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Houston Astros 4 St. Louis Cardinals 5

July 13,1968

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (36-43)

Home Team

St. Louis Cardinals (56-31)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Busch Stadium II

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

37,139

Time of Game

2:26

Umpires

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

Houston Astros 4 St. Louis Cardinals 5

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4th inning: 8 **67 minute rain delay in this half inning**
7th inning: NP **Wade Blasingame injured by batted ball**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	36-43		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	4	0			4	6	0		9	9	17	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	56-31		1	0	0		0	1	0		2	1	x			5	12	2		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	Dick Simpson	rf	24.351	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.163		41	212
2	Hector Torres	ss	22.301	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.239		66	66
3	Rusty Staub	1b	24.103	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.319		80	747
4	Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.123	R	4	1	2	3		0	0	.268		77	630
5	Denis Menke	2b	27.358	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.252		70	729
6	Doug Rader	3b	23.349	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.234		42	89
7	Bob Aspromonte	lf	30.024	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.245		62	1011
8	John Bateman	c	27.358	R	3	0	0	0		1	2	.226		52	505
9	Wade Blasingame	p	24.234	L	1	0	0	0		1	1	.000		19	120
	Julio Gotay	ph	29.034	R	1	1	1	1		0	0	.225		42	308
	Nate Colbert	ph	22.095	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.158		7	26
Totals

2B: Doug Rader (4)

HR: Jimmy Wynn (11), Julio Gotay (1)

RBI: Jimmy Wynn 3 (34), Julio Gotay (7)

SB: Jimmy Wynn (7)

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lou Brock	lf	29.025	L	5	1	2	0		0	0	.281		85	982
2	Julian Javier	2b	31.339	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.259		82	1147
	Roger Maris	ph	33.307	L	1	0	1	1		0	0	.252		48	1404
3	Curt Flood	cf	30.177	R	5	1	2	0		0	2	.324		87	1523
4	Orlando Cepeda	1b	30.300	R	2	1	2	1		2	0	.270		87	1462
5	Mike Shannon	3b	28.365	R	3	0	1	3		0	1	.270		85	606
6	Tim McCarver	c	26.271	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.241		74	784
7	Bobby Tolan	rf	22.237	L	3	0	1	0		1	1	.254		48	218
8	Dal Maxvill	ss	29.146	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.228		79	602
9	Steve Carlton	p	23.204	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.200		20	71
	Phil Gagliano	ph	26.199	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.185		22	357
Totals

Errors: Mike Shannon, Tim McCarver

2B: Orlando Cepeda (15), Mike Shannon (15)

RBI: Roger Maris (16), Orlando Cepeda (46), Mike Shannon 3 (43)

SF: Mike Shannon (3)

GDP: Dal Maxvill (4)

SB: Lou Brock 2 (19), Julian Javier 2 (9)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Wade Blasingame	L		6.1	9	3	3	2	2	0		4.54	1.40		19	123
2	John Buzhardt	R		0.2	1	1	1	1	1	0		3.64	1.31		21	306
3	Danny Coombs	L	L 0-1	0.2	1	1	1	1	1	0		5.40	1.58		16	57
4	Jim Ray	R		0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0		3.16	1.29		23	27
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Wade Blasingame (0-0-0), John Buzhardt (0-0-0), Danny Coombs (0-0-0), Jim Ray (0-0-0)

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 9-4	8.0	6	4	4	1	7	2		2.78	1.04		19	73
2	Ron Willis	R		0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0		3.18	1.13		28	97
3	Joe Hoerner	L	SV 9	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.69	0.94		26	148
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Steve Carlton (0-0-0), Ron Willis (0-0-0), Joe Hoerner (0-0-0)