Game 1 The Tigers struck first in Game 1 when
Matty McIntyre singled to lead off the bottom of the first off of
Ed Reulbach, stole second and scored on
Ty Cobb's two-out single, but the Cubs responded in the third off of
Ed Killian when after a leadoff double and single,
Frank Schulte's RBI single tied the game. After a bunt groundout,
Harry Steinfeldt's RBI single put Chicago up 2–1. After a walk,
Ed Summers relieved Killian and allowed an RBI groundout to
Joe Tinker and
Johnny Kling reached on an error that allowed another run to score. The Cubs added another run in the seventh on Steinfedlt's sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the inning, with runners on second and third,
Boss Schmidt's groundout,
Red Downs's ground-rule double, and Summers's single scored a run each. Next inning,
Claude Rossman's two-run single off of
Mordecai Brown put the Tigers up 6–5. In the top of the ninth, three straight one-out singles loaded the bases before
Solly Hofman's single scored two and
Joe Tinker's bunt single scored another. After a double steal, Johnny Kling's two-run single put the Cubs up 10–6. Brown pitched a scoreless bottom of the ninth despite allowing a single and walk as the Cubs went up 1–0 in the series.
Game 2 A scoreless tie in the bottom of the eighth came to an end when
Joe Tinker's two-run homer launched a six-run Cub outburst. Tinker's blast was the first World Series home run since
Patsy Dougherty in
1903. After a ground-rule double and groundout, RBI singles by
Jimmy Sheckard and
Johnny Evers and an RBI triple by
Frank Schulte (the last two hits coming off after stolen bases) scored a run each. A wild pitch to
Frank Chance scored the Cubs' last run. The Tigers avoided a shutout in the ninth when
Davy Jones drew a leadoff walk, moved to second on a groundout and scored on
Ty Cobb's single.
Orval Overall's complete-game win took just 90 minutes.
Game 3 It was in this game that Ty Cobb enjoyed the finest World Series outing he ever had. The 21-year-old Georgian rapped three singles and a double in five at-bats, and stole two bases. In the top of the ninth, he singled and promptly stole second and third, but then the hyped-up boy wonder pressed his luck and was thrown out trying to steal home. This was the only Tiger win in their back-to-back first two World Series losses to the Cubs. Detroit struck first in the top of the first when
Charley O'Leary hit a one-out single, moved to second on a groundout and scored on
Ty Cobb's single. The Cubs responded in the fourth on
Frank Chance's RBI single. After stealing second, an error on
Harry Steinfeldt's ground ball and
Solly Hofman's triple scored a run each. In the top of the sixth, after a single and walk, singles by
Sam Crawford,
Ty Cobb, and
Claude Rossman scored a run each. After a double play,
Ira Thomas's RBI double made it 6–3 Tigers. They added two more runs in the eighth on
Bill Coughlin's bases loaded sacrifice fly followed by
George Mullin's RBI single.
Game 4 This one was over in 1 hour and 35 minutes. RBI singles by
Harry Steinfeldt and
Solly Hofman in the third inning after two walks gave
Mordecai Brown all the support he'd need. Brown allowed only four hits and walked none. The Cubs added another run in the ninth when
Frank Chance reached on an error with two on.
Game 5 In the first inning, Overall registered
four strikeouts, as
Claude Rossman reached on an
uncaught third strike. This was the first, and to date only, instance of a four-strikeout inning in a World Series game. Overall allowed only three hits, walking four and striking out 10 for his second win of the series. In innings pitched during the series, he allowed only seven hits and two runs for an ERA of 0.98. The Cubs scored the game's first run in the first on three straight one-out singles, the last of which to
Frank Chance scoring a run, then added another run in the fifth on
Johnny Evers's double after two walks.
Boss Schmidt, who made the last out of the 1907 Series with a popup to short, also made the last out of this Series with a feeble catcher-to-first groundout. This was also the first World Series game in which neither team committed an
error. The Cubs did not win another World Series title until finally reclaiming the crown in , a drought of 108 years, which remains the longest in MLB history. The attendance during this final game of the series, 6,210, was the smallest crowd in World Series history. It also remains the fastest postseason game in major-league history, at 1 hour 25 minutes. ==Composite line score==