Cardinals @ Giants
May 3, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 4 7 0
Giants 4 9 1
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Cardinals 4 7 0
Giants 5 10 1

Willie Mays Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .296
OBP .000 .342
At Bats 4 71
Hits 0 21
• Singles 0 12
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 12

Steve Carlton Season Stats

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2 0 0
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Candlestick Park - May 3, 1968
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Single
Steve Carlton
Tim McCarver
Orlando Cepeda
Julian Javier
Mike Shannon
Dal Maxvill
Lou Brock
Curt Flood
Roger Maris
Willie Mays
Willie McCovey

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 4 7 0 5
San Francisco Giants 5 10 1 9
Winning Pitcher Juan Marichal
Losing Pitcher Steve Carlton
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Willie Mays
Attendance 15,935
Time of Game 2 hours 35 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCovey scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 There goes McCovey. The throw from McCarver and he is safe. McCovey steals second.
Bottom 9 McCovey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brown scores. Alou scores.
Bottom 9 Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Carlton covering, for the out. Brown moves to third. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 9 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 9 Jack Hiatt pinch hits for Juan Marichal. Hiatt is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Ollie Brown pinch hits for Hal Lanier. Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Carlton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marichal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Hart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Shannon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carlton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Davenport hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Hart hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mays hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cepeda takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maris for the out.
Top 8 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hunt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Marichal strikes out.
Top 7 Brock hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dietz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Carlton hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Maxvill hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lanier hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carlton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Davenport hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Javier hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hunt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Shannon strikes out.
Top 6 There goes McCarver. The throw from Dietz and he is safe. McCarver steals second.
Top 6 McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cepeda is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Hart hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mays is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 McCovey takes first base on ball four. Hunt moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hunt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maris for the out.
Top 5 Flood hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Brock is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Carlton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Maxvill is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Marichal strikes out.
Bottom 4 Lanier hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Davenport tags and scores. Dietz tags and moves to third.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Davenport moves to third. Dietz moves to second.
Bottom 4 Dietz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Davenport moves to second.
Bottom 4 Davenport hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hart hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Shannon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hunt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McCarver hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mays is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Marichal moves to third. Hunt moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hunt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carlton fields it and throws to first for the out. Marichal moves to second.
Bottom 3 Marichal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dietz scores.
Bottom 3 Lanier bunts towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Javier covering, for the out. Dietz moves to second.
Bottom 3 Dietz takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Maris is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Flood takes first base on ball four. Brock moves to second.
Top 3 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey juggles the ball. That's an error on McCovey.
Top 3 Carlton hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carlton for the out.
Bottom 2 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hart hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Maxvill hits a line drive towards first. McCovey catches it and throws to second to double up Shannon.
Top 2 Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Shannon moves to second.
Top 2 Shannon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 McCarver hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Alou strikes out.
Top 1 Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Marichal covering, for the out.
Top 1 Flood hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Brock hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.