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St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros

1968-05-01 · Night game · Astrodome · 12 innings · Att: 14726 · 2:55

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Houston Astros 3–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 12th. Bob Gibson earned the win. Julian Javier went 4-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	13
HOU	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7

W: Bob Gibson L: Wade Blasingame SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Jackowski · 1B: Frank Secory · 2B: Ken Burkhart · 3B: Harry Wendelstedt · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	5	0	2	0	1	1
Curt Flood	4	0	1	0	1	0
Roger Maris	4	0	0	0	0	1
Orlando Cepeda	5	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Edwards	5	1	3	0	0	1
Mike Shannon	5	1	0	0	0	1
Julian Javier	5	1	4	2	0	1
Dal Maxvill	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Gibson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tim McCarver	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Simpson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Schofield	1	0	1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron Davis	5	0	0	0	1	0
Norm Miller	6	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Wynn	4	0	1	0	1	1
Rusty Staub	4	0	4	0	0	0
Doug Rader	5	0	0	0	0	3
Hal King	1	0	0	0	0	1
Denis Menke	5	0	0	0	0	1
Julio Gotay	5	0	2	1	0	0
Dave Giusti	2	0	0	0	0	1
John Bateman	2	1	0	0	2	0
Ivan Murrell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Thomas	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Aspromonte	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Gibson	12.0	7	5	7

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Giusti	8.0	6	2	5
Jim Ray	2.0	2	0	0
Wade Blasingame	2.0	5	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Brock: K
Curt Flood: 53
Roger Maris: 8

Bot 1

Ron Davis: W
Norm Miller: 8
Jim Wynn: S/BR.1X2(4)
Rusty Staub: S7.1-3;B-2(E7)
Doug Rader: K

Top 2

Orlando Cepeda: E5.B-1
Johnny Edwards: PB.1-2
Johnny Edwards: K
Mike Shannon: 4/P
Julian Javier: K23

Bot 2

Hal King: K
Denis Menke: 4
Julio Gotay: 7

Top 3

Dal Maxvill: 9
Bob Gibson: 9
Lou Brock: S8
Curt Flood: SB2
Curt Flood: WP.2-3
Curt Flood: W
Roger Maris: K

Bot 3

Dave Giusti: K
Ron Davis: 9
Norm Miller: 5/FL

Top 4

Orlando Cepeda: 4/P
Johnny Edwards: S8
Mike Shannon: K
Julian Javier: D7.1-H;BX3(7525)

Bot 4

Jim Wynn: 63
Rusty Staub: S8
Doug Rader: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Dal Maxvill: S8
Bob Gibson: 14/SH.1-2
Lou Brock: W
Curt Flood: 6(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 5

John Bateman: E3.B-1
Denis Menke: E6.1-2;BX2(6343)
Julio Gotay: S9.2-H(UR)
Dave Giusti: 2/FL
Ron Davis: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Roger Maris: 43
Orlando Cepeda: S7
Johnny Edwards: 8
Mike Shannon: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Norm Miller: 43
Jim Wynn: K
Rusty Staub: S9
Doug Rader: K

Top 7

Julian Javier: S5
Dal Maxvill: 16(1)3/GDP
Bob Gibson: 8

Bot 7

John Bateman: 53
Denis Menke: K
Julio Gotay: 53

Top 8

Lou Brock: 2/FL
Curt Flood: 53
Roger Maris: 43

Bot 8

Ivan Murrell: 13
Ron Davis: 63
Norm Miller: 6/P

Top 9

Orlando Cepeda: 63
Johnny Edwards: S9
Mike Shannon: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Jim Wynn: 7
Rusty Staub: D7
Doug Rader: 9
John Bateman: IW
Denis Menke: 2/FL

Top 10

Julian Javier: S8
Tim McCarver: 5(B)3(1)/LDP
Bob Gibson: 8

Bot 10

Julio Gotay: 8
Lee Thomas: W
Ron Davis: 54(1)/FO
Norm Miller: 3/G

Top 11

Lou Brock: 63
Curt Flood: S7
Dick Simpson: K/C
Orlando Cepeda: 13

Bot 11

Jim Wynn: W
Rusty Staub: 13/SH.1-2
Doug Rader: K
John Bateman: IW
Denis Menke: 5(2)/FO

Top 12

Johnny Edwards: S8
Mike Shannon: 16(1)/FO
Julian Javier: T8.1-H;B-H(E6)
Dick Schofield: S8
Bob Gibson: WP.1-2
Bob Gibson: K
Lou Brock: S/BR.2X3(4)#

Bot 12

Julio Gotay: D9
Bob Aspromonte: 4/P
Ron Davis: 6/P
Norm Miller: 7