning
Hiller faced 5 batters in the 8th inning
Umpires: HP - Bill Kinnamon, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Tom Gorman, 
LF - Jim Honochick, RF - Stan Landes