St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
June 2, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1968 at Shea Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, New York Mets 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 2 0
Flood cf 5 1 1 0
Maris rf 4 1 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 1
Edwards c 4 0 0 0
Shannon 3b 4 1 2 0
Javier 2b 4 0 1 1
Maxvill ss 4 0 3 0
Hughes p 4 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 10 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Weis ss 3 0 0 0
  Martin ph 0 0 0 0
  Swoboda ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 4 1 1 1
Shamsky lf 4 0 0 0
Grote c 4 0 2 0
Charles 3b 4 0 1 0
Jones rf 4 1 2 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 1 0
  Goossen ph 1 0 0 0
Bosch cf 2 0 1 1
Cardwell p 2 0 0 0
  Collins ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
St. Louis 011 000 1003100
New York 000 110 000282
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hughes  W (1-2) 7.1 6 2 2 0 7
  Hoerner   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Willis  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cardwell  L (1-6) 8.0 9 3 2 1 4
  Taylor   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
1
6

  E–Boswell (7), Bosch (1).  2B–St. Louis Shannon (6,off Cardwell), New York Jones (10,off Hughes).  HR–New York Boswell (4,4th inning off Hughes 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Cepeda (3,by Cardwell).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Collins (1,off Hughes).  SF–Bosch (1,off Hughes).  Team–5.  SB–Flood (6,2nd base off Taylor/Grote); Jones (3,3rd base off Hughes/Edwards).  CS–Brock (4,2nd base by Cardwell/Grote); Grote (2,2nd base by Hughes/Edwards).  HBP–Cardwell (2,Cepeda).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:29.  A–32,520.
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