St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 20, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1968 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 2, Philadelphia Phillies 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Tolan cf 4 0 1 1
Maris rf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 0 0
McCarver c 4 1 3 0
Shannon 3b 4 0 0 0
Javier 2b 2 0 1 0
  Gagliano 2b 2 0 1 1
Maxvill ss 1 0 0 0
  Schofield ss 3 0 2 0
Briles p 1 0 0 0
  Nelson p 1 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 1 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Ricketts ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 3b 5 0 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 1 1 1
Briggs rf 3 1 1 0
Allen lf 4 1 1 1
White 1b 4 1 1 1
Gonzalez cf 2 3 1 0
Sutherland ss 4 0 2 1
Dalrymple c 3 1 1 2
Jackson p 4 0 1 1
Totals 33 8 10 7
St. Louis 000 001 0012102
Philadelphia 412 000 01x8100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  L (16-8) 3.0 7 7 6 3 1
  Nelson   4.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Granger   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
7
4
2
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (11-15) 9.0 10 2 2 0 5
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
0
5

  E–Tolan 2 (4).  DP–St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 1.  2B–St. Louis Tolan (10,off L Jackson), Philadelphia Allen (13,off Briles).  3B–St. Louis McCarver (4,off L Jackson).  HR–Philadelphia Rojas (9,2nd inning off Briles 0 on, 1 out); Dalrymple (2,3rd inning off Briles 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Dalrymple (8,by Briles).  Team–5.  SB–Brock (36,2nd base off L Jackson/Dalrymple).  IBB–Briles (7,Dalrymple).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:14.  A–9,379.
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