San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 16, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1968 at Busch Stadium II. 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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San Francisco Giants 1, St. Louis Cardinals 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 2 0 0 0
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 3 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 1 1
Hart 3b 4 0 0 0
Marshall lf 3 0 0 0
Barton c 3 0 0 0
Lanier ss 3 0 1 0
Sadecki p 1 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
  Cline ph 1 0 1 0
  Herbel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 3 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 2 3 2
Javier 2b 3 0 1 0
Flood cf 5 0 1 1
Cepeda 1b 4 0 0 0
Shannon 3b 3 1 1 1
McCarver c 2 1 1 0
Tolan rf 4 0 0 1
Maxvill ss 4 1 1 1
Briles p 3 1 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 6
San Francisco 010 000 000131
St. Louis 130 020 00x680
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  L (8-11) 4.1 7 6 5 3 1
  Bolin   2.2 1 0 0 2 2
  Herbel   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
5
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  W (11-6) 9.0 3 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
3

  E–Sadecki (4).  DP–St. Louis 1.  HR–San Francisco McCovey (23,2nd inning off Briles 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Sadecki (3,off Briles); Briles (5,off Sadecki).  HBP–Hunt (10,by Briles); Brock (2,by Sadecki).  Team LOB–4.  Team–9.  SB–Brock 3 (23,2nd base off Sadecki/Barton 2,2nd base off Bolin/Barton); Flood (9,2nd base off Sadecki/Barton); McCarver (4,3rd base off Bolin/Barton).  HBP–Sadecki (2,Brock); Briles (3,Hunt).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:25.  A–27,249.
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