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St. Louis Cardinals 7 Houston Astros 4

September 15,1968

Visiting Team

St. Louis Cardinals (93-58)

Home Team

Houston Astros (63-68)

Game Date

September 15,1968

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

16,638

Time of Game

2:29

Umpires

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

St. Louis Cardinals 7 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	93-58		1	0	2		0	2	2		0	0	0			7	15	1		1	1	2	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	63-68		2	0	0		0	0	1		0	1	0			4	11	1		6	6	12	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	29.089	L	4	2	3	0		1	0	.278		148	1045
2	Curt Flood	cf	30.241	R	5	2	5	1		0	0	.302		142	1578
3	Roger Maris	rf	34.005	L	3	1	1	3		1	2	.260		94	1450
4	Orlando Cepeda	1b	30.364	R	5	0	2	2		0	2	.249		146	1521
5	Tim McCarver	c	26.335	L	4	0	1	0		1	0	.255		120	830
6	Mike Shannon	3b	29.063	R	5	0	1	0		0	1	.268		146	667
7	Julian Javier	2b	32.037	R	4	0	1	0		1	0	.256		134	1199
8	Dal Maxvill	ss	29.210	R	5	1	0	0		0	1	.245		143	666
9	Steve Carlton	p	23.268	L	4	1	1	0		0	3	.169		33	84
Totals

Errors: Lou Brock

2B: Mike Shannon (26)

HR: Roger Maris (5)

RBI: Curt Flood (57), Roger Maris 3 (43), Orlando Cepeda 2 (70)

SF: Roger Maris (4)

SB: Lou Brock (55)

CS: Julian Javier (3)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Denis Menke	2b	28.056	R	4	1	1	0		1	0	.246		124	783
2	Norm Miller	lf	22.223	L	4	0	1	0		1	2	.243		63	147
3	Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.187	R	4	2	2	2		1	0	.260		129	682
4	Doug Rader	3b	24.047	R	5	1	1	0		0	2	.254		76	123
5	Rusty Staub	rf	24.167	L	4	0	3	0		0	0	.305		134	801
6	Nate Colbert	1b	22.159	R	3	0	1	1		0	1	.241		10	29
7	John Bateman	c	28.056	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.246		95	548
8	Leon McFadden	ss	24.142	R	2	0	1	0		1	1	.273		8	8
	Bob Aspromonte	ph	30.088	R	1	0	1	1		0	0	.234		106	1055
9	Don Wilson	p	23.216	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.215		29	57
	Julio Gotay	ph	29.098	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.241		64	330
	Hector Torres	ph-ss	22.365	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.218		112	112
Totals

Errors: Rusty Staub

2B: Denis Menke (20), Norm Miller (16)

HR: Jimmy Wynn (21)

RBI: Jimmy Wynn 2 (58), Nate Colbert (4), Bob Aspromonte (39)

SF: Nate Colbert (1)

GDP: John Bateman (15)

SB: Leon McFadden (1)

CS: Nate Colbert (1)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Steve Carlton	L	W 13-11	9.0	11	4	4	4	9	1		2.92	1.16		32	86
Totals				0.0

WP: Steve Carlton (5)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Steve Carlton (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Don Wilson	R	L 13-13	5.0	7	4	4	3	7	1		3.12	1.22		29	59
2	John Buzhardt	R		2.0	4	2	2	1	0	0		2.69	1.19		33	318
3	Danny Coombs	L		1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0		4.50	1.65		29	70
4	Steve Shea	R		1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0		4.21	1.21		21	21
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Don Wilson (0-0-0), John Buzhardt (0-0-0), Danny Coombs (0-0-0), Steve Shea (0-0-0)