Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 15, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1968 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 0, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 0 1 0
Pinson cf 4 0 1 0
Johnson lf 4 0 1 0
Whitfield 1b 3 0 1 0
Perez 3b 3 0 0 0
Bench c 3 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Woodward ss 0 0 0 0
Nolan p 2 0 0 0
  Ruiz ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 2 0
Flood cf 2 0 1 1
Tolan rf 4 0 1 0
Cepeda 1b 3 0 0 0
McCarver c 4 0 0 0
Shannon 3b 2 1 0 0
Javier 2b 3 0 1 1
Maxvill ss 2 1 1 0
Gibson p 2 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 6 2
Cincinnati 000 000 000043
St. Louis 000 001 10x260
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nolan  L (2-1) 7.0 4 2 2 2 2
  Carroll   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
2
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (7-5) 9.0 4 0 0 0 13
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
0
13

  E–Rose (2), A Johnson (8), Whitfield (4).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  PB–McCarver (6).  2B–Cincinnati Pinson (14,off Gibson); Whitfield (2,off Gibson), St. Louis Javier (13,off Nolan).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Flood (3,off Nolan); Gibson (2,off Nolan).  SF–Flood (1,off Nolan).  HBP–Cepeda (5,by Carroll).  IBB–Maxvill (3,by Nolan).  Team–6.  SB–A Johnson (10,2nd base off Gibson/McCarver).  HBP–Carroll (1,Cepeda).  IBB–Nolan (1,Maxvill).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–1:42.  A–35,831.
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