St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves
August 11, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1968 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Atlanta Braves 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Flood cf 4 0 1 0
Tolan rf 4 1 1 1
Cepeda 1b 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 0 1 1
Shannon 3b 3 1 1 1
Javier 2b 3 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 1 0
Carlton p 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Wicker ph 1 0 0 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 1 3 1
Millan 2b 5 1 5 1
Aaron H. rf 4 1 0 0
Johnson D. 1b 4 0 1 2
Johnson B. 3b 4 0 2 1
Aaron T. lf 4 0 0 0
Tillman c 4 1 1 0
Martinez ss 2 0 0 0
Jarvis p 4 1 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 5
St. Louis 010 000 101361
Atlanta 000 500 00x5120
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  L (11-7) 3.2 8 5 5 3 2
  Granger   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Hughes   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Nelson   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
4
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Jarvis  W (11-9) 8.0 5 3 3 0 4
  Niekro  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
0
4

  E–Maxvill (15).  DP–St. Louis 1, Atlanta 1.  2B–St. Louis Tolan (8,off Jarvis), Atlanta Millan (17,off Carlton).  HR–St. Louis Shannon (14,2nd inning off Jarvis 0 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–2.  IBB–H Aaron (13,by Carlton).  Team–10.  SB–H Aaron (19,2nd base off Hughes/Edwards).  CS–Alou (9,2nd base by Carlton/Edwards).  IBB–Carlton (4,H Aaron).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:44.  A–34,874.
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