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Cincinnati Reds 1 St. Louis Cardinals 3

August 7,1968

Visiting Team

Cincinnati Reds (57-52)

Home Team

St. Louis Cardinals (73-40)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Busch Stadium II

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

24,995

Time of Game

1:56

Umpires

[HP]: Tom Gorman [1B]: Bill Williams [2B]: Ed Sudol [3B]: Lee Weyer

Cincinnati Reds 1 St. Louis Cardinals 3

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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
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	57-52		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	0	0			1	8	0		2	2	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	73-40		1	0	0		0	2	0		0	0	x			3	7	0		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Cincinnati Reds - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Pete Rose	rf	27.115	B	4	1	1	1		0	0	.326		95	854
2	Vada Pinson	cf	29.362	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.273		99	1523
3	Alex Johnson	lf	25.244	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.322		100	346
4	Lee May	1b	25.137	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.294		103	260
5	Johnny Bench	c	20.244	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.279		104	130
6	Tony Perez	3b	26.085	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.261		106	477
7	Tommy Helms	2b	27.094	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.306		96	394
8	Leo Cardenas	ss	29.234	R	3	0	2	0		0	0	.223		91	1111
9	George Culver	p	25.030	R	2	0	1	0		0	0	.120		35	92
	Mack Jones	ph	29.275	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.223		67	653
Totals

2B: Alex Johnson (23), Leo Cardenas (8)

HR: Pete Rose (6)

RBI: Pete Rose (34)

GDP: Pete Rose (8), Mack Jones (3)

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lou Brock	lf	29.050	L	2	0	0	0		2	0	.280		111	1008
2	Bobby Tolan	cf	22.262	L	3	2	1	0		0	1	.250		62	232
3	Roger Maris	rf	33.332	L	3	1	0	0		1	0	.259		65	1421
4	Orlando Cepeda	1b	30.325	R	3	0	1	1		1	0	.259		110	1485
5	Tim McCarver	c	26.296	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.237		90	800
6	Phil Gagliano	3b	26.224	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.200		29	364
7	Dick Schofield	2b	33.213	B	4	0	1	0		0	1	.245		50	1043
8	Dal Maxvill	ss	29.171	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.236		105	628
9	Mel Nelson	p	32.069	R	3	0	1	0		0	1	.222		7	76
	Dick Hughes	p	30.176	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		16	62
Totals

2B: Bobby Tolan (7), Orlando Cepeda (19), Dick Schofield (6)

RBI: Orlando Cepeda (49), Tim McCarver (36), Phil Gagliano (6)

HBP: Bobby Tolan (3)

SB: Bobby Tolan (7)

Cincinnati Reds - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	George Culver	R	L 9-11	4.0	6	3	3	3	2	0		2.85	1.30		29	87
2	Jay Ritchie	R		3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0		3.08	1.24		18	152
3	Clay Carroll	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.62	1.23		39	176
Totals				0.0

HB: George Culver (9)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: George Culver (0-0-0), Jay Ritchie (0-0-0), Clay Carroll (0-0-0)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mel Nelson	L	W 2-1	7.0	7	1	1	0	3	1		2.45	0.99		7	74
2	Dick Hughes	R	SV 4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		4.35	1.02		17	60
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mel Nelson (0-0-0), Dick Hughes (0-0-0)