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Cardinals 3 @ Mets 2
Shea Stadium
September 1, 1968

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on September 1, 1968 at Shea Stadium. The home team Mets were bested by the visiting Cardinals with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 1, 1968 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 3 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 13
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 13
Home Team
New York Mets
R: 2 H: 8 E: 3 LOB: 12
Runs: 2
Hits: 8
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherLarry Jaster  
Losing PitcherBill Short  
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Game Winning RBIRon Davis 

Game Info

DateSeptember 1, 1968 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamNew York Mets 
Visiting Starting PitcherDick Hughes  
Home Starting PitcherDick Selma  
BallparkShea Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance28,656 
Time of Game3 hours 4 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ed Vargo
1B: Bob Engel
2B: Al Barlick
3B: Stan Landes

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lou Brock  Left Fielder 
Curt Flood  Center Fielder 
Bobby Tolan  Right Fielder 
Orlando Cepeda  First Baseman 
Johnny Edwards  Catcher 
Mike Shannon  Third Baseman 
Julian Javier  Second Baseman 
Dal Maxvill  Shortstop 
Dick Hughes  Pitcher 
Red Schoendienst  Manager 

New York Mets Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bud Harrelson  Shortstop 
Ken Boswell  Second Baseman 
Larry Stahl  Center Fielder 
Cleon Jones  Left Fielder 
Art Shamsky  Right Fielder 
Ed Kranepool  First Baseman 
Jerry Grote  Catcher 
Jerry Buchek  Third Baseman 
Dick Selma  Pitcher 
Gil Hodges  Manager 

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Cardinals 3 @ Mets 2
Shea Stadium
September 1, 1968

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/1/1968 -- St.Louis at New York (D)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Brock L, lf           6  1  1  1   Harrelson B, ss       5  0  1  0   
Flood C, cf           5  0  3  0   Boswell K, 2b         5  1  1  0   
Tolan B, rf           3  0  0  0   Stahl L, cf           3  0  1  1   
Gagliano P, ph        1  0  0  0   Swoboda R, ph-rf      2  0  1  0   
Davis R, pr-rf        0  0  0  1   Jones C, lf-cf-lf     3  1  2  0   
Cepeda O, 1b          6  0  1  0   Shamsky A, rf-lf      2  0  0  0   
Edwards J, c          5  0  1  0   Agee T, ph-cf         2  0  0  0   
Shannon M, 3b         5  1  1  0   Kranepool E, 1b       5  0  1  0   
Javier J, 2b          3  0  0  0   Grote J, c            5  0  1  1   
Maxvill D, ss         3  1  2  1   Buchek J, 3b          2  0  0  0   
Hughes D, p           3  0  0  0   Jackson A, p          1  0  0  0   
Hoerner J, p          1  0  0  0   Linz P, ph            1  0  0  0   
Willis R, p           0  0  0  0   Short B, p            0  0  0  0   
Spiezio E, ph         1  0  0  0   Selma D, p            2  0  0  0   
Jaster L, p           0  0  0  0   Charles E, ph-3b      2  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42  3  9  3                        40  2  8  2

St.Louis         000 011 000 01 --  3
New York         001 000 010 00 --  2

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hughes D              6.1  4  1  1  5  3
Hoerner J             2.1  4  1  1  1  4
Willis R              0.1  0  0  0  1  1
Jaster L (W)          2.0  0  0  0  0  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Selma D               7.0  6  2  2  4  4
Jackson A             3.0  3  0  0  1  1
Short B (L)           1.0  0  1  0  0  0

E -- Buchek J, Boswell K, Harrelson B
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- St.Louis 13, New York 12
2B -- Kranepool E, Brock L, Shannon M, Flood C, Jones C, Swoboda R
3B -- Stahl L
SB -- Harrelson B, Brock L
SH -- Flood C
SF -- Davis R
T -- 3:04
A -- 28656

    

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