Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 19, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1968 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 2, St. Louis Cardinals 9

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 0 1 0 0
  Elia ss 2 0 1 0
Beckert 2b 5 0 0 0
Williams lf 5 0 0 0
Santo 3b 5 0 1 1
Banks 1b 4 0 2 0
Johnson rf 4 0 0 0
Boccabella c 3 0 1 0
Phillips cf 3 1 2 1
Nye p 1 0 0 0
  Stoneman p 0 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 1 0 0 0
  Tiefenauer p 0 0 0 0
  Savage ph 1 0 1 0
  Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0
  Plummer ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 1 2
Javier 2b 5 1 1 1
Flood cf 5 2 2 1
Cepeda 1b 4 2 2 2
Simpson rf 4 1 2 3
McCarver c 4 0 1 0
Shannon 3b 2 1 1 0
  Gagliano 3b 1 0 1 0
Maxvill ss 3 1 0 0
Torrez p 3 1 1 0
  Gilson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 9
Chicago 000 011 000282
St. Louis 042 300 00x9120
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Nye  L (0-1) 1.2 4 4 2 0 0
  Stoneman   1.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Tiefenauer   2.0 5 3 3 0 2
  Hartenstein   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
9
7
2
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  W (1-0) 5.2 7 2 2 4 1
  Gilson  SV (1) 3.1 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
5
4

  E–Phillips (1), Nye (1).  PB–Boccabella (1).  2B–Chicago Banks 2 (5,off Torrez 2), St. Louis Cepeda (4,off Nye); Javier (2,off Tiefenauer).  3B–St. Louis Brock (1,off Nye).  HR–Chicago Phillips (3,6th inning off Torrez 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Simpson (2,2nd inning off Nye 1 on, 0 out); Cepeda (2,3rd inning off Stoneman 1 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–11.  Team–6.  SB–Flood (2,2nd base off Tiefenauer/Boccabella).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:32.  A–13,129.
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