St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves
April 15, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1968 at Atlanta Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Atlanta Braves 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Flood cf 5 1 2 1
Maris rf 5 0 2 2
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 5 0 2 0
McCarver c 4 0 0 0
Shannon 3b 4 0 0 0
Javier 2b 4 1 1 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 1 0
  Simpson pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Gibson p 2 0 0 0
  Tolan ph 1 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 1 1
  Schofield pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 10 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Millan 2b 4 0 2 1
Jackson ss 4 1 1 0
Aaron rf 5 1 1 2
Alou cf 5 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 5 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Tillman c 3 0 0 0
Valdespino lf 3 1 0 0
Jarvis p 3 0 1 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 6 3
St. Louis 001 000 020 14101
Atlanta 000 100 200 0360
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson   7.0 5 3 3 3 5
  Willis   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Hoerner  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hughes  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
6
3
3
3
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Jarvis  L (0-2) 9.0 8 4 4 2 4
  Upshaw   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
10
4
4
2
6

  E–Cepeda (1).  DP–Atlanta 2.  2B–St. Louis Brock (2,off Jarvis); Flood (2,off Jarvis); Maris (1,off Jarvis).  3B–St. Louis Maxvill (1,off Jarvis).  HR–Atlanta H Aaron (1,7th inning off Gibson 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Jarvis (3,off Gibson).  HBP–Jackson (2,by Gibson).  Team–8.  SB–Javier (1,2nd base off Jarvis/Tillman); Millan (1,2nd base off Hoerner/McCarver).  BK–Jarvis (1).  HBP–Gibson (1,Jackson).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:40.  A–11,738.
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