St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
July 7, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1968 at Candlestick Park. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 2, San Francisco Giants 0

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 2 2 0
Flood cf 3 0 1 2
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 0
Tolan rf 4 0 1 0
Shannon 3b 4 0 0 0
Javier 2b 4 0 2 0
Schofield ss 2 0 0 0
Jaster p 3 0 1 0
  Willis p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 0 1 0
Davenport 3b 4 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 0 0
Hart lf 3 0 1 0
Dietz c 3 0 0 0
Bonds rf 3 0 0 0
Lanier ss 2 0 0 0
  Hiatt ph 1 0 0 0
  Schroder ss 1 0 0 0
Perry p 2 0 0 0
  Cline ph 1 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 3 0
St. Louis 000 001 010283
San Francisco 000 000 000032
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jaster  W (6-4) 6.1 2 0 0 3 2
  Willis  SV (4) 2.2 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
4
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (7-6) 7.0 6 1 1 3 0
  Gibbon   2.0 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
3
1

  E–Tolan (1), Shannon (12), Schofield (3), Hunt (8), Davenport (6).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Davenport (1,off Jaster).  3B–St. Louis Brock (6,off Perry).  SF–Flood (3,off Gibbon).  IBB–Schofield (2,by Perry).  Team LOB–7.  Team–9.  SB–Brock 3 (14,2nd base off Perry/Dietz,2nd base off Gibbon/Dietz,3rd base off Gibbon/Dietz).  CS–Javier (1,2nd base by Perry/Dietz); Brock (5,2nd base by Perry/Dietz).  IBB–Perry (8,Schofield).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:28.  A–23,993.
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