Houston Astros 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Regular Season Game 149
Played on Friday, September 13, 1968 (N) at Astrodome
STL N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 5 4 HOU N 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 4 6 1
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Brock lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 Flood cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 Maris rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Davis pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hoerner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cepeda 1b 3 1 2 1 1 0 9 0 McCarver c 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 Shannon 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 Javier 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Washburn p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 Tolan ph,rf 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 5 2 2 6 24 11 FIELDING - E: Flood (7), Cepeda (16), McCarver 2 (10). BATTING - 2B: Flood (16,off Giusti); Cepeda (26,off Giusti). HR: Cepeda (16,4th inning off Giusti 0 on 0 out). GDP: Cepeda (11,off Shea). Team LOB: 5.
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Menke 2b 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 7 Miller lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 Wynn cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 Staub rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Rader 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 Colbert 1b 3 0 1 1 0 1 13 0 Brand c 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 McFadden ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 Giusti p 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 Coombs p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shea p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 27 4 6 3 2 4 27 13 FIELDING - DP: 1. McFadden-Menke-Colbert. E: Rader (21). BATTING - 3B: Miller (2,off Washburn); Staub (1,off Washburn). SH: Giusti (5,off Washburn). SF: Wynn (4,off Washburn). Team LOB: 3. BASERUNNING - SB: Menke (5,2nd base off Washburn/McCarver). CS: Miller (5,2nd base by Washburn/McCarver).
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Washburn L(12-7) 7 6 4 2 2 4 0 28 Hoerner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 8 6 4 2 2 4 0 31
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Giusti W(10-13) 7 5 2 1 2 6 1 29 Coombs 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Shea SV(5) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 9 5 2 1 2 6 1 34 Giusti faced 3 batters in the 8th inning Inherited Runners - Scored: Coombs 3-1; Shea 2-0. . Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Doug Harvey Time of Game: 2:02 Attendance: 15425 Starting Lineups: St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros 1. Brock lf Menke 2b 2. Flood cf Miller lf 3. Maris rf Wynn cf 4. Cepeda 1b Staub rf 5. McCarver c Rader 3b 6. Shannon 3b Colbert 1b 7. Javier 2b Brand c 8. Maxvill ss McFadden ss 9. Washburn p Giusti p CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Flood doubled to left; Maris grounded out (second to first); Cepeda walked; McCarver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Menke grounded out (pitcher to first); Miller tripled to right; Wynn hit a sacrifice fly to center [Miller scored]; Staub tripled to left; Rader singled to left [Staub scored]; Rader was picked off first but was safe on an error by McCarver [Rader to third]; Colbert singled to right [Rader scored (unearned)]; Brand flied out to center; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 3. CARDINALS 2ND: Shannon struck out; Javier grounded out (shortstop to first); Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 3. ASTROS 2ND: McFadden walked; Giusti out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [McFadden to second]; Menke reached on a fielder's choice [McFadden out at third (second to third to shortstop)]; Menke stole second [Menke scored (error by McCarver) (error by Flood) (unearned)]; Miller walked; Miller was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 4. CARDINALS 3RD: Washburn struck out; Brock singled to center; Flood grounded out (second to first) [Brock to second]; Maris grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 4. ASTROS 3RD: Wynn popped to shortstop in foul territory; Staub flied out to right; Rader grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 4. CARDINALS 4TH: Cepeda homered; McCarver lined to second; Shannon grounded out (second to first); Javier flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. ASTROS 4TH: Colbert grounded out (shortstop to first); Brand flied out to center; McFadden grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. CARDINALS 5TH: Maxvill grounded out (third to first); Washburn struck out; Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. ASTROS 5TH: Giusti struck out; Menke popped to second; Miller singled to right; Wynn popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. CARDINALS 6TH: Flood flied out to center; Maris grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Cepeda doubled to right; McCarver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. ASTROS 6TH: Staub singled to right; Rader popped to third in foul territory; Staub was picked off first but was safe on an error by Cepeda; assist by Washburn; Colbert struck out; Brand grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. CARDINALS 7TH: Shannon flied out to center; Javier struck out; Maxvill grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. ASTROS 7TH: McFadden grounded out (third to first); Giusti struck out; Menke struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 4. CARDINALS 8TH: TOLAN BATTED FOR WASHBURN; Tolan reached on an error by Rader [Tolan to first]; Brock singled to left [Tolan to second]; Flood walked [Tolan to third, Brock to second]; COOMBS REPLACED GIUSTI (PITCHING); Maris forced Flood (second to shortstop) [Tolan scored (unearned), Brock to third]; DAVIS RAN FOR MARIS; SHEA REPLACED COOMBS (PITCHING); Cepeda grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Davis out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 4. ASTROS 8TH: TOLAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HOERNER REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); On a bunt Miller made an out to first; Wynn popped to first in foul territory; Staub popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 4. CARDINALS 9TH: McCarver popped to first; Shannon popped to shortstop; Javier lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Cardinals 2 5 4 5 Astros 4 6 1 3
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