Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 23, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1968 at Busch Stadium II. The Atlanta Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 5, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 1 1 0
Francona lf 4 1 2 2
  Lum pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Aaron rf 4 1 1 1
Torre c 3 1 1 1
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0
Martinez 2b 4 0 0 0
Jackson ss 3 1 0 0
Kelley p 1 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 7 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 0 0
Javier 2b 3 0 0 0
  Schofield 2b 1 0 0 0
Flood cf 4 0 1 0
Cepeda 1b 4 1 1 1
Shannon 3b 3 0 0 0
McCarver c 3 0 1 0
Spiezio rf 0 0 0 0
  Maris ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0
Briles p 0 0 0 0
  Mikkelsen p 2 0 0 0
  Wicker ph 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Atlanta 400 000 100570
St. Louis 010 000 000134
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Kelley   1.1 1 1 1 2 1
  Upshaw  W (4-4) 7.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  L (8-6) 0.0 4 4 3 0 0
  Mikkelsen   8.0 3 1 0 2 0
  Granger   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
3
2
0

  E–Cepeda (11), Shannon (10), Mikkelsen 2 (2).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Atlanta Alou (15,off Briles).  3B–Atlanta H Aaron (4,off Briles), St. Louis McCarver (2,off Upshaw).  HR–St. Louis Cepeda (10,2nd inning off Kelley 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Upshaw (2,off Mikkelsen).  IBB–Jackson (2,by Mikkelsen); Torre (1,by Mikkelsen).  Team LOB–6.  Team–4.  IBB–Mikkelsen 2 (2,Jackson,Torre).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:02.
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