Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 25, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1968 at Busch Stadium II. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Wills 3b 5 1 2 1
Alley ss 3 1 1 1
Clemente rf 4 0 2 0
Mota lf 4 0 2 1
Alou cf 3 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 1 0
May c 2 1 0 0
Veale p 2 0 0 0
  Ellis p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 1 0
Javier 2b 4 1 2 0
Flood cf 4 1 1 1
Cepeda 1b 3 0 1 0
Shannon 3b 4 0 1 1
McCarver c 4 0 0 0
Spiezio rf 3 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 4 0 2 0
Carlton p 2 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Mikkelsen p 0 0 0 0
  Schofield ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Pittsburgh 000 110 010381
St. Louis 000 000 020281
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale  W (5-7) 7.0 6 2 1 2 6
  Ellis   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Walker  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
2
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  L (8-3) 7.0 4 2 2 3 4
  Willis   0.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Mikkelsen   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
6

  E–Clendenon (9), Javier (6).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Javier (14,off Veale); Cepeda (12,off Ellis).  3B–Pittsburgh Wills (2,off Willis), St. Louis Maxvill (3,off Veale).  SH–May (3,off Mikkelsen).  IBB–Alou (5,by Mikkelsen); Cepeda (9,by Veale).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  SB–Brock (9,2nd base off Veale/May).  WP–Veale (4).  IBB–Veale (3,Cepeda); Mikkelsen (3,Alou).  U–Bill Williams, Ed Sudol, Lee Weyer.  T–2:35.  A–26,927.
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