St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
June 9, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1968 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 6, Cincinnati Reds 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 2 2 1 0
  Maris rf 2 0 0 0
Javier 2b 5 1 2 1
Flood cf 5 1 2 0
Cepeda 1b 3 1 1 2
Gagliano 3b 5 1 1 1
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Shannon 3b 0 0 0 0
Spiezio rf,lf 5 0 1 1
Edwards c 5 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 5 0 2 1
Washburn p 3 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 1 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Ricketts ph 1 0 0 0
  Carlton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 6 10 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 5 1 1 0
Helms 2b 6 1 3 0
Pinson cf 6 2 2 3
Johnson A. lf 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph,lf 4 1 1 2
  Abernathy p 1 0 0 0
  Arrigo p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson B. ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
May 1b,lf 6 1 4 0
Perez 3b 6 1 1 0
Bench c 5 0 1 1
Cardenas ss 5 0 2 1
McCool p 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Pappas p 2 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph,1b 1 0 1 0
  Pavletich ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 50 7 16 7
St. Louis 500 100 000 0006102
Cincinnati 000 104 010 0017161
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn   5.0 7 5 5 0 5
  Granger   1.1 3 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Willis   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Carlton  L (7-2) 2.2 3 1 1 0 4
Totals
11.2
16
7
7
2
12
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
McCool   0.0 3 5 3 1 0
  Lee   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Pappas   6.0 5 1 1 1 3
  Abernathy   3.2 1 0 0 2 1
  Arrigo   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Culver  W (5-5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
10
6
4
5
6

  E–Javier (4), Edwards (2), A Johnson (4).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Gagliano (1,off McCool); Javier (10,off Pappas), Cincinnati Helms (14,off Washburn); Bench (15,off Granger); Perez (6,off Hoerner); Cardenas (5,off Carlton).  HR–Cincinnati Pinson (3,4th inning off Washburn 0 on, 0 out); Jones (1,6th inning off Washburn 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Edwards (1,off Abernathy); Javier (2,off Abernathy).  SF–Spiezio (1,off Lee); Cepeda (2,off Pappas); Bench (4,off Hoerner).  HBP–Maris (1,by Abernathy).  IBB–Cepeda 2 (8,by Pappas,by Abernathy); Cardenas (8,by Hoerner).  Team LOB–11.  Team–11.  HBP–Abernathy (3,Maris).  IBB–Hoerner (2,Cardenas); Pappas (3,Cepeda); Abernathy (4,Cepeda).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–3:17.  A–28,141.
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