GAME 1 DET 3 SFG 2
Mickey Lolich and Gaylord Perry locked horns in the series opener. Bobby Bonds led off the game with a home run, only to be answered in the third with an RBI groundout by Bill Freehan and a two-out RBI single by Aurellio Rodriguez. The Giants got the run back in the fifth off a Willie Mays solo shot, only to have Dick Dietz give up a passed ball with the bases loaded to plate Bill Freehan for what turned out to be the winning run. Both pitchers completed the game, with Lolich showing his form by striking out nine.GAME 2 DET 8 SFG 4
Juan Marichal took the mound against Joe Coleman in the second game at Tiger Stadium. Marichal wasn't on his stuff initially, giving up two runs in each of the second and third innings. Bill Dietz his a three-RBI double in the fourth, followed up by an RBI grounder by Marichal – in an inning when Coleman gave up five walks. The game continued as a tie until the bottom of the eighth. That's when things finally fell apart for Marichal, giving up four hits including a two-RBI double by Jim Nothrup, followed by an Aurellio Rodriguez two-run shot. The Giants got a lead-off walk in the ninth, but ended up stranding him on a fly to left and two strikeouts by reliever Timmerman, and the teams headed to San Francisco with the Tigers holding a 2-0 lead in the series.
GAME 3 SFG 10 DET 8
It was a slug fest in Candlestick for game three. The teams traded shots in the first three innings, with back-to-back home runs by Tony Taylor and Al Kaline in the top of the first answered by a two-RBI double by Dick Deitz in the Giants third. With both teams forced to go deep into their bullpens, the Giants pulled in front with a six-run seventh. The Tigers answered with three in the eighth to pull within a run, but Bobby Bonds smacked an insurance home run in the ninth and Jerry Johnson held the Tigers scoreless in the ninth to preserve the win for San Francisco.GAME 4 DET 7 SFG 2
Mickey Lolich was brave to come to the mound on three days rest, but Gaylord Perry needed an extra day. So the Giants called on Steve Stone to start Game 4. But Stone was clearly out of his depth, giving up six runs in the first three innings. The Tigers cruised from there as Lolich gave up only five hits. The Giants pick up a run in the second and one in the ninth, but by then it was too late; the Giants were forced to go to their pen after the fifth and the game was no real contest. The Tigers took a 3-1 lead going into the critical game 5.
GAME 5 DET 5 SFG 3
Gaylord Perry was at full strength to pitch the critical Game 5 against Mike Kilkenny for the Tigers, who only lasted three and two-thirds innings but did not give up a run. Nobody crossed the plate until a two-run homer by Willie Mays in the bottom of the fifth. The Tigers answered with their own two-run shot by Jim Northrup in the sixth. The Giants took the lead on an RBI double by Ken Henderson in the seventh, but the Tigers exploded in the ninth, scoring three runs off Perry highlighted by a Ed Brinkman two run triple. Dick Dietz hit a two-out single in the ninth but was stranded when Al Gallagher popped out to the shortstop. The Tigers took the series and the world championship four games to one, capping off a campaign that saw them gain 107 regular-season wins. Special congrats to their manager Tom Davis, who had an incredible year piloting his club.
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