Detroit, Oct. 5 – Norm Cash continues to add to his legendary status in Detroit. Cash walloped a majestic home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth to lift his Detroit Tigers to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the second game of the 1967 World Series. The victory gives Detroit a two-game advantage over the Cardinals as the clubs travel to St. Louis to resume the series this weekend. Last month, Norm hit three home runs in the final series against the contending Boston Red Sox to provide Detroit with their final nudge past the Red Sox. In the Series opener, Cash hit a ninth inning home run off Bob Gibson to send the game into extra innings. Detroit won the game in the twelfth on Al Kaline’s RBI single scoring Dick Tracewski from second base.
Detroit starter Denny McLain and Cardinals rookie Dick Hughes each pitched scoreless ball over the first six innings, but it was the rookie who blinked first. Detroit third baseman Don Wert hit a solo home run down the left field line in the seventh inning to break the scoring drought. It appeared McLain would finish with a shutout until the Cardinals mounted a last-gasp rally. Lou Brock opened the Cardinal ninth with a single down the right field line. Kaline had Brock shaded toward the line which enabled the right fielder to hold the speedy Cardinal outfielder to a single. McLain kept a careful eye on baseball’s stolen base leader. When Curt Flood bounced a comebacker to the mound, McLain did not hesitate at the opportunity to erase Brock from the base paths. McLain spun and fired to second as Flood traded places with Brock on the base paths. Roger Maris flew out to Kaline so it was up to Orlando Cepeda to save the Cardinals. Cepeda worked the count full as the din and anticipation of the sell-out crowd swelled with every pitch. Cepeda turned on a fast ball, and lined it down the third base line. Don Wert was unable to react in time, and Flood, running on the pitch, scored easily, beating Horton’s desperation throw home as Cepeda advanced to second. Tim McCarver was intentionally pass to set up a force play, but Mike Shannon hit a harmless grounder to second to end the rally.
It appeared the teams were again headed toward extra innings when Cash launched his circuit clout against Cardinal reliever Ron Willis. The Cardinals’ fielding woes continuesd with a pair of miscues today, but the errors, one by Shannon and another by Maxvill, his third in two days, did not factor in the scoring as the two solo home runs accounted for the Tigers’ tallies. After a travel day, Detroit will send Mickey Lolich who was their best pitcher down the home stretch to face the Cardinals’ Nelson Briles. It will be the first ever World Series game in the Cardinal’s new and modern Busch Stadium.
10/5/1967, STL67-DET67, Tiger Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1967 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 2 5 0
1967 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 0 6 0
St. Louis AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Brock lf 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .545 1 0 0 0
Flood cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 6 1 0 0
Maris rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 2 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 7 0 0 0
McCarver c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .222 7 0 0 0
Shannon 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0 3 1 0
Javier 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 1 2 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 1 3 1 0
Hughes p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Tolan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
31 1 6 1 1 0 0 2 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 25 9 2 0
Detroit AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
McAuliffe ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 1 0 0 0
Lumpe 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 2 4 0 0
Kaline rf 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 5 0 0 0
Horton lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 1 0 0 0
Northrup cf 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .444 3 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 8 0 0 0
Freehan c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7 2 0 0
Wert 3b 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 0 0 0 0
McLain p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 3 0 0
32 2 6 2 2 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 9 0 0
St. Louis INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
Hughes 7.0 4 1 1 1 5 114 73 28 1 0 0 0 0 1.29
Willis L 0-1 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 15 10 5 1 0 0 0 0 6.75
8.1 6 2 2 1 6 129 83 33 2 0 0 0 0
Detroit INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
McLain W 1-0 9.0 6 1 1 2 6 130 79 33 0 1 0 0 0 1.00
9.0 6 1 1 2 6 130 79 33 0 1 0 0 0
STL: Tolan batted for Hughes in the 8th
GWRBI: Cash
Temperature: 59, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from right at 15 MPH.