1968 NL Standings

August 29, 1968

 The St. Louis Cardinals regained 1st place in the NL tonight with a shutout win against the Pittsburgh Pirates while the Cincinnati Reds lost to the NY Mets. Cincinnati had wrestled the top spot away from St. Louis on August 10th but could never put any distance between themselves and the Cardinals.

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1968 National League                Date: 8/29/1968
 
 
CINCINNATI AT NEW YORK
Reds............ 0 3 0  0 0 2  0 0 0  -  5 13  1
Mets............ 0 1 0  0 3 0  1 1    -  6 13  0
Win:Jackson(2-9) Loss:Lee(3-2)
Homeruns- M.Jones(7th), F.Whitfield(7th)
 
30,633 fans were treated to a fine game at Shea Stadium as only one run
separated the combatants at game's end.  The New York Mets won by the
slimmest of margins, 6 to 5.
 
The game was decided in the 8th inning.  After two outs Cleon Jones doubled.
Bud Harrelson stepped into the batter's box and he hit a single scoring the
run.  Cincinnati had a chance to come back in the 9th but they came up short.
 
The victory went to Al Jackson(2-9) who went 3 and 1/3 innings, allowing no
runs. Bob Lee(3-2) was the loser in relief.  He allowed 2 runs and 4 hits in
1 and 2/3 innings.
  
 
ST. LOUIS AT PITTSBURGH
Cardinals....... 2 0 0  0 0 1  1 0 0  -  4  9  0
Pirates......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  1
Win:Washburn(14-9) Loss:Moose(9-4)
 
Curt Flood had 3 base hits and Ray Washburn had a strong outing as the St.
Louis Cardinals bested the Pittsburgh Pirates 4 to 0 at Forbes
Field.
 
Washburn(14-9) was on top of his game.  He allowed only 4 hits and no walks in
9 innings.  St. Louis managed 9 hits in their victory.  
 
Bob Moose(9-4) was tagged with the loss.  He gave up 6 hits and 2 walks in 6
innings.
 

 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1968 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1968 St. Louis SLN           80  55  .593 ----    29    85  50 .630   97  65 .599
1968 Cincinnati CIN          77  54  .588  1.0          71  60 .542   83  79 .512
1968 Philadelphia PHN        70  63  .526  9.0          60  73 .451   76  86 .469
1968 Los Angeles LAN         70  63  .526  9.0          57  76 .429   76  86 .469
1968 San Francisco SFN       69  64  .519 10.0          72  61 .541   88  74 .543
1968 Atlanta ATN             70  65  .519 10.0          67  68 .496   81  81 .500
1968 Pittsburgh PIN          66  68  .493 13.5          64  70 .478   80  82 .494
1968 New York NYN            60  77  .438 21.0          62  75 .453   73  89 .451
1968 Chicago CHN             59  77  .434 21.5          70  66 .515   84  78 .519
1968 Houston HON             50  85  .370 30.0          63  72 .467   72  90 .444