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Houston Astros 5 St. Louis Cardinals 4

July 11,1968

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (36-41)

Home Team

St. Louis Cardinals (54-31)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

10

Ballpark

Busch Stadium II

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

0

Time of Game

2:52

Umpires

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

Houston Astros 5 St. Louis Cardinals 4

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	36-41		3	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		2		5	7	1		8	8	15	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	54-31		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	3	0		1		4	11	0		1	1	2	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	Norm Miller	rf	22.157	L	4	1	2	0		1	1	.239		26	110
2	Hector Torres	ss	22.299	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.243		63	63
3	Rusty Staub	1b	24.101	L	3	1	0	0		2	1	.316		77	744
4	Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.121	R	4	2	0	0		1	1	.268		74	627
5	Denis Menke	2b	27.356	R	4	1	1	2		1	0	.255		67	726
6	Doug Rader	3b	23.347	R	4	0	1	2		1	0	.246		39	86
7	Bob Aspromonte	lf	30.022	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.238		59	1008
8	John Bateman	c	27.356	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.233		49	502
9	Larry Dierker	p	21.293	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.087		19	88
	John Buzhardt	p	31.329	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		19	295
Totals

Errors: Doug Rader

3B: Denis Menke (4)

RBI: Denis Menke 2 (27), Doug Rader 2 (15), Bob Aspromonte (25)

SH: Hector Torres (8)

HBP: Bob Aspromonte (2)

CS: Norm Miller (3)

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lou Brock	lf	29.023	L	4	2	3	0		1	0	.272		82	979
2	Curt Flood	cf	30.175	R	5	1	2	1		0	2	.317		84	1520
3	Tim McCarver	c	26.269	L	5	1	1	2		0	0	.242		72	782
4	Orlando Cepeda	1b	30.298	R	5	0	3	1		0	0	.266		84	1459
5	Bobby Tolan	rf	22.235	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.258		45	215
6	Mike Shannon	3b	28.363	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.260		82	603
7	Julian Javier	2b	31.337	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.254		79	1144
	Roger Maris	ph	33.305	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.241		46	1402
	Phil Gagliano	2b	26.197	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.192		21	356
8	Dal Maxvill	ss	29.144	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.225		76	599
	Johnny Edwards	ph	30.031	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.250		39	789
	Dick Schofield	ss	33.186	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.250		38	1031
9	Nelson Briles	p	24.341	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.093		17	149
	Dave Ricketts	ph	32.365	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.133		15	81
	Ed Spiezio	ph	26.254	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.158		18	121
Totals

2B: Curt Flood (9), Orlando Cepeda (14)

3B: Tim McCarver (3)

RBI: Curt Flood (38), Tim McCarver 2 (33), Orlando Cepeda (45)

GDP: Bobby Tolan (6), Johnny Edwards (1)

SB: Lou Brock 2 (16)

CS: Orlando Cepeda (3)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Dierker	R		7.1	10	3	3	1	5	0		2.98	1.21		19	91
2	Danny Coombs	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		5.11	1.46		14	55
3	John Buzhardt	R	W 2-2	1.2	1	1	1	1	0	0		3.67	1.33		19	304
4	Wade Blasingame	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.61	1.24		17	121
5	Tom Dukes	R	SV 2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		5.12	1.97		15	31
Totals				0.0

WP: John Buzhardt (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Dierker (0-0-0), Danny Coombs (0-0-0), John Buzhardt (0-0-0), Wade Blasingame (0-0-0), Tom Dukes (0-0-0)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Nelson Briles	R		8.0	5	3	3	4	5	0		2.91	1.25		18	153
2	Ron Willis	R	L 1-2	1.2	2	2	2	2	0	0		3.32	1.13		26	95
3	Wayne Granger	R		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.90	1.00		14	14
Totals				0.0

HB: Nelson Briles (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Nelson Briles (0-0-0), Ron Willis (0-0-0), Wayne Granger (0-0-0)