1968 NL Game: St. Louis @ Cin.

September 2, 1968

 The top 2 teams in the NL met tonight in game 1 of an important 3 game Series. The St. Louis Cardinals came into Cincinnati trailing the 1st place Reds by 1 game. Cardinals had their ace Bob Gibson going for them and Cincinnati was countering with their ace Gary Nolan.
It was Nolan who came out on top in this matchup by pitching a brilliant 2 hit shutout as the Reds defeated the Cardinals 5-0. Gibson had his shortest stint of the season, getting chased in the 6th inning and taking the loss. Cincinnati now leads St. Louis by 2 games.

BOXSCORE: 1968 St. Louis Cardinals At 1968 Cincinnati Reds           9/2/1968
 
  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Brock LF          4  0  0  0 .302     P.Rose RF           5  0  2  2 .320  
  C.Flood CF          4  0  1  0 .300     A.Johnson LF        5  0  1  0 .322  
  R.Maris RF          4  0  0  0 .282     V.Pinson CF         3  0  0  0 .296  
  O.Cepeda 1B         2  0  1  0 .254     T.Perez 3B          2  1  0  0 .315  
  T.McCarver C        3  0  0  0 .236     J.Bench C           4  1  1  0 .296  
  M.Shannon 3B        3  0  0  0 .279     L.May 1B            2  2  1  2 .289  
  J.Javier 2B         1  0  0  0 .278     T.Helms 2B          4  0  1  0 .319  
  D.Maxvill SS        3  0  0  0 .233     L.Cardenas SS       4  1  1  1 .257  
  B.Gibson P          2  0  0  0 .123     G.Nolan P           2  0  1  0 .308  
  J.Hoerner P         0  0  0  0 .250                                          
  R.Willis P          0  0  0  0 .333                                          
A-J.Edwards PH        1  0  0  0 .260                                          
  M.Nelson P          0  0  0  0 .200                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      27  0  2  0                 Totals      31  5  8  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Willis In 8th Inning
 
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  0
Reds............ 0 2 0  0 0 3  0 0    -  5  8  0
 
Cardinals (80-59)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Gibson LOSS(19-8)       5 2/3   7   5   5   5   7   1   1.62
J.Hoerner                 0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.27
R.Willis                  1       0   0   0   1   0   0   2.23
M.Nelson                  1       1   0   0   0   0   0   1.19
Totals                    8       8   5   5   6   7   1
 
Reds (80-55)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
G.Nolan WIN(10-3)         9       2   0   0   3   6   0   1.94
Totals                    9       2   0   0   3   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 24,948 DATE- Monday, September 2nd 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bob Engel, Al Barlick, Stan Landes, Ed Vargo
T- 2:30
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 3  Reds: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0  Reds: 1
HOME RUNS- L.May(17th)
RBIs- P.Rose-2(41st), L.May-2(63rd), L.Cardenas(51st)
STOLEN BASES- O.Cepeda(17th)
CAUGHT STEALING- O.Cepeda
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Nolan
WALKS- O.Cepeda, J.Javier-2, V.Pinson, T.Perez-2, L.May-2, G.Nolan
STRIKE OUTS- C.Flood, R.Maris, O.Cepeda, M.Shannon, D.Maxvill, B.Gibson, P.Rose,
             J.Bench, L.May, T.Helms-2, L.Cardenas, G.Nolan
GIDP- D.Maxvill
2-out RBI- P.Rose-2
RLISP 2-out- D.Maxvill, P.Rose, T.Perez, V.Pinson, A.Johnson
TEAM RISP- Cardinals: 0 for 2  Reds: 3 for 8
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Tony Perez robbed Lou Brock of a base hit.
 
Pete Rose had 2 base hits and 2 RBI and Gary Nolan threw a 2 hit shutout as
the Cincinnati Reds topped the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 5 to 0 at
Crosley Field.
 
Nolan(10-3) was tremendous on the mound for Cincinnati.  He surrendered only 2
hits and 3 walks in 9 innings.  Cincinnati banged out 8 hits on the night.
 
Bob Gibson(19-8) was hit with the loss.  'He had his 'A' game tonight,' Dave
Bristol said of Nolan.  'Very impressive performance.'