St. Louis Cardinals 7, Houston Astros 4
Regular Season Game 151
Played on Sunday, September 15, 1968 (D) at Astrodome
STL N 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 - 7 15 1 HOU N 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 4 11 1
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Brock lf 4 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 Flood cf 5 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 Maris rf 3 1 1 3 1 2 5 0 Cepeda 1b 5 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 McCarver c 4 0 1 0 1 0 9 1 Shannon 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 Javier 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 Maxvill ss 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 Carlton p 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 Totals 39 7 15 6 4 9 27 7 FIELDING - DP: 1. Javier-Maxvill-Cepeda. E: Brock (12). BATTING - 2B: Shannon (26,off Buzhardt). HR: Maris (5,3rd inning off Wilson 1 on 1 out). SF: Maris (4,off Buzhardt). IBB: Brock (7,by Buzhardt). Team LOB: 10. BASERUNNING - SB: Brock (55,2nd base off Wilson/Bateman). CS: Javier (3,2nd base by Wilson/Bateman).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Menke 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 Miller lf 4 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 Wynn cf 4 2 2 2 1 0 4 1 Rader 3b 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 Staub rf 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 Colbert 1b 3 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 Bateman c 4 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 King c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McFadden ss 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 Coombs p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aspromonte ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Shea p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gotay ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Buzhardt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Torres ph,ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 35 4 11 4 4 9 27 9 FIELDING - E: Staub (12). BATTING - 2B: Miller (17,off Carlton); Menke (21,off Carlton). HR: Wynn (23,1st inning off Carlton 1 on 1 out). SF: Colbert (1,off Carlton). GDP: Bateman (15,off Carlton). Team LOB: 9. BASERUNNING - SB: McFadden (1,2nd base off Carlton/McCarver). CS: Colbert (1,2nd base by Carlton/McCarver).
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Carlton W(13-11) 9 11 4 4 4 9 1 40 WP: Carlton (5).
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Wilson L(13-15) 5 7 5 4 3 7 1 24 Buzhardt 2 4 2 2 1 0 0 11 Coombs 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 Shea 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 Totals 9 15 7 6 4 9 1 44 IBB: Buzhardt (12,Brock). Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Shag Crawford Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 16638 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 Rader 3b 5. McCarver c Staub rf 6. Shannon 3b Colbert 1b 7. Javier 2b Bateman c 8. Maxvill ss McFadden ss 9. Carlton p Wilson p CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to right; Brock stole second; Flood singled to right [Brock scored (error by Staub) (unearned) (no RBI), Flood to second]; Maris struck out; Cepeda struck out; McCarver walked; Shannon struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Menke walked; Carlton threw a wild pitch [Menke to second]; Miller flied out to left; Wynn homered [Menke scored]; Rader popped to second; Staub flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 2. CARDINALS 2ND: Javier lined to center; Maxvill was called out on strikes; Carlton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 2. ASTROS 2ND: Colbert singled to pitcher; Colbert was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Bateman was called out on strikes; McFadden singled to first; Wilson forced McFadden (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 2. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock popped to second; Flood singled to center; Maris homered [Flood scored]; Cepeda struck out; McCarver grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 2. ASTROS 3RD: Menke lined to right; Miller doubled to right; Wynn flied out to center [Miller to third]; Rader struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 2. CARDINALS 4TH: Shannon lined to left; Javier walked; Javier was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 2. ASTROS 4TH: Staub singled to left; Colbert lined to second; Bateman grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Staub out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Carlton struck out; Brock singled to right; Flood singled to right [Brock to third, Flood to second (on throw to 3b)]; Maris walked; Cepeda singled to left [Brock scored, Flood scored, Maris to second]; McCarver flied out to center; Shannon forced Cepeda (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 2. ASTROS 5TH: McFadden struck out; GOTAY BATTED FOR WILSON; Gotay struck out; Menke doubled to center; Miller was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 2. CARDINALS 6TH: BUZHARDT REPLACED GOTAY (PITCHING); Javier singled to center; Maxvill forced Javier (second to shortstop); Carlton singled to center [Maxvill to third, Carlton to second (on throw to 3b)]; Brock was walked intentionally; Flood singled to third [Maxvill scored, Carlton to third, Brock to second]; Maris hit a sacrifice fly to right [Carlton scored, Brock to third]; Cepeda flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 2. ASTROS 6TH: Wynn singled to second; Rader struck out; Staub singled to left [Wynn to third (error by Brock), Staub to second]; Colbert hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wynn scored, Staub to third]; Bateman struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 3. CARDINALS 7TH: McCarver lined to left; Shannon doubled to left; Javier grounded out (third to first) [Shannon to third]; Maxvill flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 3. ASTROS 7TH: McFadden walked; TORRES BATTED FOR BUZHARDT; McFadden stole second; Torres flied out to right; Menke flied out to right; Miller walked; Wynn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 3. CARDINALS 8TH: TORRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); COOMBS REPLACED MCFADDEN (PITCHING); Carlton struck out; Brock singled to center; Flood singled to center [Brock out at third (center to shortstop to third), Flood to second (on throw to 3b)]; Maris struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 3. ASTROS 8TH: Rader singled to right; Staub singled to left [Rader to second]; Colbert struck out; Bateman forced Staub (third to second) [Rader to third]; ASPROMONTE BATTED FOR COOMBS; Aspromonte singled to third [Rader scored, Bateman to second]; Torres grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 4. CARDINALS 9TH: SHEA REPLACED ASPROMONTE (PITCHING); KING REPLACED BATEMAN (PLAYING C ); Cepeda singled to left; McCarver singled to left [Cepeda to second]; Shannon flied out to center; Javier grounded out (third to first) [Cepeda to third, McCarver to second]; Maxvill flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 4. ASTROS 9TH: Menke flied to right in foul territory; Miller struck out; Wynn walked; Rader flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Astros 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Cardinals 7 15 1 10 Astros 4 11 1 9
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