St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
April 14, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1968 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 6, Chicago Cubs 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Flood cf 5 1 1 0
Maris rf 4 2 2 4
Cepeda 1b 3 0 1 0
McCarver c 2 1 1 0
Shannon 3b 4 1 2 2
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0
  Tolan ph 1 0 0 0
Hughes p 1 0 0 0
  Jaster p 1 0 0 0
  Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Ricketts ph 1 0 0 0
  Gilson p 0 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 0 0 0 0
  Schofield pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 1 1 0
Beckert 2b 4 3 2 1
Williams lf 5 1 3 2
Santo 3b 1 1 0 0
Banks 1b 4 1 1 3
Hundley c 4 0 1 0
Spangler rf 4 0 1 0
Phillips cf 3 0 1 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  Tiefenauer p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 10 6
St. Louis 300 200 010682
Chicago 420 100 00x7100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hughes  L (0-1) 1.2 5 6 6 2 0
  Jaster   1.1 3 1 1 2 0
  Torrez   3.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Gilson   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
6
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (1-1) 7.0 7 6 6 2 3
  Tiefenauer  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
3
5

  E–Brock (2), Flood (1).  DP–St. Louis 2, Chicago 1.  PB–McCarver (1).  2B–Chicago Williams (1,off Hughes); Beckert (1,off Hughes); Spangler (1,off Jaster).  HR–St. Louis Maris 2 (2,1st inning off Niekro 2 on, 0 out,8th inning off Niekro 0 on, 0 out); Shannon (1,4th inning off Niekro 1 on, 0 out), Chicago Banks (1,1st inning off Hughes 2 on, 1 out).  SH–McCarver (1,off Tiefenauer); Niekro (1,off Torrez).  HBP–Cepeda (1,by Niekro).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Phillips (1,by Jaster).  Team–8.  WP–Jaster (1), Torrez 2 (2).  HBP–Niekro (1,Cepeda).  IBB–Jaster (1,Phillips).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:32.  A–8,343.
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