1968 NL Gane: St. Louis @ Cin.

September 4, 1968

  After splitting the 1st 2 games of this 3 game series, the last meeting this season between the top 2 teams in the NL proved to be a wild one. After scoring 1 run in the 1st inning and 7 runs in the 3rd, the Cincinnati Reds thought they had gotten control of the game. But the St. Louis Cardinals continued to battle. The lead changed hands 5 times and after scoring 2 runs in the top of the 9th, St. Louis was able to hold off the Reds in the bottom of the 9th and walk away with a 10-9 victory.
 With the Win, the Cardinals moved into a 1st place tie with Cincinnati in the NL. Meanwhile, the red-hot San Francisco Giants swept a doubleheader today against the Chicago Cubs and moved within 5.5 games of the league leaders. For San Francisco, it was their 9th Win in a row.

BOXSCORE: 1968 St. Louis Cardinals At 1968 Cincinnati Reds           9/4/1968
 
  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Brock LF          4  1  3  5 .304     P.Rose RF           5  2  3  1 .324  
  C.Flood CF          5  0  1  1 .301     A.Johnson LF        3  0  0  2 .320  
  R.Maris RF          5  1  1  0 .282   D-M.Jones LF          1  0  0  0 .251  
  O.Cepeda 1B         3  2  1  1 .257     V.Pinson CF         5  1  2  1 .299  
  J.Edwards C         5  1  1  2 .259     T.Perez 3B          4  1  0  0 .314  
  M.Shannon 3B        4  1  1  1 .279     J.Bench C           5  0  0  0 .290  
  P.Gagliano 2B       4  0  0  0 .241     L.May 1B            5  2  3  1 .290  
  J.Hoerner P         1  0  1  0 .400     T.Helms 2B          5  1  2  1 .319  
  D.Maxvill SS        3  2  2  0 .236     L.Cardenas SS       3  1  2  1 .258  
  N.Briles P          0  1  0  0 .181     J.Maloney P         0  0  0  0 .212  
  M.Nelson P          1  1  0  0 .188   A-J.Beauchamp PH      2  1  2  2 .258  
B-J.Javier 2B         2  0  0  0 .277     D.McGinn P          1  0  0  0 .000  
                                        C-P.Corrales PH       0  0  0  0 .194  
                                          C.Carroll P         0  0  0  0 .250  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37 10 11 10                 Totals      39  9 14  9
 
A-Pinch Hit For Maloney In 3rd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Nelson In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For McGinn In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Johnson In 8th Inning
 
Cardinals....... 0 3 2  3 0 0  0 0 2  - 10 11  0
Reds............ 1 0 7  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  9 14  2
 
Cardinals (82-59)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
N.Briles                  2 2/3   8   8   8   2   2   0   3.43
M.Nelson                  3 2/3   5   1   1   0   1   0   1.29
J.Hoerner WIN(2-1)        2 2/3   1   0   0   1   1   0   0.25
Totals                    9      14   9   9   3   4   0
 
Reds (80-57)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Maloney                 3       3   5   5   4   3   1   3.38
D.McGinn                  4       4   3   2   2   3   0   4.50
C.Carroll L(3-4) BS(5th)  2       4   2   2   0   1   0   2.32
Totals                    9      11  10   9   6   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 17,025 DATE- Wednesday, September 4th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 3:31
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 8  Reds: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0  Reds: 1
ERRORS- D.McGinn-2
DOUBLES- L.Brock-2(56th), R.Maris(17th), O.Cepeda(24th), V.Pinson(19th),
         L.May(21st), L.Cardenas(11th), J.Beauchamp(2nd)
TRIPLES- P.Rose(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Edwards(3rd)
RBIs- L.Brock-5(61st), C.Flood(65th), O.Cepeda(70th), J.Edwards-2(26th),
      M.Shannon(62nd), P.Rose(42nd), A.Johnson-2(50th), V.Pinson(58th),
      L.May(64th), T.Helms(57th), L.Cardenas(52nd), J.Beauchamp-2(8th)
STOLEN BASES- L.Brock(56th)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Nelson
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Shannon, A.Johnson
WALKS- L.Brock, O.Cepeda-2, D.Maxvill-2, N.Briles, T.Perez, L.Cardenas,
       P.Corrales
STRIKE OUTS- C.Flood-2, R.Maris, O.Cepeda, P.Gagliano-3, V.Pinson-2, J.Bench,
             L.Cardenas
WILD PITCHES- D.McGinn
PASSED BALLS- J.Bench
2-out RBI- L.Brock-3, L.May, T.Helms, J.Beauchamp-2, P.Rose
RLISP 2-out- O.Cepeda, C.Flood, L.Cardenas, A.Johnson, J.Edwards-2, P.Rose,
             J.Javier
TEAM RISP- Cardinals: 4 for 14  Reds: 6 for 12
 
