Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 16, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 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 2, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 0 1 0
Helms 2b 5 0 0 0
Pinson cf 4 0 1 0
Johnson lf 3 0 0 0
Perez 3b 3 1 1 0
May 1b 4 1 3 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Bench c 3 0 1 0
Cardenas ss 4 0 2 2
Culver p 3 0 0 0
  Whitfield 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 1 2 1
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 1 2
Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 0
Shannon 3b 3 1 0 0
Tolan rf 4 0 3 0
Javier 2b 4 0 1 1
Maxvill ss 3 1 2 0
Washburn p 2 1 0 0
  Willis p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 10 4
Cincinnati 000 200 000291
St. Louis 000 030 01x4100
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Culver  L (5-6) 7.2 9 4 4 4 4
  Abernathy   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
5
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn  W (4-3) 7.1 9 2 2 4 3
  Willis  SV (3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
4
5

  E–Cardenas (9).  DP–Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 1.  IBB–Bench (3,by Washburn); Rose (7,by Washburn); Maxvill (4,by Abernathy).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  WP–Culver (2).  IBB–Abernathy (5,Maxvill); Washburn 2 (6,Bench,Rose).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:01.  A–31,737.
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