1967 World Series
Game One, Wednesday, October 4, 1967 St. Louis 7 Boston (H) 1 St. Louis got the scoring started with two runs in the fourth, but it was their three runs in the fifth that essentially locked up Game One for the Cardinals. Two Red Sox errors opened the door in the fifth, and then a big two-run single off the bat of Mike Shannon was the key hit. Now armed with a 5-0 lead, Bob Gibson (1-0, 1.00) ended giving up eight hits, but only alk3ed one and struck out eight batters as he went all the way for the win. Game Two, Thursday, October 5, 1967 St. Louis 6 Boston (H) 2 Boston took a 2-0 lead with single runs in the first and third innings, but it looked like that might be enough as Jim Lonborg (0-1, 4.91) held St. Louis to only one hit through the first six innings. In the top of the seventh, Lonborg got two outs and then walked the Cardinals' seventh and eighth-place hitters before getting out of the inning. Lonborg stayed in the game, but in the eighth a...
