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Cardinals 3 @ Astros 1
Astrodome
May 1, 1968

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on May 1, 1968 at Astrodome. The home team Astros were bested by the visiting Cardinals with a score of 3 to 1.

Game Summary

DateMay 1, 1968 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 3 H: 13 E: 3 LOB: 7
Runs: 3
Hits: 13
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Houston Astros
R: 1 H: 7 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 1
Hits: 7
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherBob Gibson  
Losing PitcherWade Blasingame  
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Game Winning RBIJulian Javier 

Game Info

DateMay 1, 1968 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamHouston Astros 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Gibson  
Home Starting PitcherDave Giusti  
BallparkAstrodome 
CityHouston 
StateTX 
Attendance14,726 
Time of Game2 hours 55 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Jackowski
1B: Frank Secory
2B: Ken Burkhart
3B: Harry Wendelstedt

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lou Brock  Left Fielder 
Curt Flood  Center Fielder 
Roger Maris  Right Fielder 
Orlando Cepeda  First Baseman 
Johnny Edwards  Catcher 
Mike Shannon  Third Baseman 
Julian Javier  Second Baseman 
Dal Maxvill  Shortstop 
Bob Gibson  Pitcher 
Red Schoendienst  Manager 

Houston Astros Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ron Davis  Center Fielder 
Norm Miller  Right Fielder 
Jim Wynn  Left Fielder 
Rusty Staub  First Baseman 
Doug Rader  Third Baseman 
Hal King  Catcher 
Denis Menke  Shortstop 
Julio Gotay  Second Baseman 
Dave Giusti  Pitcher 
Grady Hatton  Manager 

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Cardinals 3 @ Astros 1
Astrodome
May 1, 1968

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/1/1968 -- St.Louis at Houston (N)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    Houston            AB  R  H RBI
Brock L, lf           5  0  2  0   Davis R, cf           5  0  0  0   
Flood C, cf           4  0  1  0   Miller N, rf          6  0  0  0   
Maris R, rf           4  0  0  0   Wynn J, lf            4  0  1  0   
Simpson D, ph-rf      1  0  0  0   Staub R, 1b           4  0  4  0   
Cepeda O, 1b          5  0  1  0   Rader D, 3b           5  0  0  0   
Edwards J, c          5  1  3  0   King H, c             1  0  0  0   
Shannon M, 3b         5  1  0  0   Bateman J, c          2  1  0  0   
Javier J, 2b          5  1  4  2   Menke D, ss           5  0  0  0   
Maxvill D, ss         3  0  1  0   Gotay J, 2b           5  0  2  1   
McCarver T, ph        1  0  0  0   Giusti D, p           2  0  0  0   
Schofield D, ss       1  0  1  0   Murrell I, ph         1  0  0  0   
Gibson B, p           4  0  0  0   Ray J, p              0  0  0  0   
                                   Thomas L, ph          0  0  0  0   
                                   Blasingame W, p       0  0  0  0   
                                   Aspromonte B, ph      1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     43  3 13  2                        41  1  7  1

St.Louis         000 100 000 002 --  3
Houston          000 010 000 000 --  1

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gibson B (W)         12.0  7  1  0  5  7

  Houston              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Giusti D              8.0  6  1  1  2  5
Ray J                 2.0  2  0  0  0  0
Blasingame W (L)      2.0  5  2  2  0  2

E -- Brock L, Rader D, Cepeda O, Maxvill D, Menke D
DP -- St.Louis 1, Houston 4
LOB -- St.Louis 7, Houston 10
2B -- Javier J, Staub R, Gotay J
3B -- Javier J
SB -- Brock L
SH -- Gibson B, Staub R
WP -- Giusti D, Blasingame W
PB -- King H
T -- 2:55
A -- 14726

    

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