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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Mets

1968-05-31 · Night game · Shea Stadium · Att: 41075 · 2:10

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Mets 2–0. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 3rd. Larry Jaster earned the win. Curt Flood went 3-for-5 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Larry Jaster L: Tom Seaver SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Al Barlick · 1B: Stan Landes · 2B: Ed Vargo · 3B: Bob Engel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	5	1	1	0	0	2
Curt Flood	5	1	3	1	0	1
Roger Maris	4	0	1	0	1	1
Orlando Cepeda	4	0	1	0	0	2
Tim McCarver	2	0	1	0	2	0
Mike Shannon	4	0	1	1	0	0
Julian Javier	4	0	0	0	0	2
Dal Maxvill	4	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Jaster	4	0	1	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Don Bosch	4	1	1
Cleon Jones	4	0	1
Ron Swoboda	3	0	1
Jerry Grote	3	0	1
Ed Charles	3	0	1
Greg Goossen	3	1	1
Phil Linz	3	0	0
Al Weis	3	0	0
Tom Seaver	2	0	1
Jerry Buchek	1	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Jaster	9.0	2	0	7

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Seaver	9.0	9	3	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Brock: K
Curt Flood: S8
Roger Maris: W.1-2
Orlando Cepeda: K
Tim McCarver: W.2-3;1-2
Mike Shannon: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Don Bosch: K
Cleon Jones: 13
Ron Swoboda: K/C

Top 2

Julian Javier: 4/P
Dal Maxvill: 63
Larry Jaster: 7/F

Bot 2

Jerry Grote: K
Ed Charles: K
Greg Goossen: 43

Top 3

Lou Brock: T7
Curt Flood: S9.3-H
Roger Maris: 7/F
Orlando Cepeda: 7/L
Tim McCarver: WP.1-2
Tim McCarver: IW
Mike Shannon: S8.1-2;2-H
Julian Javier: SB3
Julian Javier: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Phil Linz: 63
Al Weis: 8/F
Tom Seaver: K

Top 4

Dal Maxvill: 43
Larry Jaster: S7
Lou Brock: 36(1)/FO
Curt Flood: 43

Bot 4

Don Bosch: 8/F
Cleon Jones: K/C
Ron Swoboda: 13

Top 5

Roger Maris: S9
Orlando Cepeda: K
Tim McCarver: S9.1-2
Mike Shannon: 9/F.2-3
Julian Javier: K/C

Bot 5

Jerry Grote: 13
Ed Charles: 4/P
Greg Goossen: K

Top 6

Dal Maxvill: 7/F
Larry Jaster: 4/P
Lou Brock: K/C

Bot 6

Phil Linz: 53
Al Weis: 2/FL
Tom Seaver: 4/P

Top 7

Curt Flood: S7
Roger Maris: K/C
Orlando Cepeda: S8.1-2
Tim McCarver: 8/L
Mike Shannon: 6/P

Bot 7

Don Bosch: 7/F
Cleon Jones: 4/P
Ron Swoboda: 63

Top 8

Julian Javier: K
Dal Maxvill: 13
Larry Jaster: 9/F

Bot 8

Jerry Grote: 63
Ed Charles: 5/FL
Greg Goossen: S7
Phil Linz: 8/F

Top 9

Lou Brock: 6/L
Curt Flood: K
Roger Maris: 31

Bot 9

Al Weis: 8/F
Jerry Buchek: 7/F
Don Bosch: S7
Cleon Jones: 64(1)/FO