St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
June 3, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1968 at Astrodome. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Houston Astros 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 0 0
Javier 2b 5 2 2 0
Flood cf 3 3 1 0
Cepeda 1b 5 2 3 2
Shannon 3b 4 0 2 3
McCarver c 4 0 1 0
Simpson rf 2 0 0 0
  Maris ph,rf 0 0 0 1
Maxvill ss 4 0 1 1
Briles p 4 0 1 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 4 0 2 0
Menke 2b 4 0 0 0
Staub 1b 5 1 4 1
Thomas rf 5 0 1 0
Wynn lf 4 0 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 1 0
Brand c 3 0 1 1
Torres ss 4 0 1 0
Lemaster p 2 1 1 0
  Dukes p 0 0 0 0
  House p 0 0 0 0
  Browne ph 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Watson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 12 2
St. Louis 000 310 2017112
Houston 001 000 0102121
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  W (6-4) 9.0 12 2 2 1 10
Totals
9.0
12
2
2
1
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemaster  L (4-5) 6.0 10 5 5 2 3
  Dukes   0.1 0 1 0 1 0
  House   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Ray   2.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
3
3

  E–Flood 2 (5), Torres (10).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Shannon 2 (8,off Lemaster 2); Javier (8,off Lemaster), Houston Staub 2 (14,off Briles 2); Wynn (5,off Briles).  HR–St. Louis Cepeda (6,9th inning off Ray 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Shannon (2,off Dukes); Maris (1,off House).  HBP–Flood (4,by Dukes); Brand (1,by Briles).  IBB–Simpson (2,by Lemaster); McCarver (6,by Dukes).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Davis (1,off Briles).  Team–11.  HBP–Briles (1,Brand); Dukes (1,Flood).  IBB–Lemaster (4,Simpson); Dukes (1,McCarver).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–2:55.  A–17,970.
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