Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 21, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1968 at Busch Stadium II. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 9, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Parker 1b 5 1 1 0
Davis cf 5 2 3 0
Gabrielson lf 5 3 3 0
Fairly rf 4 0 0 1
Haller c 4 1 1 2
Bailey 3b 5 1 3 5
Versalles ss 4 1 1 0
Popovich 2b 4 0 1 1
Singer p 4 0 1 0
Totals 40 9 14 9
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 0 0
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
Tolan rf 3 1 1 0
Cepeda 1b 3 1 1 1
Edwards c 4 0 2 0
Shannon 3b 3 0 0 0
Javier 2b 4 0 1 1
Maxvill ss 2 0 0 0
  Schofield ph,ss 2 0 1 0
Washburn p 1 0 0 0
  Ricketts ph 1 0 0 0
  Gilson p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph 1 0 1 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Los Angeles 301 001 4009140
St. Louis 000 100 010271
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Singer  W (4-5) 9.0 7 2 2 2 10
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
10
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn  L (3-3) 4.0 6 4 4 1 1
  Gilson   2.1 8 5 5 0 1
  Willis   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Hughes   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
1
6

  E–Javier (3).  2B–Los Angeles Gabrielson (1,off Washburn); Versalles (7,off Gilson).  3B–Los Angeles Haller (1,off Gilson), St. Louis Tolan (1,off Singer).  HR–Los Angeles Bailey (2,7th inning off Gilson 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Fairly (1,off Gilson).  IBB–Haller (1,by Washburn).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Tolan (1,by Singer).  Team–8.  SB–Davis (6,3rd base off Gilson/Edwards).  WP–Singer (3).  HBP–Singer (2,Tolan).  IBB–Washburn (2,Haller).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:21.  A–13,633.
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