1st inning

• Bob started Phil Linz with a curve for a strike, then whizzed in a fast ball for another called strike. Phil stepped out to slow down the big righthander. Then he grounded to 3B Ken Boyer.
  Bobby Richardson led everyone with 11 hits, one shy of the World Series record. Gibson took only three pitches to get the Yankee 2B on a called third strike. The strikeout tied Series record for whiffs by a pitcher.
  Roger Maris bounced the first pitch to SS Dal Maxvill. Gibson ended the inning with eight strikes and no balls, a necessary economy of effort for someone pitching on two days rest.
  
• Curt Flood (6-for-25, .240) ran the count full, hit a foul, then hit a high hopper to 3B Clete Boyer who backed up to grab it and threw hurriedly and accurate to get the speedy runner.
  LF Lou Brock dropped the first delivery for a bunt down the first base line but got it too close to the mound. Stottlemyre threw hit out.
  The hitter in the biggest slump of the series, Bill White (1-for-23, .043) smacked the ball over Maris's head in center field for a standup double.
  Boyer (3-for-23, .130) fell behind 0-2, fouled off a pitch, then took a good curve for strike 3.
  White: "It was an exciting series. But for me it was also the worst hitting performance of my entire baseball career. In the first six games I had one hit in twenty-three at-bats.
  "The problem was that I had fallen back into my old habit of trying to pull every ball, and the Yankees responded by pitching me outside. I was hitting a lot of easy grounders and pop-ups. Finally after Game 5, I call my old batting guru Harry Walker ... He gave me the same advice he gave me before: Lay back a little, wait for the ball, hit it straight away instead of trying to pull every pitch."

• The first batter was Mantle, playing in his eighth Game 7. Gibson set a modern record for World Series strikeouts when he got Mickey swinging on a 2-2 changeup. The 24th strikeout broke Sandy Koufax's mark set just the previous October against the Yankees in only two starts.
  Playing in St. Louis reminded Mantle of 1946, the last time the Cardinals had been in the World Series. "I had listened to that Series on the radio in the hospital in Oklahoma City, while the doctors tried to save my leg from osteomyelitis. The Cardinals had been my boyhood team."
  Year later, Gibson recalled how Mantle's body lnguage factored into his approach against the Yankee slugger in the World Series: "I noticed when I pitched him outside, his knee would buckle a little. So he didn't want to reach out and go after it. He wouldn't swing as hard at the ball away from him as he did at the ball inside. So I kept it away and had good success."
  Elston Howard (6-for-20, .300) grounded a single just to the right of SS Dick Groat.
  The crowd booed Joe Pepitone (4-for-22, ...), who hit a grand slam in Game 6. They cheered the first two pitches, both strikes. Joe popped a curve to Boyer in foul territory.
  Tom Tresh (5-for-20, .250) led both teams in RBIs with seven. He got good wood on a fast ball and lined the ball just past Groat's glove. Brock knelt down to make sure he blocked the ball and held Howard at second.
  Working carefully with the pitcher up next, Gibson fell behind Clete Boyer 2-0. After two strikes, Clete grounded to Groat who took his eye off the ball to see if Maxvill was at second and bobbled the ball. The error loaded the bases with two outs.
  Gibson wasted no time with his opposing moundsman, dispatching him swinging on three pitches. Tim McCarver dropped the ball but stepped on home plate for the forceout instead of throwing to first.
• Groat grounded to Pepitone, who was shading toward second. Stottlemyre took the toss.
  McCarver (10-for-21, .476) walked on a 3-2 pitch that was way outside.
  In those days before the major league draft, the Yankees had tried hard to sign McCarver out of Christian Brothers High School in Memphis.
  Mike Shannon (5-for-24, .208) strike out swinging on a slow curve.
  Dal Maxvill (3-for-17, .177), replacing the injured Julian Javier at second throughout the Series, continued the trend of making Stottlemyre work, fell behind 0-2 but fouled off several pitches before flying to left field.
  

Bob Gibson at work in Game 7.

3rd inning

• The top of the Yankee order faced Gibson for the second time but with not much better success than in the 1-2-3 first.
  Gibson again got ahead of Linz 0-2. After several fouls, Phil broke his bat on a grounder far to Boyer's left and barely beat the throw to first. White, thinking he had the out, fired to McCarver and almost threw it away.
  Richardson hit a medium speed grounder to Groat, who threw to Maxvill. Despite Linz barreling down on him, Dal fired to first to complete the double play.
  Maris hit the 0-1 pitch to Boyer, who made another good play to throw Roger out.
  
• Continuing to throw mainly curves, Stottlemyre got his good-hitting mound opponent on a fly to Maris in center field.
  Flood hit a grounder down the third base line. Clete Boyer fielded it backhanded right at the bag and, despite his momentum taking him into foul territory, threw Curt out. Keane came out to argue but both the third base and home plate umpires agreed it was a fair ball.
  Brock lined a 3-1 delivery into center field.
  The Yankees now had to worry about Lou, who had the green light from Keane to steal at any time. Mel immediately threw to 1B, and Brock barely dived back safely. With the fans yelling "Go, go!," another throw was not close. White ended the suspense by grounding out 4-3.

