Cardinals @ Braves
August 11, 1968

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Top 9 R H E
Cardinals 3 6 1
Braves 5 12 0
Top 9 R H E
Cardinals 3 6 1
Braves 5 12 0

Johnny Edwards Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .252
OBP .333 .305
At Bats 3 159
Hits 1 40
• Singles 1 30
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 1 21

Phil Niekro Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 8 0
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - August 11, 1968
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Phil Niekro
Bob Tillman
Deron Johnson
Felix Millan
Bob Johnson
Marty Martinez
Tommie Aaron
Felipe Alou
Hank Aaron
Johnny Edwards
Curt Flood

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 3 6 1 2
Atlanta Braves 5 12 0 10
Winning Pitcher Pat Jarvis
Losing Pitcher Steve Carlton
Save Phil Niekro
Game Winning RBI Felix Millan
Attendance 34,874
Time of Game 2 hours 44 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Cepeda hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brock scores. Flood moves to second.
Top 9 Phil Niekro now pitching. Flood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brock moves to third.
Top 9 Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Millan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Mel Nelson now pitching. Jarvis strikes out.
Top 8 Tim McCarver pinch hits for Dick Hughes. McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Jarvis covering, for the out.
Top 8 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Martinez hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tillman strikes out.
Bottom 7 Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Shannon strikes out.
Top 7 Edwards hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tolan scores.
Top 7 Cepeda hits a fly ball into left field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tolan moves to third.
Top 7 Tolan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Tolan reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Aaron. The throw from Edwards and he is safe. Aaron steals second.
Bottom 6 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out. Alou moves to third.
Bottom 6 Millan bunts towards the mound. Hughes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 6 Dick Hughes now pitching. Alou takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 6 Floyd Wicker pinch hits for Wayne Granger. Wicker hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Jarvis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Tillman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Javier hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Shannon is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Edwards hits a popup towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Aaron 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 4 Wayne Granger now pitching. Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aaron scores. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alou scores. Millan scores. Aaron moves to second.
Bottom 4 Aaron is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Millan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Millan reaches second base with a double. Jarvis scores. Alou moves to third.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tillman scores. Jarvis moves to second.
Bottom 4 Jarvis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it and throws to second for the out. Tillman moves to third.
Bottom 4 Martinez takes first base on ball four. Tillman moves to second.
Bottom 4 Tillman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cepeda hits a fly ball into left field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tolan hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill misplays the ball. That's an error on Maxvill. Millan moves to third. Aaron moves to second.
Bottom 3 Millan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Carlton fires to first and has Alou trapped. There's the throw to Maxvill who tags Alou for the out.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Brock is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Carlton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Maxvill hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jarvis strikes out.
Bottom 2 Martinez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Tillman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Javier hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Shannon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Millan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Tolan hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Flood is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.