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Reds
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
April 23, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds, played on April 23, 1968 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 23, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 23, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | George Culver |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Steve Carlton |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 8,706 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 18 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Paul Pryor 1B: Augie Donatelli 2B: Tony Venzon 3B: Mel Steiner |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Rose | Right Fielder |
| Alex Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Vada Pinson | Center Fielder |
| Tony Perez | Third Baseman |
| Lee May | First Baseman |
| Johnny Bench | Catcher |
| Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
| Leo Cardenas | Shortstop |
| George Culver | Pitcher |
| Dave Bristol | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
| Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
| Tim McCarver | Catcher |
| Mike Shannon | Third Baseman |
| Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
| Dal Maxvill | Shortstop |
| Steve Carlton | Pitcher |
| Red Schoendienst | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
April 23, 1968
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Carlton
Rose hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Carlton
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Carlton
Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Carlton
Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Culver
Brock is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Culver
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Culver
Maris hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Maris reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cepeda vs. Culver
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Carlton
May hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Carlton
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Carlton
Helms hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Culver
McCarver hits a line drive towards third. Perez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Culver
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Culver covering, for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Culver
Javier hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Carlton
Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culver vs. Carlton
Culver strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Carlton
Rose hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Carlton
Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Johnson reaches second base with a double. There goes Rose trying to get to home. Brock throws the ball in to Maxvill who relays the ball to McCarver, who tags Rose, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Culver
Maxvill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carlton vs. Culver
Carlton strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. Culver
Brock strikes out. There goes Maxvill. The throw from Bench to Cardenas, and Maxvill is out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Carlton
Pinson hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Carlton
Perez strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Carlton
May is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Culver
Flood hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Culver
Maris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Culver
Cepeda hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarver vs. Culver
McCarver hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Carlton
Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Helms vs. Carlton
Helms hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bench moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cardenas vs. Carlton
Cardenas hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bench tags and scores. Helms tags and moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Culver vs. Carlton
Culver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Helms moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rose vs. Carlton
Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Culver
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Culver
Javier hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Culver
Maxvill hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Carlton
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Carlton
Pinson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Pinson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Carlton
Perez hits a line drive into center field. Flood picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Flood. Pinson scores. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
May vs. Carlton
May is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bench vs. Willis
Ron Willis now pitching.
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Culver
Bobby Tolan pinch hits for Ron Willis.
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Culver covering, for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Culver
Brock strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Culver
Flood strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Hughes
Dick Hughes now pitching.
Helms hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Hughes
Cardenas strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culver vs. Hughes
Culver hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Hughes covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Culver
Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Culver
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarver vs. Culver
McCarver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cepeda moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shannon vs. Culver
Shannon hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Javier vs. Culver
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Hughes
Rose 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 -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Hughes
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Hughes
Pinson hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Culver
Maxvill hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Culver
Johnny Edwards pinch hits for Dick Hughes.
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Culver
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Hoerner
Joe Hoerner now pitching.
Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Hoerner
May hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Hoerner
Bench hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Culver
Flood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Culver
Maris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flood moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cepeda vs. Abernathy
Ted Abernathy now pitching. Dick Simpson pinch runs for Roger Maris.
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez juggles the ball. That's an error on Perez. Flood scores. Simpson moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McCarver vs. Abernathy
McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Simpson scores. Cepeda moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Shannon vs. Abernathy
Shannon is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schofield vs. Abernathy
Dick Schofield pinch hits for Julian Javier.
Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards second. Helms scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 10
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Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Hoerner
Dick Simpson now playing right field. Dick Schofield now playing second base.
Helms hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Hoerner
Cardenas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Cardenas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Hoerner
Bob Johnson pinch hits for Ted Abernathy.
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rose vs. Hoerner
Rose is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Hoerner
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. McCool
Billy McCool now pitching.
Maxvill hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. McCool
Ed Spiezio pinch hits for Joe Hoerner.
Spiezio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. McCool
Brock hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/23/1968 -- Cincinnati at St.Louis (N)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Rose P, rf 4 0 2 0 Brock L, lf 5 1 1 2
Johnson A, lf 5 0 1 0 Flood C, cf 3 1 0 0
Pinson V, cf 4 1 1 0 Maris R, rf 3 0 2 0
Perez T, 3b 4 0 1 1 Simpson D, pr-rf 0 1 0 0
May L, 1b 3 0 0 0 Cepeda O, 1b 4 0 1 0
Bench J, c 4 1 1 0 McCarver T, c 4 0 1 1
Helms T, 2b 4 0 1 0 Shannon M, 3b 3 0 0 0
Cardenas L, ss 3 0 1 1 Javier J, 2b 3 0 0 0
Culver G, p 3 0 0 0 Schofield D, ph-2b 1 0 0 0
Abernathy T, p 0 0 0 0 Maxvill D, ss 4 0 1 0
Johnson B, ph 1 0 0 0 Carlton S, p 1 0 0 0
McCool B, p 0 0 0 0 Willis R, p 0 0 0 0
Tolan B, ph 1 0 0 0
Hughes D, p 0 0 0 0
Edwards J, ph 1 0 0 0
Hoerner J, p 0 0 0 0
Spiezio E, ph 0 1 0 0
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35 2 8 2 33 4 6 3
Cincinnati 000 011 000 0 -- 2
St.Louis 000 000 002 2 -- 4
1 out when winning run was scored.
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Culver G* 8.0 5 2 1 2 5
Abernathy T 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
McCool B (L) 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton S 5.1 7 2 2 1 4
Willis R 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Hughes D 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Hoerner J (W) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
E -- Flood C, Perez T
DP -- Cincinnati 2, St.Louis 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 6, St.Louis 5
2B -- Maris R, Johnson A, Pinson V, Cardenas L
HR -- Brock L
CS -- Maxvill D
SF -- Cardenas L
T -- 2:18
A -- 8706
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