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 after giving up a single, a walk, and then a balk, he was pulled, and St. Louis ended up scoring six runs in the top of the eighth, with two runs singles by Tim McCarver, Alex Johnson (a two-out pinch-hit triple), and Lou Brock all doing the damage.

 


Game Three, Saturday, October 7, 1967

St. Louis (H) 9 Boston 0

 

The World Series moved back to St. Louis with the Cardinals up 2-0 and the Cardinals fans were giddy with the resurgence of the Redbird offense. The offensive splurge continued in Game Three as St. Louis scored a run in the second, three more in the third, and then they put up a four-spot in the fourth to ice this game for Nelson Briles (1-0, 0.00), who went all the way for the win. The first seven batters in the St. Louis lineup all had multiple hits and all had at least one RBI, a team effort, and now St. Louis had a 3-0 lead.

 

Game Four, Sunday, October 8, 1967

Boston 11 St. Louis (H) 7

 

Both teams brought their hitting shoes today, with the Red Sox accumulating fourteen hits to the Cardinals eleven, with both teams hitting three homeruns. Boston took a 1-0 lead with a run in the second, but Tim McCarver answered with a two-run homerun in the bottom half of the inning. Boston tied it at 2-2 in the third, and then Rico Petrocelli hit a two-run homerun in the fourth to give the Red Sox a lead they would never lose. Petrocelli started the game with a triple, a homerun, and a double in his first three at-bats, but couldn't connect for a single to get the Cycle.

 

Jose Santiago belted a two-run homerun in Boston's sixth, but Orlando Cepeda did the same in the bottom of the inning, and then Carl Yastrzemski hit a three-run homerun in the eighth, only to see Mike Shannon hit a three-run homerun in the bottom of the eighth to keep it close. John Wyatt came in to close the game out and get the save to secure Boston's first win of the World Series.

 

Game Five, Monday, October 9, 1967

Boston 5 St. Louis (H) 4

 

Ken Harrelson hit his first homerun of the series and Boston had a 3-0 lead after the fourth, but then St. Louis came back to tie the score at 3-3 after the sixth. Boston regained the lead on Reggie Smith's two-out two-run single in the top of the ninth put the visitors ahead 5-3. The Cardinals rallied in the bottom of the inning, making the score 5-4, but John Wyatt got Mike Shannon to fly out to right for the third out, a ball that was caught with Jose Tartabull's back pinned against the right field wall.

 

Game Six, Wednesday, October 11, 1967

Back in Boston to close out the World Series, the Red Sox faithful were hopeful the hometown team could continue with its recent surge and get a win today to force a Game Seven. The Cardinals scored single runs in the second and fourth innings, but a Reggie Smith solo homerun in the fifth put the score at 2-1. St. Louis put a couple of runners on the sixth, Lee Stange was called upon to get the third out, but light-hitting shortstop Dal Maxvill lifted a routine fly ball to left that carried over the left field wall, a two-out three-run homerun. Now with a solid 5-1 lead, Dick Hughes went all the way for the Game Six win and the Cardinals had their World Series victory.

 


 



The Cardinals left no doubt as they pounded the Boston pitchers, hitting .300 as a team and outscoring the Red Sox 38-20 in the six games. Dal Maxvill's surprise three-run homerun in the final game - think about the famous Bucky Dent homerun (link) in 1978 - was something that would haunt Red Sox fans for years to come. All in all, an exciting conclusion to an exciting season.

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