Wizards Send Series Back to St. Louis with 12-1 Beatdown

Facing elimination on the road, the St. Louis Wizards put on a power display against Bret Saberhagen in Game 5 of the World Series. Saberhagen allowed 7 runs in 3 1/3 innings, including 4 homeruns. Two of those were 2-run shots by Rogers Hornsby, who is hitting .476 this Series. Stan Musial and Willie McCovey added back-to-back homers against Urban Shocker in the 8th. It was also McCovey’s 2nd home run of the game. All told, St. Louis scored 12 runs on 17 hits. Juan Marichal allowed just 1 run and 7 hits in 8 innings of work. The Series now heads back to St. Louis, where Steve Carlton will face Frank Tanana with the Rockets now up 3-2.

St. Louis @ Detroit – 6/8/22 (Detroit leads the Series 3-2)