St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
August 12, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1968 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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, Chicago Cubs 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Flood cf 4 0 1 1
Tolan rf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 1 1 0
Edwards c 4 0 0 0
Shannon 3b 4 0 3 1
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 2 1 1 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Schofield ss 0 0 0 0
Jaster p 2 1 1 1
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Maris ph 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 1 2 1
Beckert 2b 4 1 2 1
Williams lf 4 2 1 2
Santo 3b 3 1 0 0
Banks 1b 4 0 1 0
Hundley c 4 0 0 1
Hickman rf 3 2 1 1
Phillips cf 3 0 2 0
Hands p 3 0 1 0
Totals 33 7 10 6
St. Louis 001 011 000381
Chicago 110 021 20x7100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jaster  L (8-8) 5.2 9 5 5 1 2
  Willis   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Granger   2.0 1 2 1 3 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
4
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hands  W (14-6) 9.0 8 3 3 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
0
4

  E–Granger (2).  PB–Edwards (1).  2B–St. Louis Cepeda (20,off Hands), Chicago Beckert (25,off Jaster); Kessinger (10,off Jaster).  HR–St. Louis Jaster (1,5th inning off Hands 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Hickman (4,2nd inning off Jaster 0 on, 1 out); Williams (20,5th inning off Jaster 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Hands (4,off Jaster).  HBP–Beckert (2,by Jaster).  IBB–Phillips (16,by Granger).  Team–8.  SB–Brock (31,2nd base off Hands/Hundley).  CS–Brock (8,3rd base by Hands/Hundley).  WP–Jaster (2).  HBP–Jaster (5,Beckert).  IBB–Granger (2,Phillips).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–2:14.  A–30,693.
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