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St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros

1968-05-02 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 11431 · 2:14

Houston Astros defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–0. Houston Astros put up 2 in the 3rd. Denny Lemaster earned the win. John Bateman went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Denny Lemaster L: Nelson Briles SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Lou Brock	4	0	0	1
Julian Javier	4	0	0	0
Curt Flood	4	0	0	0
Orlando Cepeda	3	1	0	1
Dick Simpson	3	0	0	1
Tim McCarver	3	0	0	0
Mike Shannon	3	1	0	0
Dal Maxvill	1	0	1	1
Nelson Briles	2	1	0	1
Ed Spiezio	1	0	0	0
Phil Gagliano	1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron Davis	4	1	1	0	1	1
Norm Miller	4	2	3	1	1	0
Jim Wynn	5	0	3	1	0	2
Rusty Staub	4	0	2	1	1	1
Doug Rader	5	0	0	0	0	0
Denis Menke	5	0	2	0	0	1
Julio Gotay	4	0	0	0	0	1
John Bateman	3	1	2	1	1	0
Denny Lemaster	4	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nelson Briles	7.0	11	3	6
Ron Willis	0.1	1	1	0
Larry Jaster	0.2	1	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Denny Lemaster	9.0	3	1	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Brock: K
Julian Javier: 5/P
Curt Flood: 7

Bot 1

Ron Davis: 6/L
Norm Miller: S9
Jim Wynn: K/C
Rusty Staub: 43

Top 2

Orlando Cepeda: K
Dick Simpson: K/C
Tim McCarver: 143

Bot 2

Doug Rader: 53
Denis Menke: S7
Julio Gotay: 36(1)/FO
John Bateman: S9.1-3
Denny Lemaster: 2/FL

Top 3

Mike Shannon: 9
Dal Maxvill: W
Nelson Briles: K
Lou Brock: 43

Bot 3

Ron Davis: S7
Norm Miller: D8.1-H
Jim Wynn: S8.2-H
Rusty Staub: S7.1-3
Doug Rader: FC5.3XH(5281);1-3;B-1
Denis Menke: 13.1-2
Julio Gotay: 53

Top 4

Julian Javier: 63
Curt Flood: 5/L
Orlando Cepeda: 4/P

Bot 4

John Bateman: HR/7
Denny Lemaster: K
Ron Davis: W
Norm Miller: D7.1-3
Jim Wynn: K
Rusty Staub: IW
Doug Rader: 9

Top 5

Dick Simpson: 7
Tim McCarver: 31
Mike Shannon: 63

Bot 5

Denis Menke: E5.B-1
Julio Gotay: CS2(26)
Julio Gotay: K
John Bateman: 53

Top 6

Dal Maxvill: K
Nelson Briles: S8
Lou Brock: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Denny Lemaster: 7
Ron Davis: K/C
Norm Miller: E3.B-1
Jim Wynn: S7.1-2
Rusty Staub: K/C

Top 7

Julian Javier: 8
Curt Flood: 63
Orlando Cepeda: S7
Dick Simpson: 3/P

Bot 7

Doug Rader: 53
Denis Menke: S8.B-2(E8)
Julio Gotay: 53
John Bateman: IW
Denny Lemaster: 53

Top 8

Tim McCarver: 3/P
Mike Shannon: D9
Ed Spiezio: 53
Phil Gagliano: 4/P

Bot 8

Ron Davis: 53
Norm Miller: W
Jim Wynn: S9.1-2
Rusty Staub: S9.2-H;1-3
Doug Rader: 6/P
Denis Menke: K

Top 9

Lou Brock: 7
Julian Javier: 53
Curt Flood: 53