Astros @ Cardinals
July 11, 1968

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Astros 7 11 5
Cardinals 6 9 0
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Astros 7 11 5
Cardinals 6 9 0

Mike Shannon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .268
OBP 1.000 .328
At Bats 3 299
Hits 3 80
• Singles 3 54
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 28
RBI’s 0 39

Tom Dukes Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 2
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Busch Stadium - July 11, 1968
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Walk
Tom Dukes
Ron Brand
Rusty Staub
Denis Menke
Doug Rader
Hector Torres
Bob Aspromonte
Jim Wynn
Norm Miller
Mike Shannon
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Shannon takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Dukes strikes out.
Top 8 Aspromonte hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ron Willis now pitching. Menke strikes out.
Top 8 Wynn hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 8 Staub hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Staub reaches second base with a double. Torres moves to third.
Top 8 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Flood is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Ron Brand now catching. Tom Dukes now pitching. Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Granger covering, for the out.
Top 7 Ron Brand pinch hits for John Buzhardt. Brand is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Bateman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Aspromonte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Granger strikes out.
Bottom 6 Maxvill strikes out.
Top 6 Aspromonte 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 6 Rader strikes out.
Top 6 Menke hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Staub scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tolan for the out.
Bottom 5 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Shannon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 John Buzhardt now pitching. Cepeda strikes out.
Top 5 Wynn hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Staub moves to second.
Top 5 Staub hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miller scores.
Top 5 Wayne Granger now pitching. Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Granger fields it and throws to first for the out. Bateman scores. Miller moves to third.
Top 5 Miller hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tolan. Miller reaches second base with a double. Aspromonte scores. Bateman moves to third.
Top 5 Julio Gotay pinch hits for Danny Coombs. Gotay hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bateman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aspromonte moves to second.
Top 5 Aspromonte hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres misplays the ball. That's an error on Torres. Nelson scores. Brock moves to third. Javier moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Danny Coombs now pitching. Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tolan scores. Nelson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Nelson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Shannon scores. There goes Edwards trying to get to home. Wynn throws the ball in to Bateman who tags Edwards who's trying to score from second, for the out. Tolan moves to second.
Bottom 4 Maxvill strikes out.
Bottom 4 Tolan is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Edwards hits a line drive into center field. Wynn picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wynn. Shannon moves to third. Edwards moves to second.
Bottom 4 Shannon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Menke hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wynn hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Staub hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cepeda hits a fly ball into left field. Aspromonte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Giusti fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Giusti. Flood moves to second.
Bottom 3 Flood bunts towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Javier scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 There goes Javier. The throw from Bateman and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 3 Javier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brock scores.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Aspromonte fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Aspromonte. Nelson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Nelson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Maxvill is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Dave Giusti now pitching. Tolan hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Nate Colbert pinch hits for Mike Cuellar. Colbert strikes out.
Bottom 2 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Shannon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bateman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Aspromonte hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Menke scores.
Top 2 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Menke hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Flood. Menke reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Wynn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Flood hits a popup, foul, towards first. Staub settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Javier hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bateman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Torres hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Nelson, and towards Maxvill, who fields it and throws to first for the out.