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Houston Astros 3 St. Louis Cardinals 2

May 12,1968

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (13-13)

Home Team

St. Louis Cardinals (18-10)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Busch Stadium II

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

19,085

Time of Game

2:02

Umpires

[HP]: Bob Engel [1B]: Al Barlick [2B]: Stan Landes [3B]: Ed Vargo

Houston Astros 3 St. Louis Cardinals 2

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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
Houston Astros	HOU	13-13		0	1	0		0	0	0		2	0	0			3	12	2		4	4	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	18-10		1	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	0			2	7	1		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron Davis	cf	26.204	R	5	0	1	0		0	2	.175		24	167
2	Norm Miller	rf	22.097	L	4	1	0	0		0	1	.217		18	102
3	Jimmy Wynn	lf	26.061	R	4	1	2	0		1	1	.233		25	578
4	Rusty Staub	1b	24.041	L	5	1	1	0		0	0	.333		26	693
5	Bob Aspromonte	3b	29.328	R	5	0	2	0		0	0	.244		23	972
6	Denis Menke	2b-ss	27.296	R	4	0	2	2		1	0	.324		20	679
7	Dave Adlesh	c	24.302	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.600		2	65
8	Hector Torres	ss	22.239	R	4	0	2	0		0	2	.266		18	18
9	Larry Dierker	p	21.233	R	3	0	0	0		0	3	.000		7	76
Totals

Errors: Hector Torres 2

RBI: Denis Menke 2 (9)

SH: Larry Dierker (3)

HBP: Norm Miller (1)

SB: Jimmy Wynn (3)

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lou Brock	lf	28.329	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.238		28	925
2	Curt Flood	cf	30.115	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.348		28	1464
3	Bobby Tolan	1b	22.175	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.154		13	183
4	Roger Maris	rf	33.245	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.242		19	1375
5	Mike Shannon	3b	28.303	R	3	1	1	1		0	0	.271		28	549
6	Johnny Edwards	c	29.337	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.292		9	759
7	Julian Javier	2b	31.277	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.262		26	1091
	Orlando Cepeda	ph	30.238	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.252		28	1403
8	Dal Maxvill	ss	29.084	R	2	0	1	0		0	0	.217		26	549
	Dave Ricketts	ph	32.305	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.333		6	72
9	Bob Gibson	p	32.185	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.167		7	343
	Tim McCarver	ph	26.209	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.253		28	738
Totals

Errors: Dal Maxvill

2B: Curt Flood (4), Roger Maris (3)

HR: Mike Shannon (6)

RBI: Roger Maris (8), Mike Shannon (15)

SH: Mike Shannon (1)

SB: Curt Flood (4)

CS: Curt Flood (1), Johnny Edwards (1)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Dierker	R	W 3-4	9.0	7	1	1	0	5	1		2.87	1.13		7	79
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Dierker (0-0-0)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Gibson	R	L 3-2	8.0	11	2	2	2	10	0		1.43	0.95		7	287
2	Hal Gilson	L		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.96		5	5
Totals				0.0

HB: Bob Gibson (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Gibson (0-0-0), Hal Gilson (0-0-0)