Complete box score is at BaseballAlmanac.com. The play-by-play is at Retrosheet.com.
The Tigers needed to bounce back from striking out seventeen times against Bob Gibson in Game One. They did in Game Two on October 3 at Busch Stadium.
It was Nelson Briles (19-11, 2.81ERA) getting the ball for the Cards. Mickey Lolich (17-9, 3.19ERA) was the starter for the Tigers.
Detroit got the lead in the top of the second inning on a Willie Horton home run off Briles. In the third, Lolich homered and the Tigers were up 2-0. Lolich never hit a regular season home run in a career that lasted from 1963-1979.
Norm Cash homered off Briles in the top of the sixth. Then, Horton singled and Steve Carlton relieved Briles and the future hall of fame pitcher gave up a single and a walk to load the bases. Dick McAuliffe singled in a pair of runs and the Tigers had a 5-0 lead.
The Cards broke through on an RBI single by Orlando Cepada, but that was it for them. The Tigers scored once in the eighth. In the ninth, St. Louis reliever Joe Hoerner walked three, including two with the bases loaded for the final margin.
Lolich was the star. He struck out nine, had two hits, and drove in a pair of runs in the complete game win to even the series.
Performances of note:
Carlton worked one inning, gave up four hits, two runs, one walk, and struck out one
Lou Brock had two stolen bases
Tim McCarver went 0-for-4
Al Kaline went 2-for-5 and scored two runs.
There was a travel day in 1968. Game Three will be at Tiger Stadium on October 5. The scheduled pitching matchup is Ray Washburn for the Cards and Earl Wilson for the Tigers.
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