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Cardinals
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
July 6, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on July 6, 1968 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
| Date | July 6, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 6, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Gibson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Juan Marichal |
| Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
| City | San Francisco |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 28,233 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Chris Pelekoudas 1B: Doug Harvey 2B: John Kibler 3B: Shag Crawford |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Johnny Edwards | Catcher |
| Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
| Bobby Tolan | Right Fielder |
| Mike Shannon | Third Baseman |
| Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
| Dick Schofield | Shortstop |
| Bob Gibson | Pitcher |
| Red Schoendienst | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ron Hunt | Second Baseman |
| Bob Schroder | Third Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
| Jim Ray Hart | Left Fielder |
| Dick Dietz | Catcher |
| Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
| Hal Lanier | Shortstop |
| Juan Marichal | Pitcher |
| Herman Franks | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
July 6, 1968
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Marichal
Brock strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Marichal
Flood bunts towards third. Schroder fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Marichal
Edwards hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Marichal
Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hart throws the ball in to Lanier who tags Cepeda trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Marichal
Tolan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shannon vs. Marichal
Shannon hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Gibson
Hunt hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schroder vs. Gibson
Schroder hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Gibson
Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Gibson
McCovey strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Marichal
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. Marichal
Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt misplays the ball. That's an error on Hunt. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Marichal
Gibson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hart. Gibson reaches second base with a double. Schofield moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brock vs. Marichal
Brock is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Flood vs. Marichal
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schroder juggles the ball. That's an error on Schroder. Schofield scores. Gibson moves to third. Brock moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Edwards vs. Marichal
Edwards hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schroder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cepeda vs. Marichal
Cepeda hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dietz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Gibson
Hart strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dietz vs. Gibson
Dietz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Gibson
Bonds hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lanier vs. Gibson
Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Marichal
Tolan hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Marichal
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Marichal
Javier hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marichal vs. Gibson
Marichal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Gibson
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schroder vs. Gibson
Schroder hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. Marichal
Schofield strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Marichal
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Marichal
Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Marichal
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Hunt fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Gibson
Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Gibson
McCovey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hart vs. Gibson
Hart is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dietz vs. Gibson
Dietz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCovey moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bonds vs. Gibson
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Marichal
Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Marichal
There goes Edwards. The throw from Dietz and he is safe. Edwards steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cepeda vs. Marichal
Cepeda hits a popup towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tolan vs. Marichal
Tolan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shannon vs. Marichal
Shannon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schroder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Javier vs. Marichal
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Gibson
Lanier hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marichal vs. Gibson
Marichal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunt vs. Gibson
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schroder vs. Gibson
Schroder takes first base on ball four. Hunt moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Gibson
Mays strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. Marichal
Schofield hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Marichal
Gibson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Marichal
Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Marichal
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brock moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Edwards vs. Marichal
Edwards hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Gibson
McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hart vs. Gibson
Hart hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Hart reaches second base with a double. McCovey moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dietz vs. Gibson
Dietz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bonds vs. Gibson
Bonds strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Marshall vs. Gibson
Dave Marshall pinch hits for Hal Lanier.
Marshall strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Marichal vs. Gibson
Marichal strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Marichal
Frank Johnson now playing third base. Bob Schroder now playing shortstop.
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Marichal
Tolan hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Marichal
Shannon hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Gibson
Hunt hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schroder vs. Gibson
Schroder hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Gibson
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Marichal
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schroder scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. Marichal
Schofield hits a fly ball into left field. Hart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Marichal
Gibson is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Gibson
McCovey hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Gibson
Hart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dietz vs. Gibson
Dietz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Gibson
Bonds strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Marichal
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schroder scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Marichal
Flood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Marichal
There goes Flood. The throw from Dietz and he is safe. Flood steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Edwards vs. Marichal
Edwards strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cepeda vs. Marichal
Cepeda hits a popup towards third. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Gibson
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cline vs. Gibson
Ty Cline pinch hits for Juan Marichal.
Cline hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Gibson
Hunt hits a popup towards short. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/6/1968 -- St.Louis at San Francisco (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI
Brock L, lf 4 0 2 0 Hunt R, 2b 5 0 0 0
Flood C, cf 5 1 3 0 Schroder B, 3b-ss 3 0 0 0
Edwards J, c 5 1 2 2 Mays W, cf 4 0 1 0
Cepeda O, 1b 5 0 1 0 McCovey W, 1b 4 0 2 0
Tolan B, rf 3 0 1 0 Hart J, lf 4 0 1 0
Shannon M, 3b 4 0 0 0 Dietz D, c 1 0 1 0
Javier J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Bonds B, rf 4 0 0 0
Schofield D, ss 4 1 0 0 Lanier H, ss 2 0 0 0
Gibson B, p 4 0 1 0 Marshall D, ph 1 0 0 0
Johnson F, 3b 1 0 0 0
Marichal J, p 3 0 1 0
Cline T, ph 1 0 0 0
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38 3 10 2 33 0 6 0
St.Louis 210 000 000 -- 3
San Francisco 000 000 000 -- 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson B (W) 9.0 6 0 0 4 9
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal J (L) 9.0 10 3 2 2 5
E -- Hunt R, Schroder B
LOB -- St.Louis 10, San Francisco 10
2B -- Gibson B, Hart J
HR -- Edwards J
SB -- Edwards J, Flood C
T -- 2:20
A -- 28233
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