Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 24, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1968 at Busch Stadium II. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 3 1 0 0
Wills 3b 4 0 1 0
Alou cf 3 1 0 1
Clemente rf 4 1 1 0
Stargell lf 4 1 2 3
  Kolb pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 1 0 0
Alley 2b 4 0 1 1
May c 3 0 1 0
Moose p 1 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Jimenez ph 1 0 0 0
  McBean p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 6 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 1 1 0
Flood cf 4 0 1 0
Maris rf 4 0 1 1
Cepeda 1b 4 1 1 0
Edwards c 4 0 1 0
Shannon 3b 4 1 1 1
Javier 2b 3 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 1 0
  Davis pr 0 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 1 1 0
  Tolan ph 1 0 0 0
Gibson p 3 0 1 1
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 3
Pittsburgh 000 000 312660
St. Louis 100 300 000492
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Moose   3.2 8 4 4 0 1
  Walker   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Sisk   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  McBean   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Face  W (2-4) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (18-6) 9.0 6 6 3 2 15
Totals
9.0
6
6
3
2
15

  E–Cepeda (14), Maxvill (20).  2B–Pittsburgh Wills (11,off Gibson); Stargell (13,off Gibson), St. Louis Cepeda (23,off Moose).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (21,7th inning off Gibson 2 on, 0 out).  SH–May (5,off Gibson).  SF–Alou (2,off Gibson).  Team LOB–4.  Team–5.  SB–Brock (37,2nd base off Moose/May); Gibson (1,2nd base off Walker/May).  WP–Sisk (8).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:35.  A–31,019.
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