New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 19, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 1968 at Busch Stadium II. The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 5 1 1 0
Jones cf,lf 5 1 1 2
Swoboda rf 2 0 1 0
  Agee pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Charles 3b 3 0 0 0
Grote c 4 0 2 1
Linz 2b 4 1 1 0
Buchek lf 3 0 2 0
  Stahl ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 2 0
Jackson p 2 0 0 1
  Short p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 0 1 2
Javier 2b 2 0 0 0
  Maris ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 0
Shannon 3b 4 0 1 0
McCarver c 4 0 0 0
Davis rf 3 1 2 0
Maxvill ss 2 1 1 0
Jaster p 1 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
New York 200 100 0104100
St. Louis 000 001 010261
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (3-4) 7.0 5 2 2 2 5
  Short   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Taylor  SV (9) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jaster  L (7-5) 6.0 9 3 3 1 2
  Granger   2.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Nelson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
3

  E–Javier (8).  DP–New York 2, St. Louis 2.  2B–New York Harrelson (5,off Jaster), St. Louis Davis (11,off Jackson).  3B–St. Louis Brock (8,off Jackson).  HR–New York Jones (11,1st inning off Jaster 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Charles (4,off Granger).  SF–Jackson (1,off Jaster); Brock (1,off Short).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:26.  A–40,510.
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