Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 21, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 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 4 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 2 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 0 1 0
Banks 1b 4 1 2 0
Johnson rf 4 1 1 1
Hundley c 3 0 0 0
Phillips cf 3 0 1 1
Holtzman p 2 0 1 0
  Hands p 0 0 0 0
  Nen ph 1 0 0 0
  Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 1 0
Javier 2b 4 3 3 1
Flood cf 3 1 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 2 2 2
Simpson rf 1 1 0 0
  Maris ph,rf 2 1 1 1
McCarver c 4 0 3 3
Shannon 3b 4 0 1 1
Maxvill ss 3 0 1 0
Briles p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 12 8
Chicago 020 000 000282
St. Louis 200 130 30x9120
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (0-1) 4.0 7 5 5 2 0
  Hands   3.0 5 4 3 0 4
  Hartenstein   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
9
8
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  W (3-0) 9.0 8 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
0

  E–Hundley (1), Phillips (2).  DP–Chicago 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–Chicago Banks (6,off Briles); Johnson (5,off Briles), St. Louis Javier (3,off Holtzman); Brock (4,off Holtzman); McCarver (1,off Hands).  3B–St. Louis Maxvill (2,off Holtzman); Javier (1,off Holtzman).  HR–St. Louis Cepeda (3,1st inning off Holtzman 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Flood (2,by Hands).  Team–5.  WP–Hartenstein (1), Briles (1).  HBP–Hands (1,Flood).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:10.  A–26,942.
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