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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
June 25, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on June 25, 1968 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | June 25, 1968 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | June 25, 1968 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Veale |
Home Starting Pitcher | Steve Carlton |
Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 26,927 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill Williams 1B: Ed Sudol 2B: (none) 3B: Lee Weyer |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Maury Wills | Third Baseman |
Gene Alley | Shortstop |
Roberto Clemente | Right Fielder |
Manny Mota | Left Fielder |
Matty Alou | Center Fielder |
Donn Clendenon | First Baseman |
Bill Mazeroski | Second Baseman |
Jerry May | Catcher |
Bob Veale | Pitcher |
Larry Shepard | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
Mike Shannon | Third Baseman |
Tim McCarver | Catcher |
Ed Spiezio | Right Fielder |
Dal Maxvill | Shortstop |
Steve Carlton | Pitcher |
Red Schoendienst | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
June 25, 1968
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Carlton
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier misplays the ball. That's an error on Javier. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alley vs. Carlton
Carlton fires to first and picks off Wills. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alley vs. Carlton
Alley strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Carlton
Clemente 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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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Veale
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Veale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Veale
Javier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Veale
Flood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Javier moves to third. Flood moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cepeda vs. Veale
Cepeda is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Shannon vs. Veale
Shannon strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McCarver vs. Veale
McCarver hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mota vs. Carlton
Mota hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Carlton
Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clendenon vs. Carlton
Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Veale
Spiezio hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Veale
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Veale fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carlton vs. Veale
Carlton strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. Veale
Brock strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Carlton
Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Carlton
May strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veale vs. Carlton
Veale hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Veale
Javier hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Veale
Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Veale
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wills fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Carlton
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alley vs. Carlton
Alley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clemente vs. Carlton
Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alley moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mota vs. Carlton
Mota hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to second for the out. Alley scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Carlton
Alou hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. McCarver fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Veale
Shannon hits a fly ball into left field. Mota settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Veale
McCarver hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Veale
Spiezio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxvill vs. Veale
Maxvill hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clendenon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clendenon vs. Carlton
Clendenon hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Carlton
Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carlton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Carlton
May takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veale vs. Carlton
Veale takes first base on ball four. May moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wills vs. Carlton
Wills hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. May scores. Veale moves to third. Wills moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Alley vs. Carlton
Alley hits a fly ball into right field. Spiezio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carlton vs. Veale
Carlton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Veale
Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Veale
There goes Brock. The throw from May and he is safe. Brock steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Javier vs. Veale
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Veale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flood vs. Veale
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Carlton
Clemente hits a fly ball into right field. Spiezio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mota vs. Carlton
Mota hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Carlton
Alou hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clendenon vs. Carlton
Clendenon is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Veale
Cepeda hits a popup towards third. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Veale
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Veale
McCarver is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Carlton
Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Carlton
May hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veale vs. Carlton
Veale is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Veale
Spiezio hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Veale
Maxvill hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente who is chasing the ball. Maxvill reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gagliano vs. Veale
Phil Gagliano pinch hits for Steve Carlton.
Gagliano strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brock vs. Veale
Brock strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Willis
Ron Willis now pitching.
Wills hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Spiezio who is chasing the ball. Wills reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Alley vs. Willis
Alley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wills scores. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clemente vs. Willis
Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alley moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mota vs. Mikkelsen
Pete Mikkelsen now pitching.
Mota hits a ball on the ground for a double play. Mota moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alou vs. Mikkelsen
Alou is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clendenon vs. Mikkelsen
Clendenon is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Veale
Javier hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Javier reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flood vs. Veale
There's a wild pitch. Javier moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Flood vs. Veale
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon juggles the ball. That's an error on Clendenon. Javier scores. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Ellis
Dock Ellis now pitching.
Cepeda hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Alou. Cepeda reaches second base with a double. Flood moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Shannon vs. Ellis
Shannon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flood scores. Cepeda moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McCarver vs. Walker
Luke Walker now pitching.
McCarver strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Spiezio vs. Walker
Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Mikkelsen
Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Mikkelsen
May bunts towards the mound. Mikkelsen fields it and throws to first for the out. Mazeroski moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Walker vs. Mikkelsen
Walker strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wills vs. Mikkelsen
Wills hits a fly ball into right field. Spiezio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Walker
Maxvill is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. Walker
Dick Schofield pinch hits for Pete Mikkelsen.
Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Walker
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wills fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/25/1968 -- Pittsburgh at St.Louis (N) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Wills M, 3b 5 1 2 1 Brock L, lf 5 0 1 0 Alley G, ss 3 1 1 1 Javier J, 2b 4 1 2 0 Clemente R, rf 4 0 2 0 Flood C, cf 4 1 1 1 Mota M, lf 4 0 2 1 Cepeda O, 1b 3 0 1 0 Alou M, cf 3 0 0 0 Shannon M, 3b 4 0 1 1 Clendenon D, 1b 4 0 0 0 McCarver T, c 4 0 0 0 Mazeroski B, 2b 4 0 1 0 Spiezio E, rf 3 0 0 0 May J, c 2 1 0 0 Maxvill D, ss 4 0 2 0 Veale B, p 2 0 0 0 Carlton S, p 2 0 0 0 Ellis D, p 0 0 0 0 Gagliano P, ph 1 0 0 0 Walker L, p 1 0 0 0 Willis R, p 0 0 0 0 Mikkelsen P, p 0 0 0 0 Schofield D, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 3 8 3 35 2 8 2 Pittsburgh 000 110 010 -- 3 St.Louis 000 000 020 -- 2 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Veale B (W)* 7.0 6 2 1 2 6 Ellis D+ 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 Walker L (S) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Carlton S (L) 7.0 4 2 2 3 4 Willis R# 0.0 3 1 1 0 0 Mikkelsen P 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th + Pitched to 2 batters in 8th # Pitched to 3 batters in 8th E -- Javier J, Clendenon D DP -- Pittsburgh 1, St.Louis 2 LOB -- Pittsburgh 7, St.Louis 8 2B -- Javier J, Cepeda O 3B -- Maxvill D, Wills M SB -- Brock L SH -- May J WP -- Veale B T -- 2:35 A -- 26927
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