St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
July 29, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1968 at Shea Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, New York Mets 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 1 2 2
Flood cf 3 0 1 0
Maris rf 3 0 1 1
Cepeda 1b 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Shannon 3b 4 1 1 0
Javier 2b 4 0 1 0
Maxvill ss 4 2 1 1
Washburn p 3 1 1 1
Totals 31 5 8 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 4 1 1 0
Stahl cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Jones rf,lf 4 0 3 1
Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0
Shamsky lf 3 0 0 0
  Agee cf 1 0 0 0
Collins 3b 4 0 0 0
Grote c 3 0 1 0
Buchek 2b 3 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Weis 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
St. Louis 000 001 013580
New York 000 001 000171
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn  W (10-3) 9.0 7 1 1 0 8
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (6-9) 7.2 3 2 2 4 7
  Taylor   1.1 5 3 3 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
4
7

  E–Agee (4).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Brock 2 (33,off Ryan,off Taylor), New York Harrelson (6,off Washburn).  3B–St. Louis Washburn (1,off Taylor).  SH–Washburn (6,off Ryan).  SF–Maris (2,off Ryan); Brock (2,off Ryan).  Team LOB–6.  Team–5.  SB–Brock (26,2nd base off Ryan/Grote).  CS–Brock (7,3rd base by Ryan/Grote).  WP–Ryan (7).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:07.  A–30,486.
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