St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
April 18, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1968 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds 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 3, Cincinnati Reds 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 6 1 1 0
Flood cf 5 1 2 1
Tolan rf 5 1 2 0
Cepeda 1b 5 0 1 0
Edwards c 5 0 1 2
Shannon 3b 4 0 0 0
  Maris ph 0 0 0 0
  Gagliano pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Javier 2b 5 0 1 0
Maxvill ss 5 0 1 0
Washburn p 1 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Jaster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 3 9 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 5 1 2 2
Johnson lf 5 1 1 1
Pinson cf 4 0 2 0
Perez 3b 5 0 0 0
May 1b 5 0 1 0
Bench c 5 0 2 0
Helms 2b 3 0 0 0
  Lee p 1 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 5 2 2 0
Culver p 1 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Ruiz 2b 2 0 2 0
Totals 42 4 12 3
St. Louis 000 030 000 000392
Cincinnati 002 000 010 0014120
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn   8.0 7 3 2 1 5
  Jaster  L (0-1) 3.1 5 1 1 1 3
Totals
11.1
12
4
3
2
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Culver   7.0 8 3 3 1 2
  Abernathy   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Lee  W (2-1) 3.0 1 0 0 3 0
Totals
12.0
9
3
3
4
4

  E–Edwards (1), Maxvill (3).  DP–St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 1.  2B–St. Louis Edwards (1,off Culver), Cincinnati Bench 2 (2,off Washburn 2); May (3,off Jaster); Rose (4,off Jaster).  3B–Cincinnati Pinson (1,off Washburn).  HR–Cincinnati Rose (2,8th inning off Washburn 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Washburn (1,off Culver); Tolan (1,off Lee); Culver (3,off Washburn); Helms (1,off Washburn).  HBP–Flood (1,by Culver).  IBB–Cepeda (1,by Lee).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  SB–Brock (3,2nd base off Culver/Bench).  CS–Pinson (1,2nd base by Washburn/Edwards).  HBP–Culver (1,Flood).  IBB–Lee (2,Cepeda).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–3:00.  A–6,728.
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