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1968 Regular Season Game 139
August 31, 1968
Cardinals 2, Mets 0
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National League Standings, August 31, 1968

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Agee Tommie
Agee
ss
Harrelson Bud
Harrelson
c
Grote Jerry
Grote
3b
Charles Ed
Charles
rf
Swoboda Ron
Swoboda
lf
Buchek Jerry
Buchek
2b
Linz Phil
Linz
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
p
McAndrew Jim
McAndrew
August 31, 1968, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

St. Louis Cardinals 2, New York Mets 0

Cardinals ab r hbibbso
Lou Brock lf 4 1 2 0 0 0
Curt Flood cf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Roger Maris rf 4 1 3 1 0 0
Orlando Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1
Tim McCarver c 4 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Shannon 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2
Julian Javier 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0
Dal Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0 0 1
Steve Carlton p 3 0 0 0 0 1
- Joe Hoerner p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Tommie Agee cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .191
Bud Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .222
Jerry Grote c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278
Ed Charles 3b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .287
Ron Swoboda rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .248
Jerry Buchek lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .196
Phil Linz 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .210
Ed Kranepool 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .249
- Larry Stahl pr-1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Jim McAndrew p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000
- Cleon Jones ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .285
- Ron Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1

St. Louis Cardinals ip h rer bbso
Steve Carlton (W) 7.1 6 0 0 2 6
Joe Hoerner 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Jim McAndrew (L,1-6) 8.0 9 2 2 0 5 2.53
Ron Taylor 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2.95

Errors: Ron Swoboda (5).
2B: Jerry Buchek (4), Lou Brock, Julian Javier, Roger Maris.
SB: Ed Charles (4).
CS: Tommie Agee (6).


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