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Astros
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
July 13, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros, played on July 13, 1968 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 13, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 13, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Wade Blasingame |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Steve Carlton |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 37,139 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 26 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Al Barlick 1B: Stan Landes 2B: Ed Vargo 3B: Bob Engel |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick Simpson | Right Fielder |
| Hector Torres | Shortstop |
| Rusty Staub | First Baseman |
| Jim Wynn | Center Fielder |
| Denis Menke | Second Baseman |
| Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
| Bob Aspromonte | Left Fielder |
| John Bateman | Catcher |
| Wade Blasingame | Pitcher |
| Harry Walker | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
| Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
| Mike Shannon | Third Baseman |
| Tim McCarver | Catcher |
| Bobby Tolan | Right Fielder |
| Dal Maxvill | Shortstop |
| Steve Carlton | Pitcher |
| Red Schoendienst | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Astros
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
July 13, 1968
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Carlton
Simpson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Carlton
Torres 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 -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Carlton
Staub 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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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Blasingame
Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Blasingame
There goes Brock. The throw from Bateman and he is safe. Brock steals second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Javier vs. Blasingame
There goes Brock. The throw from Bateman and he is safe. Brock steals third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Javier vs. Blasingame
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Flood vs. Blasingame
There goes Javier. The throw from Bateman and he is safe. Javier steals second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Flood vs. Blasingame
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cepeda vs. Blasingame
Cepeda is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Shannon vs. Blasingame
Shannon hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brock tags and scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCarver vs. Blasingame
McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Torres fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Carlton
Wynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Menke vs. Carlton
There goes Wynn. The throw from McCarver and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Menke vs. Carlton
Menke strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rader vs. Carlton
Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Aspromonte vs. Carlton
Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carlton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Blasingame
Tolan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxvill vs. Blasingame
Maxvill hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carlton vs. Blasingame
Carlton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. Blasingame
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bateman vs. Carlton
Bateman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carlton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Carlton
Blasingame strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Carlton
Simpson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Blasingame
Javier hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Blasingame
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blasingame fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Blasingame
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Flood moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shannon vs. Blasingame
Shannon strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCarver vs. Blasingame
McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards second. Menke fields it and throws to Staub, who tags Cepeda for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Carlton
Torres strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Carlton
Staub hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Carlton
Wynn hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Blasingame
Tolan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxvill vs. Blasingame
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carlton vs. Blasingame
Carlton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Carlton
Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Carlton
Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Carlton
Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon juggles the ball. That's an error on Shannon. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bateman vs. Carlton
Bateman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Blasingame
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Blasingame
Javier hits a line drive towards third. Rader reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Blasingame
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Blasingame
Cepeda hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wynn. Cepeda reaches second base with a double. Flood goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Shannon vs. Blasingame
Shannon hits a popup in front of the plate. Bateman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Carlton
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simpson vs. Carlton
Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Torres vs. Carlton
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Staub vs. Carlton
Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Blasingame
McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Blasingame
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Blasingame
Maxvill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carlton vs. Blasingame
Carlton strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Carlton
Wynn hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Carlton
Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Carlton
Rader hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Rader reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aspromonte vs. Carlton
Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Blasingame
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Blasingame
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blasingame fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Buzhardt
John Buzhardt now pitching.
There goes Javier. The throw from Bateman and he is safe. Javier steals second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flood vs. Buzhardt
Flood strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cepeda vs. Buzhardt
Cepeda is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shannon vs. Buzhardt
Shannon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Aspromonte. Shannon reaches second base with a double. Javier scores. Cepeda goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCarver vs. Buzhardt
McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bateman vs. Carlton
Bateman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gotay vs. Carlton
Julio Gotay pinch hits for John Buzhardt.
Gotay hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Carlton
Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Carlton
Torres hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Staub vs. Carlton
Staub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Torres moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wynn vs. Carlton
Wynn hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Carlton
Menke hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Coombs
Danny Coombs now pitching.
Tolan strikes out. Bateman drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Tolan out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Coombs
Maxvill takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gagliano vs. Coombs
Phil Gagliano pinch hits for Steve Carlton.
Gagliano hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. Coombs
Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maxvill moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maris vs. Ray
Jim Ray now pitching. Roger Maris pinch hits for Julian Javier.
Maris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maxvill scores. Brock moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Flood vs. Ray
Dick Schofield pinch runs for Roger Maris.
Flood strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Willis
Ron Willis now pitching. Dick Schofield now playing second base.
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Willis
Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bateman vs. Willis
Bateman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colbert vs. Hoerner
Ron Brand pinch runs for John Bateman. Lee Thomas pinch hits for Jim Ray. Joe Hoerner now pitching. Nate Colbert pinch hits for Lee Thomas.
Colbert strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/13/1968 -- Houston at St.Louis (N)
Houston AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Simpson D, rf 4 0 0 0 Brock L, lf 5 1 2 0
Torres H, ss 4 1 1 0 Javier J, 2b 4 1 2 0
Staub R, 1b 4 1 1 0 Maris R, ph 1 0 1 1
Wynn J, cf 4 1 2 3 Schofield D, pr-2b 0 0 0 0
Menke D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Flood C, cf 5 1 2 0
Rader D, 3b 4 0 1 0 Cepeda O, 1b 2 1 2 1
Aspromonte B, lf 4 0 0 0 Shannon M, 3b 3 0 1 3
Bateman J, c 3 0 0 0 McCarver T, c 4 0 0 0
Brand R, pr 0 0 0 0 Tolan B, rf 3 0 1 0
Blasingame W, p 1 0 0 0 Maxvill D, ss 3 1 1 0
Buzhardt J, p 0 0 0 0 Carlton S, p 3 0 0 0
Gotay J, ph 1 1 1 1 Gagliano P, ph 1 0 0 0
Coombs D, p 0 0 0 0 Willis R, p 0 0 0 0
Ray J, p 0 0 0 0 Hoerner J, p 0 0 0 0
Thomas L, ph 0 0 0 0
Colbert N, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 4 6 4 34 5 12 5
Houston 000 000 040 -- 4
St.Louis 100 010 21x -- 5
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Blasingame W 6.1 9 3 3 2 2
Buzhardt J 0.2 1 1 1 1 1
Coombs D (L) 0.2 1 1 1 1 1
Ray J 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton S (W) 8.0 6 4 4 1 7
Willis R 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Hoerner J (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
E -- McCarver T, Shannon M
DP -- Houston 1
LOB -- Houston 5, St.Louis 10
2B -- Cepeda O, Rader D, Shannon M
HR -- Gotay J, Wynn J
SB -- Brock L 2, Javier J 2, Wynn J
SF -- Shannon M
T -- 2:26
A -- 37139
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