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Houston Astros 3 St. Louis Cardinals 2

September 28,1968

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (67-72)

Home Team

St. Louis Cardinals (96-65)

Game Date

September 28,1968

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Busch Stadium II

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

21,502

Time of Game

1:55

Umpires

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

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	67-72		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	3			3	11	0		5	5	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	96-65		0	1	1		0	0	0		0	0	0			2	8	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	Jose Herrera	rf	26.173	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.256		22	27
2	Hector Torres	ss	23.012	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.220		118	118
3	Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.200	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.269		137	690
4	Doug Rader	3b	24.060	R	3	1	0	0		1	0	.264		82	129
5	Denis Menke	2b	28.069	R	4	1	3	0		0	0	.253		132	791
6	Rusty Staub	1b	24.180	L	2	0	0	0		1	0	.296		142	809
7	Bob Aspromonte	lf	30.101	R	4	0	1	2		0	0	.233		113	1062
8	Dave Adlesh	c	25.075	R	3	0	3	0		1	0	.200		34	97
9	Don Wilson	p	23.229	R	2	0	1	0		0	1	.217		31	59
	Hal King	ph	24.240	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.182		20	34
	Julio Gotay	ph	29.111	R	1	0	0	1		0	0	.245		66	332
Totals

3B: Jimmy Wynn (5)

RBI: Bob Aspromonte 2 (45), Julio Gotay (10)

SH: Rusty Staub (6)

GDP: Hector Torres (10), Rusty Staub (9), Hal King (1)

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lou Brock	lf	29.102	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.279		158	1055
2	Bobby Tolan	cf	22.314	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.230		91	261
3	Roger Maris	rf	34.018	L	4	0	1	1		0	1	.256		99	1455
4	Orlando Cepeda	1b	31.011	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.246		156	1531
5	Tim McCarver	c	26.348	L	2	0	1	0		0	0	.251		127	837
	Johnny Edwards	c	30.110	L	2	0	0	0		0	1	.239		85	835
6	Mike Shannon	3b	29.076	R	4	0	2	1		0	0	.264		155	676
7	Julian Javier	2b	32.050	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.258		138	1203
	Phil Gagliano	2b	26.276	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.214		52	387
8	Dal Maxvill	ss	29.223	R	2	0	1	0		0	1	.252		150	673
	Dick Schofield	ss	33.265	B	1	0	0	0		0	1	.222		68	1061
9	Steve Carlton	p	23.281	L	2	0	0	0		0	1	.164		34	85
	Joe Hague	ph	24.156	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.250		6	6
Totals

RBI: Roger Maris (45), Mike Shannon (78)

SB: Lou Brock (62)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Don Wilson	R		6.0	7	2	2	0	3	0		3.17	1.21		31	61
2	Tom Dukes	R	W 2-2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0		5.31	1.84		35	51
3	Steve Shea	R	SV 6	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0		4.03	1.21		26	26
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Don Wilson (0-0-0), Tom Dukes (0-0-0), Steve Shea (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		5.0	6	0	0	0	1	0		2.99	1.19		34	88
2	Dick Hughes	R		2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0		3.53	1.02		25	68
3	Mel Nelson	L		1.1	2	2	2	1	0	0		2.91	1.10		18	85
4	Wayne Granger	R	L 4-2	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0		2.25	1.18		34	34
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Steve Carlton (0-0-0), Dick Hughes (0-0-0), Mel Nelson (0-0-0), Wayne Granger (0-0-0)