St. Louis Cardinals 1, Houston Astros 0
Regular Season Game 160
Played on Friday, September 27, 1968 (N) at Busch Stadium II
HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0 STL N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x - 1 8 1
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herrera rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 Torres ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 Wynn cf,lf 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 Staub 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 Rader 3b 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 Menke 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 Aspromonte lf 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 Colbert pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adlesh c 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Dierker p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Thomas ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blasingame p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shea p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 0 6 0 0 11 24 13 BATTING - SH: Adlesh (2,off Gibson). Team LOB: 4. BASERUNNING - CS: Menke (7,2nd base by Gibson/McCarver).
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Brock lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Flood cf 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 Maris rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Cepeda 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 McCarver c 4 0 2 0 0 0 11 2 Shannon 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 Javier 2b 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 Gibson p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 29 1 8 1 2 4 27 9 FIELDING - E: Cepeda (17). BATTING - 2B: Shannon (28,off Dierker). SH: Gibson (7,off Dierker). Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Dierker L(12-15) 7 7 1 1 1 4 0 27 Blasingame 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 Shea 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 8 8 1 1 2 4 0 32 Inherited Runners - Scored: Shea 2-0. .
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gibson W(22-9) 9 6 0 0 0 11 0 31 Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - John Kibler, LF - Doug Harvey Time of Game: 2:11 Attendance: 18658 Starting Lineups: Houston Astros St. Louis Cardinals 1. Herrera rf Brock lf 2. Torres ss Flood cf 3. Wynn cf Maris rf 4. Staub 1b Cepeda 1b 5. Rader 3b McCarver c 6. Menke 2b Shannon 3b 7. Aspromonte lf Javier 2b 8. Adlesh c Maxvill ss 9. Dierker p Gibson p ASTROS 1ST: Herrera struck out; Torres flied out to center; Wynn singled to right; Staub forced Wynn (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Flood singled to third; Maris flied out to left; Cepeda grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. ASTROS 2ND: Rader struck out; Menke grounded out (shortstop to first); Aspromonte struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: McCarver singled to center; Shannon popped to second; Javier forced McCarver (pitcher to shortstop); Maxvill popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. ASTROS 3RD: Adlesh flied out to center; Dierker struck out; Herrera grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Gibson grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock singled to center; Flood grounded out (shortstop to first) [Brock to second]; Maris flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. ASTROS 4TH: Torres was called out on strikes; Wynn struck out; Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Cepeda grounded out (third to first); McCarver singled to right [McCarver out at second (right to shortstop)]; Shannon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. ASTROS 5TH: Rader singled to left; Menke singled to right [Rader to third]; Rader was out trying to advance to home (catcher to third); Aspromonte struck out; Adlesh grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Javier walked; Maxvill struck out; Gibson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Javier to second]; Brock singled to third [Javier to third]; Flood singled to center [Javier scored, Brock out at home (center to shortstop to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 1. ASTROS 6TH: Dierker grounded out (shortstop to first); Herrera singled to left; Herrera was picked off first but was safe on an error by Cepeda [Herrera to second]; Torres struck out; Wynn was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Maris grounded out (second to first); Cepeda struck out; McCarver flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 1. ASTROS 7TH: Staub flied out to center; Rader singled to left; Menke forced Rader (shortstop to second); Menke was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Shannon doubled to right; Javier flied out to center; Maxvill popped to first in foul territory; Gibson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 1. ASTROS 8TH: Aspromonte singled to center; COLBERT RAN FOR ASPROMONTE; Adlesh out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Colbert to second]; THOMAS BATTED FOR DIERKER; Thomas popped to shortstop; Herrera popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: BLASINGAME REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); WYNN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); COLBERT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Brock grounded out (third to first); Flood singled to right; Maris walked [Flood to second]; SHEA REPLACED BLASINGAME (PITCHING); Cepeda forced Maris (second to shortstop) [Flood to third]; McCarver flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 1. ASTROS 9TH: Torres struck out; Wynn struck out; Staub popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Astros 0 6 0 4 Cardinals 1 8 1 7
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