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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1968-08-24 · Day game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 31019 · 2:35

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 7th. Roy Face earned the win. Willie Stargell went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Roy Face L: Bob Gibson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mel Steiner · 1B: Paul Pryor · 2B: Augie Donatelli · 3B: Tony Venzon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Freddie Patek	3	1	0	0	2	2
Maury Wills	4	0	1	0	0	1
Matty Alou	3	1	0	1	0	2
Roberto Clemente	4	1	1	0	0	3
Willie Stargell	4	1	2	3	0	1
Donn Clendenon	4	1	0	0	0	2
Gene Alley	4	0	1	1	0	1
Jerry May	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Moose	1	0	0	0	0	1
Manny Jimenez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Manny Mota	1	0	0	0	0	1
Roy Face	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	3	1	1	0	1	0
Curt Flood	4	0	1	0	0	0
Roger Maris	4	0	1	1	0	0
Orlando Cepeda	4	1	1	0	0	1
Johnny Edwards	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Shannon	4	1	1	1	0	0
Julian Javier	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dal Maxvill	3	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Gibson	3	0	1	1	0	0
Tim McCarver	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Tolan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Gagliano	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Moose	3.2	8	0	1
Luke Walker	0.0	0	1	0
Tommie Sisk	1.1	0	0	0
Al McBean	2.0	0	0	0
Roy Face	2.0	1	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Gibson	9.0	6	2	15

Play-by-play

Top 1

Freddie Patek: W
Maury Wills: 53.1-2
Matty Alou: K
Roberto Clemente: K

Bot 1

Lou Brock: S9
Curt Flood: SB2
Curt Flood: S9.2-3
Roger Maris: S8.3-H;1X3(85)
Orlando Cepeda: K/C
Johnny Edwards: S9.1-3
Mike Shannon: 54(1)/FO

Top 2

Willie Stargell: 5/P
Donn Clendenon: K
Gene Alley: 8

Bot 2

Julian Javier: 53
Dal Maxvill: 53
Bob Gibson: 1/G

Top 3

Jerry May: 8
Bob Moose: K
Freddie Patek: K

Bot 3

Lou Brock: 8
Curt Flood: 53
Roger Maris: 3/L

Top 4

Maury Wills: K
Matty Alou: K
Roberto Clemente: K

Bot 4

Orlando Cepeda: D7
Johnny Edwards: 43.2-3
Mike Shannon: S8.3-H
Julian Javier: 7
Dal Maxvill: S8.1-2
Bob Gibson: S9.2-H;1-3
Lou Brock: SB2
Lou Brock: W
Curt Flood: WP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Curt Flood: 3/FL

Top 5

Willie Stargell: K
Donn Clendenon: 6/L
Gene Alley: 8

Bot 5

Roger Maris: 3/G
Orlando Cepeda: 5/P
Johnny Edwards: 43

Top 6

Jerry May: S9
Manny Jimenez: 36(1)/FO
Freddie Patek: K
Maury Wills: 7

Bot 6

Mike Shannon: 5/FL
Julian Javier: 8
Dal Maxvill: 43

Top 7

Matty Alou: E3.B-1
Roberto Clemente: S8.1-3
Willie Stargell: HR/7.3-H;1-H(UR)
Donn Clendenon: K
Gene Alley: K
Jerry May: K/C

Bot 7

Bob Gibson: 8
Lou Brock: 63
Curt Flood: 43

Top 8

Manny Mota: K
Freddie Patek: W
Maury Wills: D9.1-3
Matty Alou: 9/SF.3-H
Roberto Clemente: K

Bot 8

Roger Maris: 43
Orlando Cepeda: 63
Johnny Edwards: 43

Top 9

Willie Stargell: D9
Donn Clendenon: E6.2-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Gene Alley: S9.2-H(UR)
Jerry May: 14/SH.1-2
Roy Face: 63
Freddie Patek: 53

Bot 9

Mike Shannon: 6/P
Tim McCarver: S9
Bobby Tolan: 6/P
Phil Gagliano: 5/L

Notes & reviews

Cardinals coach Schultz ejected by 3B umpire Venzon for arguing that Flood was safe at 3rd
Pirates manager Shepard and coach Virdon ejected by HP umpire Steiner for arguing balls and strikes with Edwards at bat

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