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Winner Take All. But by the middle of the fifth game, the Tigers looked like sure losers. Portly Mickey Lolich, their only Series winner, was laboring on the short end of a 3-2 score; he seemed ready to take the long walk to the showers when he got an unexpected reprieve from the Cards' Lou Brock, justly famed as the National League's most expert baserunner. Heading for home with a sure run, Brock unaccountably failed to slide under the high, late throw. He came in standing up, crashed into Catcher Bill Freehan and was tagged easily...
Back to St. Louis went the Series. And McLain wasted little time vindicating himself; he held the Cards to nine hits and one run while the fired-up Tigers pummeled seven St. Louis pitchers for 13 runs. Suddenly, it was game No. 7-Gibson v. Lolich, winner take...
...Northrup hit a deep but routine line drive to centerfield. Flood momentarily lost the ball against the white-shirted crowd, found it, then stumbled and watched it sail over his head for a triple. Two runs scored, and the Tigers went on to win 4-1, as Lolich, in workmanlike fashion, served the Cardinals nothing but junk for the last three innings...
...Year of the Pitcher, the award for the Series' most valuable player went, appropriately enough, to Lolich. No one approved more heartily than Mickey himself: "Everybody mentions heroes on the team, and Lolich has always been second or third best. Well, today was my day, and I'm glad it came...
...pitcher is like that, the hitters are just not going to get him." But the Tigers were not about to give up. "We'll be back tomorrow," promised Manager Smith. And back they were, pounding four Cardinal pitchers for 13 hits and three home runs, staking Lefthander Mickey Lolich to an 8-1 victory that evened up the Series at one game apiece. Two days later, in Detroit, the Cards unlimbered their own big bats, cracking 2 homers and winning...