Oct. 7, 1964 - Young Mike Shannon and broken-jawed Carl Warwick struck key blows in a four-run sixth inning uprising today that gave the underdog St. Louis Cardinals a 9-5 victory over the New York Yankees in the opening game of the World Series.
A standing room throng of 30,805 at St. Louis’ first Series game since 1946 savored the spectacle of the proud Yankees losing their fifth straight Series game. The Cardinals turned the game into a rout in the eighth with three unearned runs.
Shannon, a young man recalled from the farm system in mid-season, whacked a 450-foot home run with a man on that tied the score in the sixth. It came off loser Whitey Ford, who was knocked out when Tim McCarver followed with a double.
Warwick, who went into the game with a scar on his right cheek and a “throb in my head” as a souvenir of a line drive during a Sept. 27 batting practice, stroked home the tie-breaking run with a pinch single off reliever Al Downing.
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