St. Louis Cardinals 5, Houston Astros 3
Regular Season Game 62
Played on Sunday, June 15, 1969 (D) at Busch Stadium II
HOU N 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 8 0 STL N 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 x - 5 6 0
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Valdespino lf 5 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 Geronimo pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Martinez ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 Wynn cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Menke 2b 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 Edwards c 3 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 Blefary 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 Geiger rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 Rader 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 Wilson p 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Gotay ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 3 8 2 3 9 24 7 BATTING - 2B: Menke (14,off Gibson). SF: Edwards (4,off Gibson). Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING - SB: Geiger (1,2nd base off Gibson/McCarver).
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Brock lf 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 Flood cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 Pinson rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 Day pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Huntz ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Torre 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 McCarver c 4 0 1 1 0 0 9 0 Javier 2b 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 Shannon 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 Maxvill ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 Davalillo ph,rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Gibson p 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Totals 29 5 6 5 2 9 27 4 BATTING - 2B: Torre (11,off Wilson). HR: Brock (7,1st inning off Wilson 0 on 0 out). SH: Gibson (2,off Wilson). IBB: Brock (6,by Wilson). Team LOB: 3. BASERUNNING - SB: Gibson (3,2nd base off Wilson/Edwards).
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Wilson L(5-6) 8 6 5 5 2 9 1 32 WP: Wilson (4). IBB: Wilson (4,Brock).
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gibson W(9-3) 9 8 3 3 3 9 0 38 WP: Gibson (1). Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Mel Steiner, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Dick Stello Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 24263 Starting Lineups: Houston Astros St. Louis Cardinals 1. Valdespino lf Brock lf 2. Martinez ss Flood cf 3. Wynn cf Pinson rf 4. Menke 2b Torre 1b 5. Edwards c McCarver c 6. Blefary 1b Javier 2b 7. Geiger rf Shannon 3b 8. Rader 3b Maxvill ss 9. Wilson p Gibson p ASTROS 1ST: Valdespino lined to third; Martinez flied out to left; Wynn popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock homered; Flood flied out to right; Pinson struck out; Torre popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cardinals 1. ASTROS 2ND: Menke struck out; Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Blefary walked; Geiger singled to center [Blefary to third]; Geiger stole second; Gibson threw a wild pitch [Blefary scored]; Rader popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 2ND: McCarver grounded out (second to first); Javier struck out; Shannon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 1. ASTROS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Valdespino struck out; Martinez singled to center; Wynn lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Maxvill was called out on strikes; Gibson struck out; Brock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 1. ASTROS 4TH: Menke singled to center; Edwards grounded out (second to first) [Menke to second]; Blefary flied out to right; Geiger popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Flood grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson was called out on strikes; Torre doubled to center; McCarver singled to center [Torre scored]; Javier struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 2. ASTROS 5TH: Rader was called out on strikes; Wilson popped to third; Valdespino was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Shannon struck out; Maxvill popped to second; Gibson walked; Gibson stole second; Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cardinals 2. ASTROS 6TH: Martinez was called out on strikes; Wynn walked; Menke doubled to center [Wynn to third]; Edwards hit a sacrifice fly to left [Wynn scored]; Blefary popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 6TH: Flood grounded out (third to first); Pinson flied out to left; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 2. ASTROS 7TH: Geiger grounded out (second to first); Rader struck out; Wilson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 7TH: McCarver made an out to first; Javier struck out; Shannon popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 2. ASTROS 8TH: Valdespino struck out; Martinez flied out to center; Wynn singled to left; Menke walked [Wynn to second]; Edwards flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 8TH: DAVALILLO BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Davalillo singled to right; Gibson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Davalillo to second]; Wilson threw a wild pitch [Davalillo to third]; Brock was walked intentionally; Flood singled to left [Davalillo scored, Brock to third]; Pinson singled to right [Brock scored, Flood to third]; DAY RAN FOR PINSON; Torre forced Day (second to shortstop) [Flood scored]; Debut game for Boots Day; McCarver flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Cardinals 5. ASTROS 9TH: DAVALILLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HUNTZ REPLACED DAY (PLAYING SS); Blefary flied out to right; Geiger singled to right; Rader struck out; GOTAY BATTED FOR WILSON; Gotay singled to center [Geiger to third]; Valdespino singled [Geiger scored, Gotay to second]; GERONIMO RAN FOR VALDESPINO; Martinez lined to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Cardinals 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Astros 3 8 0 8 Cardinals 5 6 0 3
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