• Still pitching Mantle mostly away, Gibson got Mickey to tap back to the mound on a checked swing.
  Howard grounded the 1-2 delivery to Maxvill for an easy out.
  Staying ahead of the hitters, the Cardinal righthander got Pepitone to pop to second.
  
• Boyer started what would prove to be the crucial rally by singling over second base on the first pitch. The ball just missed the pitcher's right knee.
  Here's where Keane's batting Groat fifth instead of second in the order paid off. Stottlemyre threw twice to first to try to pick him off–and nearly did–to minimize the danger presented by the Cards' ace hit-and-run man. But, as often happens, the distracted pitcher walked the batter on four pitches.
  Southpaw Al Downing (the Yankees' first African-American pitcher) and righty Roland Shelton began warming up in the Yankee bullpen.
  McCarver hit a hard grounder wide of first that Pepitone fielded on the run. He snapped an underhanded throw to Linz at second for the forceout on Groat. But when Linz fired back to first, the throw went wide past Stottlemyre, who fell down trying to keep his foot on the bag and reach for the throw as McCarver sped by. Boyer scored from second, and Tim held first as Richardson fielded the carom off the wall.
  Mantle: "Stottlemyre hurt his shoulder in the fourth, when he covered first on a double play attempt and had to dive for a low throw from Linz. ... his arm stiffened and Yogi replaced him an inning later. 'If Whitey had been available,' said Yogi, 'he would have been in there.' But Ford had hurt his arm in the first game, and never reappeared."
  Shannon lined the second pitch into right-center field for a single, sending the fleet Cardinal catcher to third.
  On the first pitch to Maxvill, Shannon surprised the Yanks by breaking for second. Dal missed on a hit-and-run play, and Howard threw to second where Richardson just missed tagging Mike as he slid past. Bobby immediately fired the ball back to Howard as McCarver came racing down the line from third, but the ball got by the catcher to allow the second run to score. The official scorers credited Shannon and McCarver with a double steal on the play.
  After taking a ball, the light-hitting second sacker hit a single to right field. Shannon beat Mantle's throw to the plate with a sweeping slide, the batter taking second.
  But that's all the Cards would get as Gibson popped to first, and Flood grounded to second. Cardinals 3 Yankees 0
  

5th inning

• With Stottlemyre scheduled as the third hitter, Downing continued warming.
  Tresh worked the count full, then took the first walk from Gibson.
  Clete Boyer popped to Flood in short left-center field.
  Mike Hegan, on the roster in place of the injured Tony Kubek, hit for the pitcher as his father Jim, the bullpen catcher, looked on. Hegan took ball four on a 3-2 pitch.
  That brought action in the Cardinal bullpen as Roger Craig got up.
  But no sooner had he started throwing than Linz hit a liner to short right field. Shannon made a running catch and fired to Groat who snapped up the short hop to double Tresh off second to end the threat. Fine play on both ends.
  
• Brock belted Downing's first delivery 400' to the roof of the grandstand in right-center field.
  White smacked the next pitch, another high fast ball, into center field for a single.
  Boyer drove the second pitch off the wall in right-center field for a double that sent Bill to third. Richardson's relay throw to the plate went over Howard's head, but Downing backed up.
  Sheldon hurried in from the bullpen.
  Berra had to play the infield in to avoid further damage. But Groat still managed to get the run in from third with a slow bouncer up the middle. Richardson decided he didn't have a play on White at home or Boyer at third and threw to first.
  McCarver looped a fly ball into right field. Mantle raced in for the catch, but Boyer scored from third.
  Sheldon struck out Shannon on a breaking ball. Cardinals 6 Yankees 0
  Mantle: "It was 6-0, with Gibson in command, and in the stands the St. Louis fans started celebrating. I'm proud of the fact that we didn't roll over."

6th inning

• The lights were turned on, and the Yankees finally broke through against Gibson.
  Keane had Ron Taylor throwing in the bullpen.
  Richardson beat out a single toward third for his 12th hit to tie the Series record.
  After just holding up on the 0-2 pitch, Maris ran the count to 2-2 and bounced a single into right field, the base runner holding at second.
  The Yanks could cut the lead in half with one swing of Mantle's bat, and that's exactly what happened. After taking a good cut and fouling off the first pitch, Mickey clouted an outside fastball into the left-center field bleachers. It was his second homer in two days and his 18th in the dozen World Series in which "the majestic invalid" had played. With it, he tied one Series record and broke another. He equaled Yogi's mark of 39 RBI and surpassed Berra's 41 runs scored.
  Mantle: "Gibson threw me a high hard one that may have been outside the strike zone, but I reached for the ball and poked it to the opposite field for a three-run homer. That trimmed the score to 6-3 and Gibson was annoyed. He shook his head later and said, 'That man has power.'"
  With Craig joining Taylor in the pen, Keane visited the mound but left Gibson in.
  Johnny expained later that he visited Gibby on the mound "to look into his face and see if he still had that determined look."
  Bob powdered the first pitch past Howard, then got him to foul off the next one. Ellie looked at a 1-2 fastball on the outside corner.
  Pepitone went for a pitch in on his hands and hit a soft liner to Maxvill.
  Tresh worked a full count walk.
  Still popping the fast one in McCarver's glove, Gibson stuck out Boyer.
  Cardinals 6 Yankees 3
  
• Sheldon made quick work of the Cardinals.
  Maxvill struck out.
  Gibson flied to left, Tresh and Maris almost colliding.
  Prolonging his at-bat to give Gibson some rest, Flood lined to Mantle.
  

