‘67 Cards take 2 of 3 from ‘54 Jints

9/2 - Busch Memorial Stadium
GAME 1 - '67-Cards 3, '54-Giants 0
Larry Jaster (6IP) and Al Jackson (3IP) combined to shutout the Jints by scattering 7 hits.  Ruben Gomez only gave up 4 hits over 6 innings, but the Cards made them all count as they crossed home plate 3 times during that span.  St. Louis did all of their scoring in the first 2 innings.  In the first, after Roger Maris doubled with 2 outs Orlando Cepeda hit a 2 run shot to right center to start the scoring.  Gomez had control issues in the 2nd and walked 4 batters to force in a run.  Jaster was cruising along, but was removed after he threw 110 pitches by the 6th inning.  Al Jackson gave up only 2 hits over the final 3 innings to record the rare 3 inning save.
9/3-9/4- Polo Grounds
GAME 2 - Giants 1, Cards 0
Bob Gibson threw a dominant 2 hitter, but did not win this game thanks to the crafty performance put on by Sal "the Barber" Maglie who scattered 8 hits and threw a complete game shutout.  With no score in the bottom of the 7th the Giants would strike for the only run of the game.  Don Mueller barely missed a homer to lead off the inning, but Hank Thompson followed with a clean single to right.  A balk by Gibby advanced Thompson to second, but Willie Mays (who had issues with the bat all series) fanned for the second out.  Line drive hitting first baseman Whitey Lockman came up big by lining a double off the wall in left to score Thompson for the only run of the game.  St. Louis put a scare into Sal Maglie in the 9th when Cepeda hit one to the warning track in dead center field, which is the deepest part of the park.  Mays turned 180 degrees and made one of his patented over the shoulder catches to rob "Cha Cha" of extra bases.  Tim McCarver then flew out to the Say Hey kid for the second out.  Mike Shannon singled to center and Julian Javier walked to put runners on 1st and 2nd with 2 out and Maglie looking done.  With Dal Maxvill up the bespectled Dave Rickertts was summoned to pinch hit.  Maglie's first offering was just under Ricketts chin.  His next three offerings were on the outside corner as Ricketts was punched out on a called strike 3 to end the game.

GAME 3 - Cards 5, Giants 2
With the score tied a 2 heading into the 8th and both starters (Hughes & Liddle) already hitting the showers the Cards were able to take command by scoring 3 runs off of Giant reliever Marv Grissom.  Back to back jacks by Cepeda and Mike Shannon in the 8th put St. Louis up by 2.  An error by Hank Thompson and a ground out by Curt Flood in the 9th led to an insurance run for reliever Ted Willis, who notched his 4th save as both teams finished the series with identical 9-8 records.