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St. Louis Cardinals 2 Houston Astros 4

September 13,1968

Visiting Team

St. Louis Cardinals (91-58)

Home Team

Houston Astros (63-66)

Game Date

September 13,1968

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

15,425

Time of Game

2:02

Umpires

[HP]: John Kibler [1B]: Shag Crawford [2B]: Chris Pelekoudas [3B]: Doug Harvey

St. Louis Cardinals 2 Houston Astros 4

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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	91-58		0	0	0		1	0	0		0	1	0			2	5	4		1	1	2	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	63-66		3	1	0		0	0	0		0	0	x			4	6	1		5	5	11	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	29.087	L	4	0	2	0		0	1	.274		146	1043
2	Curt Flood	cf	30.239	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.294		140	1576
3	Roger Maris	rf	34.003	L	4	0	0	1		0	0	.264		92	1448
4	Orlando Cepeda	1b	30.362	R	3	1	2	1		1	0	.246		144	1519
5	Tim McCarver	c	26.333	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.253		118	828
6	Mike Shannon	3b	29.061	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.267		144	665
7	Julian Javier	2b	32.035	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.257		132	1197
8	Dal Maxvill	ss	29.208	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.249		141	664
9	Ray Washburn	p	30.105	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.093		26	163
	Bobby Tolan	ph-rf	22.299	L	1	1	0	0		0	0	.237		85	255
Totals

Errors: Curt Flood, Orlando Cepeda, Tim McCarver 2

2B: Curt Flood (16), Orlando Cepeda (26)

HR: Orlando Cepeda (16)

RBI: Roger Maris (40), Orlando Cepeda (67)

GDP: Orlando Cepeda (11)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Denis Menke	2b	28.054	R	4	1	0	0		0	1	.246		122	781
2	Norm Miller	lf	22.221	L	3	1	2	0		1	0	.241		61	145
3	Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.185	R	3	0	0	1		0	0	.257		127	680
4	Rusty Staub	rf	24.165	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.302		132	799
5	Doug Rader	3b	24.045	R	3	1	1	1		0	0	.258		74	121
6	Nate Colbert	1b	22.157	R	3	0	1	1		0	1	.182		8	27
7	Ron Brand	c	28.244	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.162		38	339
8	Leon McFadden	ss	24.140	R	2	0	0	0		1	0	.188		6	6
9	Dave Giusti	p	28.291	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.206		28	177
Totals

Errors: Doug Rader

3B: Norm Miller (2), Rusty Staub (1)

RBI: Jimmy Wynn (56), Doug Rader (32), Nate Colbert (3)

SH: Dave Giusti (4)

SF: Jimmy Wynn (4)

SB: Denis Menke (5)

CS: Norm Miller (5)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ray Washburn	R	L 12-7	7.0	6	2	2	2	4	0		2.39	1.14		28	173
2	Joe Hoerner	L		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.54	0.99		44	166
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ray Washburn (0-0-0), Joe Hoerner (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Giusti	R	W 10-8	7.0	5	1	1	2	6	1		2.48	1.08		27	166
2	Danny Coombs	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.64	1.64		28	69
3	Steve Shea	R	SV 5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.38	1.18		20	20
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Giusti (0-0-0), Danny Coombs (0-0-0), Steve Shea (0-0-0)