• Ray Sadecki joined Craig in the St. Louis bullpen.
  Hector Lopez batted for Sheldon. It was hard to come off the bench and catch up with Gibson's fast ball. The pinch hitter threw his bat at a 2-2 pitch, striking out as the bat made Bob skip rope on the mound.
  Linz flied to Shannon on the first pitch.
  Richardson stayed hot, lining a record-breaking single to center.
  Maris hit a hard liner to right field that Shannon snagged running toward the line.
  
• 6'7" lefty Steve Hamilton took the mound for the Yankees.
  With Clete Boyer in close at third as usual, Brock struck out on a sidearm curve.
  White, who had broken out of his slump with a double and single, took a third strike on another sidearm delivery.
  Having dispatched two lefthanded batters with ease, Steve now faced a righthander. Boyer clobbered a 2-1 curveball into the left field bleachers.
  Groat hit a hot grounder that Clete handled at third and threw to first
  Cardinals 7 Yankees 3
  

8th inning

• Sadecki and Craig threw again as Gibson faced the 4-5-6 hitters in the Yankee lineup.
  Mantle hit a high fly to Flood.
  Howard fanned on a 1-2 fastball–Gibby's seventh K.
  Pepitone popped to Maxvill in short center.
• McCarver battled Hamilton to a full count, then bounced a grounder to Pepitone's right that he knocked down. Joe's throw to Hamilton was too late. The single gave Tim the Series' leading batting average, .478 (11-for-23).
  After fouling a run-and-bunt play, Shannon grounded to Boyer, but the usually sure-handed third sacker bobbled the ball. Instead of a possible double play, the Cards had men on first and second with none out.
  Boyer and Pepitone sneaked in from the corners, but Maxvill sacrificed successfully anyway, Clete to Richardson covering first.
  The crowd gave Gibson a standing ovation. But before he batted, Berra brought in righty Pete Mikkelsen.
  The Yankee infield came in tight to snuff off any additional runs.
  Gibson pulled the first pitch deep but foul down the left field line. Three pitches later, he hit a grounder to Clete Boyer. Running on contact, McCarver got caught in a rundown, but the return throw hit Tim and bounced away. Boyer retrieved the ball and looked toward Shannon, who was caught between second and third. When McCarver started home again, Clete threw to Mikkelsen who ran Tim back to third where Linz made the tag.
  Flood lined the first pitch right at Boyer.

• Three outs to go. Sadecki and Craig resumed tossing the bullpen.
  Tresh swung at the 0-2 pitch and foul-tipped it. The ball knocked McCarver's glove off, but Tim caught it with his bare hand.
  Boyer got back the run his brother gave St. Louis by poling a 3-2 fastball into the left field bleachers.
  Reserve C John Blanchard, a lefthanded pull hitter, stepped in to hit for Mikkelsen and went down swinging. It was Gibson's 9th K and his 31st of the Series to add to his record.
  Linz, of all people, walloped one right down the left field line inside the foul pole to pull the Yanks within two.
  A 22-year-old teacher in Mobile listened nervously on a transistor radio at his ear as he moved down the aisles checking his students' algebra I work. He could taste his beloved Cards' first World Series triumph since he was five years old and too young to understand.
  Keane paced in the dugout but made no move toward the mound. He trusted Gibson more than anyone in his bullpen.
  New York hopes now rested on Richardson with his record 13 hits. If he could prolong the inning, Maris and Mantle would be next. But Bobby popped to Maxvill to set off mass rejoicing in St. Louis.
  Gibson recalled: "The hitter was Bobby Richardson, who was hitting pretty good all Series, especially against me. [Seven of Bobby's 13 hits came off Gibby.] I was pitch­ing him wrong. The scouting reports had instructed us to pitch him away, and he kept wearing me out by hitting the ball back through the middle. McCarver had a sugges­tion."
  "He's been hitting the ball away pretty good," Tim said. "Let's try something different. Let's come in on him."
  "By this time, I had lost all faith in scouting reports, and I was willing to try something different, so I quickly agreed. ... I threw him a fastball in tight, and he hit it off his fists and popped it up on the right side of the infield."
  "Don't let it hit you on the coconut, Max," Groat shouted.
  "And Dal Maxvill didn't. He squeezed that ball and everybody went wild. We were world champions."
  Berra speculated after the game that if Richardson got on in the 9th, with Maris and Mantle coming up, Gibson would have been taken out.
  

Busch Stadium erupted into shouting, chanting, singing, bugle-blaring, and fireworks as fans emptied the grandstand.

Thus did the Yankees lose the World Series two years in a row for the first time since 1921-22.