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Giants
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
July 16, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants, played on July 16, 1968 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 16, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 16, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ray Sadecki |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Nelson Briles |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 27,249 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 25 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Doug Harvey 1B: John Kibler 2B: Shag Crawford 3B: Chris Pelekoudas |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ron Hunt | Second Baseman |
| Jesus Alou | Right Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
| Jim Ray Hart | Third Baseman |
| Dave Marshall | Left Fielder |
| Bob Barton | Catcher |
| Hal Lanier | Shortstop |
| Ray Sadecki | Pitcher |
| Herman Franks | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
| Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
| Mike Shannon | Third Baseman |
| Tim McCarver | Catcher |
| Bobby Tolan | Right Fielder |
| Dal Maxvill | Shortstop |
| Nelson Briles | Pitcher |
| Red Schoendienst | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
July 16, 1968
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Briles
Hunt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Briles
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Briles
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Sadecki
Brock is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Sadecki
There goes Brock. The throw from Barton and he is safe. Brock steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Javier vs. Sadecki
Javier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flood vs. Sadecki
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields it and throws to second for the out. Brock moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cepeda vs. Sadecki
Cepeda hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Shannon vs. Sadecki
Shannon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brock scores. Flood moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCarver vs. Sadecki
McCarver takes first base on ball four. Flood moves to third. Shannon moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Tolan vs. Sadecki
Tolan hits a popup towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Briles
McCovey hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Briles
Hart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Briles
Marshall hits a line drive towards short. Maxvill reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Briles
Barton is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Sadecki
Maxvill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Briles vs. Sadecki
Briles bunts towards the mound. Sadecki fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Sadecki. Maxvill moves to third. Briles moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brock vs. Sadecki
Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maxvill scores. Briles scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Sadecki
There goes Brock. The throw from Barton and he is safe. Brock steals second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Javier vs. Sadecki
Javier hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flood vs. Sadecki
Flood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brock scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Sadecki
Cepeda hits a fly ball into left field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shannon vs. Sadecki
There goes Flood. The throw from Barton and he is safe. Flood steals second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Shannon vs. Sadecki
Shannon strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Briles
Lanier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sadecki vs. Briles
Sadecki bunts towards the mound. Briles fields it and throws to first for the out. Lanier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hunt vs. Briles
Hunt is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alou vs. Briles
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Alou for the out. Lanier moves to third. Hunt moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mays vs. Briles
Mays strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Sadecki
McCarver hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Sadecki
Tolan hits a popup towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Sadecki
Maxvill hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Briles
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first, with Briles covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Briles
Hart hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Briles
Marshall hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Briles vs. Sadecki
Briles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Sadecki
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey fields the ball and throws to Sadecki covering. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Sadecki
Javier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brock moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flood vs. Sadecki
Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cepeda vs. Sadecki
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Briles
Barton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Briles
Lanier hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sadecki vs. Briles
Sadecki hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Sadecki
Shannon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarver vs. Sadecki
McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Shannon moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Tolan vs. Sadecki
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Shannon scores. McCarver moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maxvill vs. Bolin
Bobby Bolin now pitching.
There goes McCarver. The throw from Barton and he is safe. McCarver steals third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maxvill vs. Bolin
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McCarver scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Briles vs. Bolin
Briles hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Briles
Hunt hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Briles
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Briles
Mays hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Bolin
Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Bolin
There goes Brock. The throw from Barton and he is safe. Brock steals second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Javier vs. Bolin
Javier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flood vs. Bolin
Flood strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cepeda vs. Bolin
Cepeda hits a popup towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shannon vs. Bolin
Shannon hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Briles
McCovey hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Briles
Hart hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. McCarver fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Briles
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Bolin
McCarver takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Bolin
Tolan strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxvill vs. Bolin
Maxvill hits a line drive towards third. Hart reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Briles vs. Bolin
Briles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Briles
Barton hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Briles
Lanier hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarver settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cline vs. Briles
Ty Cline pinch hits for Bobby Bolin.
Cline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunt vs. Briles
Hunt strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Herbel
Ron Herbel now pitching.
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Herbel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Herbel
Javier hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Herbel
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Briles
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Briles covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Briles
Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Briles
McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hart vs. Briles
Hart hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/16/1968 -- San Francisco at St.Louis (N)
San Francisco AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Hunt R, 2b 2 0 0 0 Brock L, lf 4 2 3 2
Alou J, rf 4 0 0 0 Javier J, 2b 3 0 1 0
Mays W, cf 3 0 0 0 Flood C, cf 5 0 1 1
McCovey W, 1b 4 1 1 1 Cepeda O, 1b 4 0 0 0
Hart J, 3b 4 0 0 0 Shannon M, 3b 3 1 1 1
Marshall D, lf 3 0 0 0 McCarver T, c 2 1 1 0
Barton B, c 3 0 0 0 Tolan B, rf 4 0 0 1
Lanier H, ss 3 0 1 0 Maxvill D, ss 4 1 1 1
Sadecki R, p 1 0 0 0 Briles N, p 3 1 0 0
Bolin B, p 0 0 0 0
Cline T, ph 1 0 1 0
Herbel R, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
28 1 3 1 32 6 8 6
San Francisco 010 000 000 -- 1
St.Louis 130 020 00x -- 6
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki R (L) 4.1 7 6 5 3 1
Bolin B 2.2 1 0 0 2 2
Herbel R 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Briles N (W) 9.0 3 1 1 2 3
E -- Sadecki R
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- San Francisco 4, St.Louis 9
HR -- McCovey W
SB -- Brock L 3, Flood C, McCarver T
SH -- Briles N, Sadecki R
HBP -- by Sadecki R (Brock L), by Briles N (Hunt R)
T -- 2:25
A -- 27249
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