Game 1 Sunday Oct 1, at Detroit. Two of the best lefthanders in the business met in game 1 and through five innigs, kept each other off the scoreboard. Walt Williams opened the game with a double but Mickey Lolich immediately settled down and struck out the side. Meanwhle Wilbur Wood did not allow a hit until the fifth inning. The Tigers broke through in the sixth. With one out, Tony Taylor singled, Al Kaline walked and Bill Freehan singled to load the bases. Wood struck out AL homerun champ Norm Cash, but walked Willie Horton to force in a run. The Tigers added two more in the 7th on a Kaline double. The White Sox got on the board in the 8th on back to back doubles by Rich McKinny and Rick Reichardt and a single by Bill Melton. But they could do no further damage and the Tigers took Game 1. Loloch was the wnner (33-9, 1.870, striking out 12 and walking none. Wood took the loss (24-13, 2.16) Tigers 3 White Sox 2
Game 2, Monday Oct. 2, at Detroit. Gates Brown started the scoring in the 3rd with a two run homer (16). The White Sox came right back in the 4th on a two run double by Lee Richard and a single by pinchhitter Tony Muser. In th bottom of the 4th, the Tigers regained the lead on another two run homer by Brown (17). They would add a solo run in the 5th and then in the 6th, Brown struck again, this time a solo blast (18). Brown who was sparingly used prior to Horton's late August injury, has hit 11 homers since Sept 1.and battted .405 in 66 plate appearances. "I'm just glad I could contribute,." said the man signed by Tiger uber-scout Bill Lajoie while playig in the Ohio penal league. Freehan would add a two run homer in the 6th (33) and another in the 8th (34). Joe Coleman got the win (28-4, 2.61). Vincente Romo took the loss (5-5, 3.44). Fred Scherman earned his league leading 31st save by entering the gae in the 8th with one out and the bases loaded and inducing pinchhitter Rich Morales to hit into a double play. Tiers 10 White Sox 4.
Game 3, Wednesday Oct 4, at Chicago. With their backs against the wall, th Sox opted to send out Wood on two days rest. The Tigers responded with Les Cain, though Lolich reported he was ready to go. Whether it was the fact that they had just seen Wood two days earlier or they just wanted to end the series fast, the Tigers sent 7 plyers to the plate before Wood could record an out. Mickey Stanley led off with a triple and scored when Melton botched Taylor's ground ball. It would the first of five errors on the day for the Sox. Wood hit Kaline and then Freehan, Cash and Horton singled. After Wood got an out, Eddie Brinkman singled and Les Cain drove home two with a double. That was all for Wood. Taylor would add a two run single and the Tigers took an 8-0 lead to the bottom of the first. The Sox came back on a two run homer by Reichardt (18) and a solo shot by Melton (43). They would add two more in the second, but that was as close as they would get. The Tigers picked up five runs in the 4th including a pinchhit grand slam by Jim Northrup (29). After a 41 minute rain delay in the bottom of the 4th, Cain departed and Mike Kilkenney took over. In the 5th the beat down turned into a rout as the Tigers had nine hits including 4 doubles and scored 8 more runs. Cash capped the Tiger scoring in the 7th with his own grand slam (46). Every Tiger who batted had at least one hit, Taylor had 4 hits and 5 rbis, Cash had 5 hits and 7 rbis. KilKenney got the win (5-8, 4.91). Wood took the loss (24-14, 2.34) Tigers 25 White Sox 7
The Tigers go on to meet the Giants in the World Series
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