World Series Game 1

The lineups:

ST. LOUIS
Brock LF
Javier 2B
Flood CF
Cepeda 1B
Shannon 3B
McCarver C
Johnson RF
Maxvill SS
Gibson P

DETROIT
McAuliffe 2B
Northrup CF
Kaline RF
Horton LF
Freehan C
Cash 1B
Mathews 3B
Oyler SS
Lolich P

Play by play
TOP 1ST
Brock grounded out to first; Javier popped to catcher; Flood lined out to third;
No runs, no hits, no errors. STL 0, DET 0

BOTTOM 1ST
McAuliffe grounded out, second to first; Northrup singled to right; Kaline hit into a double play (pitcher-to-shortstop-to-first base);
No runs one hit, no errors. STL 0, DET 0

TOP 2ND
Cepeda singled to center; Shannon flied out to left; McCarver singled to center (Cepeda to third); Johnson grounded into a force out (third to second; Cepeda scored); Maxvill popped out to short;
One run, two hits, no errors. STL 1, DET 0

BOTTOM 2ND
Horton popped out to short; Freehan flied out to right; Cash grounded out to first;
No runs, no hits, no errors. STL 1, DET 0

TOP 3RD
Gibson grounded out, third to first; Brock grounded out to first; Javier singled to left; Flood safe on error by Cash (Javier to second); Cepeda struck out;
No runs, one hit, one error. STL 1, DET 0

BOTTOM 3RD
Mathews walked; Oyler grounded into a force out (second to short); Lolich sacrificed (catcher to second, covering first; Oyler to second); McAuliffe homered to right (Oyler scored); Northrup flied out to left;
Two runs, one hit, no errors. STL 1, DET 2

TOP 4TH
Shannon flied out to left; McCarver struck out; Johnson singled to center; (Johnson stole second); Maxvill singled to center (Johnson scored); Gibson bounced into a force out (short to second);
One run, two hits, no errors. STL 2, DET 2

BOTTOM 4TH
Kaline grounded out, shortstop to first; Horton was hit by a pitch; Freehan grounded into a double play (second-to-shortstop-to first);
No runs, no hits, no errors. STL 2, DET 2

TOP 5TH
Brock flied out to left; Javier flied out to center; Flood tapped out, catcher to first;
No runs, no hits, no errors. STL 2, DET 2

BOTTOM 5TH
Cash flied out to center; Mathews was hit by a pitch; Oyler flied out to center; Lolich struck out;
No runs, no hits, no errors. STL 2, DET 2

TOP 6TH
Cepeda safe at first on error by Mathews; Shannon walked (Cepeda to second); McCarver sacrificed (pitcher to second covering first; Cepeda to third, Shannon to second); Johnson singled to center (Cepeda scored; Shannon out at home, center field to catcher; Johnson to second on the throw); Maxvill flied out to center;
One run, one hit, one error. STL 3, DET 2

BOTTOM 6TH
McAuliffe popped out to first; Northrup singled to right; Kaline flied out to left; Horton homered to left (Northrup scored); Freehan grounded out, short to first;
Two runs, two hits, no errors. STL 3, DET 4

TOP 7TH
SPIEZIO BATTED FOR GIBSON; Spiezio singled to short; Brock struck out; Javier grounded into a double play (short-to-second-to-first);
No runs, one hit, no errors. STL 3, DET 4

BOTTOM 7TH
HOERNER PITCHING FOR ST. LOUIS; Cash flied out to right; WERT BATTED FOR MATHEWS; Wert grounded out, third to first; Oyler popped to short;
No runs, no hits, no errors. STL 3, DET 4

TOP 8TH
WERT PLAYING THIRD BASE; Flood grounded out, short to first; Cepeda safe at first on error by McAuliffe; (Cepeda stole second); Shannon grounded out, second to first (Cepeda to third); McCarver struck out;
No runs, no hits, one error. STL 3, DET 4

BOTTOM 8TH
STANLEY BATTED FOR LOLICH; Stanley flied out to right; McAuliffe struck out; Northrup tapped out, catcher to first;
No runs, no hits, no errors. STL 3, DET 4

TOP 9TH
STANLEY PLAYING CENTER FIELD (batting 9th); GLADDING PITCHING FOR DETROIT (batting second, replacing Northrup); MARIS BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Maris grounded out, second to first; Maxvill grounded out, short to first; TOLAN BATTED FOR HOERNER; Tolan flied out to center.
No runs, no hits, no errors. STL 3, DET 4 (FINAL)

STL 010 101 000  3-7-0
DET 002 002 00x  4-4-3

DET leads, 1-0

The key was keeping Lou Brock off the base paths. The Tigers won despite committing three errors. Mickey Lolich had frequent traffic on base but was able to get big outs.