In a startling finish the St. Louis Cardinals staged a comeback then held on
to win over the Cincinnati Reds by a score of 10 to 9 at Crosley Field.
 
St. Louis scored the decisive runs in a big top of the 9th inning with 2 runs
on 4 base hits.  Roger Maris started the inning off right when he doubled.
Orlando Cepeda followed next and he doubled knocking in a run.  After another
out, Mike Shannon then hit a deep fly scoring the final run of the inning.
The score went back-and-forth with the lead changing 5 times.  
 
Joe Hoerner(2-1) was the winner allowing no runs in 2 and 2/3 innings. Clay
Carroll(3-4) was charged with the loss in relief.  He allowed 2 runs and 4
hits in 2 innings.  
 
'Red Schoendienst was estatic following the game, 'You love stealing one on
the road like this.  We just kept plugging away until we pulled it out!'

 

San Francisco Giants GAME STORIES:

 

SAN FRANCISCO AT CHICAGO
Giants.......... 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 - 7 12 1
Cubs............ 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 - 4 12 1
Win:McCormick(10-13) Loss:Niekro(7-16) Save:Linzy(8th)
Homeruns- B.Bonds(3rd), W.McCovey(43rd), R.Santo(32nd)

At Wrigley Field the sizzling San Francisco Giants outscored the Chicago Cubs
7 to 4.

Mike McCormick(10-13) pitched well for San Francisco in their victory. He
allowed 9 hits and 1 walk in 7 and 1/3 innings. San Francisco and Chicago
each finished the afternoon with 12 hits.

Frank Linzy was credited with his 8th save. Joe Niekro(7-16) was tagged with
the loss. He got hammered, allowing 12 hits and 2 walks in 8 and 1/3
innings.


SAN FRANCISCO AT CHICAGO
Giants.......... 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 6 11 2
Cubs............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 8 0
Win:Herbel(3-2) Loss:Holtzman(6-18)
Homeruns- J.Hiatt(3rd)

Catcher Jack Hiatt connected with a 'big fly' and had 3 RBI at Wrigley Field
as the smoking-hot San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs by the count of
6 to 1.

Ron Herbel(3-2) put on a good performance. He gave up just 5 hits and 1 walk
in 7 and 2/3 innings. San Francisco finished with 11 hits while Chicago
ended up with 8.

Ken Holtzman(6-18) was given the loss. The winning ways continue for San
Francisco. They now have a record of 11-2 in recent days. With the loss,
Chicago has a record of 3-7 lately, 61-82 overall.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1968 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1968 Cincinnati CIN          80  57  .584 ----    24    72  65 .526   83  79 .512
1968 St. Louis SLN           82  59  .582 ----          89  52 .631   97  65 .599
1968 San Francisco SFN       76  64  .543  5.5          75  65 .536   88  74 .543
1968 Philadelphia PHN        73  67  .521  8.5          65  75 .464   76  86 .469
1968 Los Angeles LAN         72  68  .514  9.5          61  79 .436   76  86 .469
1968 Atlanta ATN             72  69  .511 10.0          71  70 .504   81  81 .500
1968 Pittsburgh PIN          71  69  .507 10.5          68  72 .486   80  82 .494
1968 New York NYN            65  78  .455 18.0          64  79 .448   73  89 .451
1968 Chicago CHN             61  82  .427 22.0          74  69 .517   84  78 .519
1968 Houston HON             51  90  .362 31.0          64  77 .454   72  90 .444