St. Louis Cardinals 3, Houston Astros 1
Regular Season Game 50
Played on Wednesday, June 5, 1968 (N) at Astrodome
STL N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 10 0 HOU N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 2
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Brock lf 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 Flood cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 Maris rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 McCarver c 4 1 1 0 0 1 6 0 Shannon 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 Javier 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 Maxvill ss 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 4 Jaster p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 10 2 2 6 27 8 BATTING - 2B: McCarver (5,off Dierker); Brock (15,off Ray). SH: Jaster (1,off Dierker). Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING - SB: Brock (7,2nd base off Dierker/Bateman).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Davis cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 Menke ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 Staub 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 Wynn rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 Aspromonte 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 Watson lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Thomas ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gotay 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 3 Bateman c 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 Dierker p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 House p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Murrell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 1 6 1 1 6 27 14 FIELDING - E: Staub 2 (5). BATTING - 2B: Wynn (7,off Jaster). SH: Dierker (5,off Jaster). Team LOB: 6. BASERUNNING - SB: Wynn (6,3rd base off Jaster/McCarver).
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jaster W(4-2) 8 6 1 1 1 4 0 31 Granger SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 6 0 34 Jaster faced 1 batter in the 9th inning Inherited Runners - Scored: Granger 1-0. .
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Dierker L(5-8) 7.1 9 2 2 1 3 0 31 House 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Ray 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 5 Totals 9 10 3 3 2 6 0 38 WP: Dierker (10). Inherited Runners - Scored: House 2-0. . Umpires: HP - Tony Venzon, 1B - Mel Steiner, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Augie Donatelli Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 18475 Starting Lineups: St. Louis Cardinals Houston Astros 1. Brock lf Davis cf 2. Flood cf Menke ss 3. Maris rf Staub 1b 4. Cepeda 1b Wynn rf 5. McCarver c Aspromonte 3b 6. Shannon 3b Watson lf 7. Javier 2b Gotay 2b 8. Maxvill ss Bateman c 9. Jaster p Dierker p CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to shortstop; Flood struck out; Brock stole second; Maris grounded out (first unassisted); Cepeda popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Davis popped to shortstop; Menke grounded out (third to first); Staub flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 2ND: McCarver doubled to left; Shannon grounded out (third to first) [McCarver scored (error by Staub) (no RBI)]; Javier grounded out (shortstop to first); Maxvill singled to center; Jaster grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Wynn was called out on strikes; Aspromonte grounded out (pitcher to first); Watson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock grounded out (second to first); Flood grounded out (shortstop to first); Maris lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Gotay struck out; Bateman singled to center; Dierker out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Bateman to second]; Davis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Cepeda flied out to center; McCarver grounded out (second to first); Shannon singled to shortstop; Javier forced Shannon (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Menke struck out; Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynn doubled to left; Wynn stole third; Aspromonte singled to right [Wynn scored]; Watson forced Aspromonte (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Maxvill walked; On a bunt Jaster forced Maxvill (third to shortstop); Dierker threw a wild pitch [Jaster to second]; Brock flied out to center; Flood grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Gotay singled to center; Bateman grounded out (shortstop to first) [Gotay to second]; Dierker flied out to center; Davis flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Maris singled to left; Maris was picked off first but was safe on an error by Staub [Maris to second]; Cepeda grounded out (third to first); McCarver struck out (catcher to first); Shannon flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 6TH: Menke flied out to right; Staub lined to center; Wynn popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Javier singled to center; Maxvill struck out; Jaster out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Javier to second]; Javier was out trying to advance to third (second unassisted); Julio Gotay caught Julian Javier with the hidden ball trick; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: Aspromonte grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson flied out to right; Gotay flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. CARDINALS 8TH: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Flood singled to right; Maris singled to right [Flood to third]; Cepeda singled to right [Flood scored, Maris to third]; HOUSE REPLACED DIERKER (PITCHING); McCarver popped to second; Shannon was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: Bateman flied out to center; MURRELL BATTED FOR HOUSE; Murrell lined to right; Davis singled to left; Menke singled to left [Davis to third]; Staub lined to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. CARDINALS 9TH: RAY REPLACED MURRELL (PITCHING); Javier struck out; Maxvill walked; Jaster struck out; Brock doubled to left [Maxvill scored]; Flood grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 9TH: Wynn walked; GRANGER REPLACED JASTER (PITCHING); Aspromonte struck out; Debut game for Wayne Granger; THOMAS BATTED FOR WATSON; Thomas popped to first; Gotay struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Cardinals 3 10 0 8 Astros 1 6 2 6
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