St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
August 15, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1968 at Wrigley Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 8, Chicago Cubs 0

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Javier 2b 2 2 1 1
  Schofield 2b 2 0 0 0
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 3 2 0 0
Shannon 3b 5 2 3 5
Edwards c 5 0 1 2
Davis rf 4 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 2 0 1 0
Briles p 4 1 2 0
Totals 35 8 9 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 1 0
Williams lf 3 0 1 0
Santo 3b 3 0 1 0
Banks 1b 4 0 0 0
Spangler rf 4 0 2 0
Hundley c 2 0 1 0
  Bobb c 2 0 0 0
Hickman cf 4 0 0 0
Holtzman p 0 0 0 0
  Lamabe p 0 0 0 0
  Stoneman p 0 0 0 0
  Nen ph 1 0 0 0
  Upham p 1 0 1 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 7 0
St. Louis 440 000 000890
Chicago 000 000 000070
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  W (16-7) 9.0 7 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
2
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (8-9) 0.1 4 4 4 0 0
  Lamabe   1.1 1 3 3 3 1
  Stoneman   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Upham   5.0 2 0 0 3 2
  Reynolds   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
8
8
6
4

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1, Chicago 1.  2B–St. Louis Brock (37,off Holtzman); Javier (19,off Holtzman); Edwards (8,off Holtzman).  HR–St. Louis Shannon (15,2nd inning off Stoneman 3 on, 2 out).  HBP–Cepeda (8,by Holtzman); Brock (3,by Upham).  Team LOB–8.  WP–Upham (1).  HBP–Holtzman (3,Cepeda); Upham (1,Brock).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:41.  A–23,116.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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