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St. Louis Cardinals 3 Houston Astros 1

June 5,1968

Visiting Team

St. Louis Cardinals (30-21)

Home Team

Houston Astros (21-27)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

18,475

Time of Game

2:28

Umpires

[HP]: Tony Venzon [1B]: Mel Steiner [2B]: Paul Pryor [3B]: Augie Donatelli

St. Louis Cardinals 3 Houston Astros 1

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7th inning: OA.2X2(4) **Julio Gotay caught Julian Javier with the hidden ball trick**
9th inning: **Debut game for Wayne Granger**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	30-21		0	1	0		0	0	0		0	1	1			3	10	0		1	1	2	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	21-27		0	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	0			1	6	2		9	9	17	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lou Brock	lf	28.353	L	5	0	2	1		0	0	.245		50	947
2	Curt Flood	cf	30.139	R	5	1	1	0		0	1	.330		51	1487
3	Roger Maris	rf	33.269	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.235		32	1388
4	Orlando Cepeda	1b	30.262	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.253		51	1426
5	Tim McCarver	c	26.233	L	4	1	1	0		0	1	.228		49	759
6	Mike Shannon	3b	28.327	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.265		49	570
7	Julian Javier	2b	31.301	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.259		49	1114
8	Dal Maxvill	ss	29.108	R	2	1	1	0		2	1	.222		49	572
9	Larry Jaster	p	24.144	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.077		11	73
Totals

2B: Lou Brock (15), Tim McCarver (5)

RBI: Lou Brock (11), Orlando Cepeda (25)

SH: Larry Jaster (1)

SB: Lou Brock (7)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron Davis	cf	26.228	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.231		43	186
2	Denis Menke	ss	27.320	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.279		42	701
3	Rusty Staub	1b	24.065	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.330		48	715
4	Jimmy Wynn	rf	26.085	R	3	1	1	0		1	1	.263		47	600
5	Bob Aspromonte	3b	29.352	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.248		44	993
6	Bob Watson	lf	22.056	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.135		13	18
	Lee Thomas	ph	32.121	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.262		23	952
7	Julio Gotay	2b	28.362	R	4	0	1	0		0	2	.254		26	292
8	John Bateman	c	27.320	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.200		26	479
9	Larry Dierker	p	21.257	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.038		12	81
	Ivan Murrell	ph	25.042	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.056		20	42
Totals

Errors: Rusty Staub 2

2B: Jimmy Wynn (7)

RBI: Bob Aspromonte (20)

SH: Larry Dierker (4)

SB: Jimmy Wynn (6)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Jaster	L	W 4-2	8.0	6	1	1	1	4	0		0.98	0.98		11	75
2	Wayne Granger	R	SV 1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0.00	0.00		1	1
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Jaster (0-0-0), Wayne Granger (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Dierker	R	L 5-7	7.1	9	2	2	1	3	0		2.82	1.18		12	84
2	Pat House	L		0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0		0.00	0.00		2	8
3	Jim Ray	R		1.0	1	1	1	1	2	0		4.28	1.28		14	18
Totals				0.0

WP: Larry Dierker (7)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Dierker (0-0-0), Pat House (0-0-0), Jim Ray (0-0-0)