Astros @ Cardinals
September 27, 1968

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Bottom 8 R H E
Astros 0 6 0
Cardinals 1 8 1
Bottom 8 R H E
Astros 0 6 0
Cardinals 1 8 1

Roger Maris Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .256
OBP .000 .306
At Bats 3 305
Hits 0 78
• Singles 0 53
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 0 44

Wade Blasingame Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 1
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Busch Stadium - September 27, 1968
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Walk
Wade Blasingame
Dave Adlesh
Rusty Staub
Denis Menke
Doug Rader
Hector Torres
Jim Wynn
Nate Colbert
Jose Herrera
Roger Maris
Curt Flood
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Maris takes first base on ball four. Flood moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Flood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Wade Blasingame now pitching. Jim Wynn now playing left field. Nate Colbert now playing center field. Brock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Herrera hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lee Thomas pinch hits for Larry Dierker. Thomas hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Nate Colbert pinch runs for Bob Aspromonte. Adlesh bunts towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Adlesh for the out. Colbert moves to second.
Top 8 Aspromonte hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Gibson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Maxvill hits a popup, foul, towards first. Staub settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Javier hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Shannon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Herrera. Shannon reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 There goes Menke. The throw from McCarver and he is out, Maxvill applying the tag.
Top 7 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McCarver hits a fly ball into left field. Aspromonte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cepeda strikes out.
Bottom 6 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Wynn is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Torres strikes out.
Top 6 Gibson fires over to first and Cepeda drops the ball. That's an error on Cepeda. Herrera moves to second.
Top 6 Herrera hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Dierker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Flood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Javier scores. There goes Brock trying to get to home. Wynn throws the ball in to Torres who relays the ball to Adlesh, who tags Brock, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 5 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Javier moves to third.
Bottom 5 Gibson bunts towards the mound. Dierker fields it and throws to first for the out. Javier moves to second.
Bottom 5 Maxvill strikes out.
Bottom 5 Javier takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Adlesh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Aspromonte strikes out.
Top 5 There go the runners. The throw from McCarver to Shannon. The throw back to home, and Rader is out at the plate.
Top 5 Menke hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rader moves to third.
Top 5 Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Shannon strikes out.
Bottom 4 McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Herrera throws the ball in to Torres who tags McCarver trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 4 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Staub 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 4 Wynn strikes out.
Top 4 Torres is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Maris hits a fly ball into right field. Herrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Herrera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Dierker strikes out.
Top 3 Adlesh hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Maxvill hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Shannon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McCarver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Aspromonte strikes out.
Top 2 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Rader strikes out.
Bottom 1 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Maris hits a fly ball into left field. Aspromonte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Wynn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Torres hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Herrera strikes out.