Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 15, 1968 Box Score

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

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Los Angeles Dodgers 2, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 3 0 0 0
  Savage ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Popovich 2b 4 0 0 0
Davis cf 4 2 2 0
Haller c 4 0 1 0
Lefebvre 3b 3 0 2 1
Fairly rf 3 0 0 0
  Boyer ph 1 0 0 0
Parker 1b 3 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
Versalles ss 3 0 1 0
Osteen p 3 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 1
Javier 2b 4 0 1 0
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 1 2 0
Shannon 3b 3 1 2 2
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Tolan rf 3 0 1 0
Maxvill ss 3 1 1 0
Washburn p 2 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 1 1 1
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Los Angeles 000 101 000260
St. Louis 000 000 40x493
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen  L (7-13) 6.2 8 4 4 0 4
  Brewer   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
0
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn  W (7-3) 7.0 5 2 1 1 2
  Nelson  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
1
3

  E–Javier (7), Edwards (3), Tolan (2).  DP–Los Angeles 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Tolan (4,off Osteen); Maxvill (4,off Osteen); Brock (28,off Brewer).  3B–Los Angeles Davis (4,off Washburn).  HR–St. Louis Shannon (13,7th inning off Osteen 1 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–3.  SB–Davis (16,2nd base off Washburn/Edwards).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–1:55.  A–24,081.
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