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St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros

1968-09-13 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 15425 · dome, dry · 2:02

Houston Astros defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–2. Houston Astros put up 3 in the 1st. Dave Giusti earned the win and Steve Shea picked up the save. Orlando Cepeda 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	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	5
HOU	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	6

W: Dave Giusti L: Ray Washburn SV: Steve Shea

Umpires — HP: John Kibler · 1B: Shag Crawford · 2B: Chris Pelekoudas · 3B: Doug Harvey · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	4	0	2	0	0	1
Curt Flood	3	0	1	0	1	0
Roger Maris	4	0	0	1	0	0
Orlando Cepeda	3	1	2	1	1	0
Tim McCarver	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Shannon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Julian Javier	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dal Maxvill	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Washburn	2	0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Tolan	1	1	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denis Menke	4	1	0	0	0	1
Norm Miller	3	1	2	0	1	0
Jim Wynn	3	0	0	1	0	0
Rusty Staub	4	1	2	0	0	0
Doug Rader	3	1	1	1	0	0
Nate Colbert	3	0	1	1	0	1
Ron Brand	3	0	0	0	0	0
Leon McFadden	2	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Giusti	2	0	0	0	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Washburn	7.0	6	2	4
Joe Hoerner	1.0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Giusti	7.0	5	2	6
Danny Coombs	0.1	0	0	0
Steve Shea	1.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Brock: K
Curt Flood: D7
Roger Maris: 43
Orlando Cepeda: W
Tim McCarver: K

Bot 1

Denis Menke: 13
Norm Miller: T9
Jim Wynn: 8/SF.3-H
Rusty Staub: T7
Doug Rader: S7.3-H
Nate Colbert: PO1(E2).1-3#
Nate Colbert: S9.3-H(UR)
Ron Brand: 8

Top 2

Mike Shannon: K
Julian Javier: 63
Dal Maxvill: 63

Bot 2

Leon McFadden: W
Dave Giusti: 14/SH.1-2
Denis Menke: FC4.2X3(456);B-1
Norm Miller: SB2.1-H(E2/TH2)(E8)(UR)
Norm Miller: W
Jim Wynn: CS2(24)

Top 3

Ray Washburn: K
Lou Brock: S8
Curt Flood: 43.1-2
Roger Maris: 43

Bot 3

Jim Wynn: 6/FL
Rusty Staub: 9
Doug Rader: 53

Top 4

Orlando Cepeda: HR/7
Tim McCarver: 4/L
Mike Shannon: 43
Julian Javier: 8

Bot 4

Nate Colbert: 63
Ron Brand: 8
Leon McFadden: 53

Top 5

Dal Maxvill: 53
Ray Washburn: K
Lou Brock: 13

Bot 5

Dave Giusti: K
Denis Menke: 4/P
Norm Miller: S9
Jim Wynn: 6/P

Top 6

Curt Flood: 8
Roger Maris: 1/G
Orlando Cepeda: D9
Tim McCarver: 43

Bot 6

Rusty Staub: S9
Doug Rader: 5/FL
Nate Colbert: PO1(1E3)
Nate Colbert: K
Ron Brand: 63

Top 7

Mike Shannon: 8
Julian Javier: K
Dal Maxvill: 13

Bot 7

Leon McFadden: 53
Dave Giusti: K
Denis Menke: K

Top 8

Bobby Tolan: E5.B-1
Lou Brock: S7.1-2
Curt Flood: W.2-3;1-2
Roger Maris: 46(1)/FO.3-H(UR);2-3
Orlando Cepeda: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Norm Miller: 3/BP
Jim Wynn: 3/FL
Rusty Staub: 3/FL

Top 9

Tim McCarver: 3/P
Mike Shannon: 6/P
Julian Javier: 3/L