1968 NL Game: St. Louis @ NY Gibson Throws 2nd Shutout in a Row

July 30, 1968

 Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals followed up his last start, a 1-0 no-hitter Win, with another 1-0 Win. This time it was a 5-hit shutout victory over the New York Mets. For Gibson, it was his 7th shutout Win of the season. Dick Selma was the hard luck losing pitcher for the Mets. The Cardinals scored an unearned run in the 9th inning off Selma for the only score of the game.

BOXSCORE: 1968 St. Louis Cardinals At 1968 New York Mets            7/30/1968
 
  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Brock LF          4  0  1  0 .315     B.Harrelson SS      4  0  0  0 .218  
  C.Flood CF          4  1  0  0 .296     L.Stahl CF          4  0  0  0 .229  
  R.Maris RF          4  0  0  0 .298     C.Jones RF          4  0  1  0 .305  
  O.Cepeda 1B         4  0  2  0 .264     E.Charles 3B        4  0  0  0 .302  
  T.McCarver C        4  0  0  0 .234     E.Kranepool 1B      4  0  0  0 .251  
  M.Shannon 3B        4  0  3  1 .288     A.Shamsky LF        3  0  0  0 .209  
  J.Javier 2B         4  0  0  0 .276     J.Grote C           3  0  2  0 .253  
  D.Maxvill SS        2  0  0  0 .253   A-R.Swoboda PR        0  0  0  0 .233  
  B.Gibson P          1  0  0  0 .145   B-J.Martin C          0  0  0  0 .270  
                                          J.Buchek 2B         3  0  0  0 .220  
                                          D.Selma P           3  0  2  0 .238  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  6  1                 Totals      32  0  5  0
 
A-Pinch Ran For Grote In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Swoboda In 9th Inning
 
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  1  6  1
Mets............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  1
 
Cardinals (67-38)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Gibson WIN(17-5)        9       5   0   0   0  10   0   1.20
Totals                    9       5   0   0   0  10   0
 
Mets (44-62)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Selma LOSS(6-9)         9       6   1   0   2   3   0   2.49
Totals                    9       6   1   0   2   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 25,324 DATE- Tuesday, July 30th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 1:52
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 6  Mets: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 1  Mets: 1
ERRORS- D.Maxvill, J.Buchek
DOUBLES- O.Cepeda(20th)
RBIs- M.Shannon(49th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Gibson
WALKS- D.Maxvill, B.Gibson
STRIKE OUTS- O.Cepeda, T.McCarver, M.Shannon, B.Harrelson-3, L.Stahl, C.Jones,
             E.Charles-3, J.Buchek, D.Selma
GIDP- J.Javier
2-out RBI- M.Shannon
RLISP 2-out- C.Flood, M.Shannon, J.Javier
TEAM RISP- Cardinals: 2 for 7  Mets: 0 for 0
 
Bob Gibson whiffed 10 batters at Shea Stadium where the St. Louis Cardinals
beat the New York Mets by the score of 1 to 0.
 
The game was won by St. Louis with a run in the top of the 9th inning.  Curt
Flood reached on an error.  After an out was recorded, Orlando Cepeda came up
and he laced a single.  Tim McCarver was next to bat, but he was a strikeout
victim.  Mike Shannon was up next and he slapped a single scoring the run.
St. Louis had just 6 hits for the night.  
 
For Gibson(17-5) it was his 7th shutout this year. The loss was charged to
Dick Selma(6-9).  He was a hard-luck loser as he did not allow an earned run
in his 9 innings of work.  
 
'Everything felt great' Gibson said. 'I had a good fastball, I felt I could
throw it by everybody tonight.'