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Giants
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
September 7, 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 September 7, 1968 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 7, 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 | September 7, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gaylord Perry |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ray Washburn |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 28,718 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ed Vargo 1B: Bob Engel 2B: Al Barlick 3B: Stan Landes |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
| Ron Hunt | Second Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
| Jim Ray Hart | Third Baseman |
| Jesus Alou | Left Fielder |
| Dick Dietz | Catcher |
| Hal Lanier | Shortstop |
| Gaylord Perry | Pitcher |
| Herman Franks | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
| Johnny Edwards | Catcher |
| Phil Gagliano | Third Baseman |
| Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
| Dick Schofield | Second Baseman |
| Dal Maxvill | Shortstop |
| Ray Washburn | Pitcher |
| Red Schoendienst | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
September 7, 1968
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Washburn
Bonds is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Washburn
Hunt is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Washburn
Mays strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Perry
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Perry
Flood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Perry
The ball gets by Dietz for a passed ball. Flood moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maris vs. Perry
Maris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Flood scores. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Perry
Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gagliano vs. Perry
Gagliano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Washburn
McCovey hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Washburn
Hart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gagliano fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Washburn
Alou strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Perry
Cepeda hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. Perry
Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perry fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Perry
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dietz vs. Washburn
Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Washburn
Lanier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perry vs. Washburn
Perry bunts in front of the plate. Edwards fields it and throws to first for the out. Lanier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bonds vs. Washburn
Bonds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lanier scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunt vs. Washburn
There goes Bonds. The throw from Edwards and he is safe. Bonds steals second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hunt vs. Washburn
Hunt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Washburn
Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bonds scores. Hunt moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McCovey vs. Washburn
McCovey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washburn vs. Perry
Washburn strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Perry
Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Perry
Flood strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Washburn
Hart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Washburn
Alou hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Hart moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dietz vs. Washburn
Dietz takes first base on ball four. Hart moves to third. Alou moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lanier vs. Washburn
Lanier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hart scores. Alou moves to third. Dietz moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Perry vs. Washburn
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Washburn covering. It's a double play. Alou scores. Dietz moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bonds vs. Washburn
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Perry
Maris hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Perry
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Perry covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gagliano vs. Perry
Gagliano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Perry
Cepeda hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Washburn
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Washburn
Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Washburn
McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mays moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hart vs. Washburn
Hart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out. Mays scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Washburn
Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hart moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dietz vs. Willis
Ron Willis now pitching.
Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gagliano fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. Perry
Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Perry covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Perry
Ed Spiezio pinch hits for Dal Maxvill.
Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Perry
Tim McCarver pinch hits for Ron Willis.
McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Hughes
Ed Spiezio now playing third base. Dick Schofield now playing shortstop. Phil Gagliano now playing second base. Dick Hughes now pitching.
Lanier hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Hughes
Perry hits a popup towards short. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Hughes
Bonds hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris who is chasing the ball. Bonds reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hunt vs. Hughes
Hunt hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Perry
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Perry
Flood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Perry
Maris hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Flood moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Edwards vs. Perry
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Hughes
Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Hughes
McCovey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Hughes
Hart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Hughes
Alou hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gagliano vs. Perry
Jim Davenport now playing third base.
Gagliano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Perry
Cepeda takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schofield vs. Perry
Schofield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cepeda moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spiezio vs. Perry
Spiezio hits a popup towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tolan vs. Perry
Bobby Tolan pinch hits for Dick Hughes.
Tolan strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dietz vs. Nelson
Mel Nelson now pitching.
Dietz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lanier vs. Nelson
Lanier bunts towards the mound. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out. Dietz moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perry vs. Nelson
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to first for the out. Dietz moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bonds vs. Nelson
Bonds takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hunt vs. Nelson
Hunt strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Perry
Brock hits a fly ball towards center. Mays settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Mays. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Perry
Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Perry
Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Perry
Edwards strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Nelson
Mays hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Nelson
McCovey hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Nelson
Davenport takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Nelson
Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Davenport moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dietz vs. Nelson
Davenport is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gagliano vs. Perry
Gagliano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Perry
Cepeda hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. Perry
Schofield is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/7/1968 -- San Francisco at St.Louis (D)
San Francisco AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Bonds B, rf 4 1 2 1 Brock L, lf 4 0 0 0
Hunt R, 2b 4 0 0 0 Flood C, cf 3 1 1 0
Mays W, cf 5 1 2 1 Maris R, rf 4 0 2 1
McCovey W, 1b 5 0 1 0 Edwards J, c 4 0 0 0
Hart J, 3b 4 1 2 1 Gagliano P, 3b-2b 4 0 1 0
Davenport J, 3b 0 0 0 0 Cepeda O, 1b 3 0 0 0
Alou J, lf 5 1 2 0 Schofield D, 2b-ss 4 0 1 0
Dietz D, c 2 0 0 0 Maxvill D, ss 1 0 0 0
Lanier H, ss 3 1 2 1 Spiezio E, ph-3b 2 0 0 0
Perry G, p 3 0 0 0 Washburn R, p 1 0 0 0
Willis R, p 0 0 0 0
McCarver T, ph 1 0 0 0
Hughes D, p 0 0 0 0
Tolan B, ph 1 0 0 0
Nelson M, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 5 11 4 32 1 5 1
San Francisco 002 210 000 -- 5
St.Louis 100 000 000 -- 1
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Perry G (W) 9.0 5 1 1 2 5
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn R (L) 4.2 8 5 3 2 4
Willis R 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Hughes D 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Nelson M 2.0 1 0 0 3 1
E -- Maxvill D, Mays W
DP -- San Francisco 1, St.Louis 1
LOB -- San Francisco 10, St.Louis 6
3B -- Bonds B
SB -- Bonds B
CS -- Davenport J
SH -- Perry G, Lanier H
PB -- Dietz D
T -- 2:35
A -- 28718
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