Cardinals @ Mets
June 1, 1968

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Bottom 10 R H E
Cardinals 6 10 0
Mets 5 8 0
Bottom 10 R H E
Cardinals 6 10 0
Mets 5 8 0

Jerry Grote Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .301
OBP .000 .362
At Bats 1 136
Hits 0 41
• Singles 0 33
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 12
RBI’s 0 10

Joe Hoerner Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 5
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Shea Stadium - June 1, 1968
Joe Hoerner
Tim McCarver
Orlando Cepeda
Julian Javier
Mike Shannon
Dick Schofield
Lou Brock
Curt Flood
Roger Maris
Jerry Grote

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 6 10 0 8
New York Mets 5 8 0 5
Winning Pitcher Joe Hoerner
Losing Pitcher Cal Koonce
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Mike Shannon
Attendance 28,006
Time of Game 3 hours 2 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Grote strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Jerry Buchek pinch hits for Cal Koonce. Buchek strikes out.
Bottom 10 Greg Goossen pinch hits for Ken Boswell. Goossen strikes out.
Top 10 Hoerner hits a line drive into center field. Bosch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Shannon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 10 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops it up and throws to first, with Koonce covering, for the out.
Bottom 9 Bosch strikes out.
Bottom 9 Swoboda strikes out.
Bottom 9 Weis bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 9 Cepeda hits a fly ball into center field. Bosch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Flood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Jerry Grote now catching. Ed Charles now playing third base. Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Bosch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ed Charles pinch hits for Kevin Collins. Charles hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Jerry Grote pinch hits for J.C. Martin. Grote hits a line drive towards the mound. Hoerner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hoerner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boswell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Javier is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Shannon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kranepool settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cepeda scores. McCarver moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 The ball gets by Martin for a passed ball. Cepeda moves to second.
Top 8 Cal Koonce now pitching. Ron Swoboda now playing right field. Cleon Jones now playing left field. Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Shamsky hits a popup towards short. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Boswell hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Dick Schofield now playing shortstop. Bosch hits a line drive towards third. Shannon reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bill Short now pitching. Maris hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Flood bunts towards the mound. Ryan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Javier scores. Brock moves to second.
Top 7 Brock hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Shannon scores. Javier moves to third.
Top 7 Dick Schofield pinch hits for Hal Gilson. Schofield strikes out.
Top 7 Tolan strikes out.
Top 7 Bobby Tolan pinch hits for Dal Maxvill. There goes Javier. The throw from Martin and he is safe. Javier steals second.
Top 7 Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Shannon moves to third.
Top 7 Shannon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jones. Shannon reaches second base with a double. McCarver goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 McCarver takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Ryan is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Weis strikes out.
Bottom 6 Jones strikes out.
Top 6 Cepeda strikes out.
Top 6 Maris hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boswell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Collins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kranepool hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Collins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boswell scores.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Boswell moves to third.
Bottom 5 Martin strikes out. There goes Boswell. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 5 Shamsky hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Boswell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Brock hits a line drive into center field. Bosch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gilson bunts towards first. Kranepool scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gilson for the out. Maxvill moves to second.
Top 5 Maxvill takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Javier hits a line drive into center field. Bosch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bosch hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ryan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Weis is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Jones strikes out.
Top 4 Shannon strikes out.
Top 4 McCarver takes first base on ball four. Maris moves to second.
Top 4 Cepeda hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kranepool settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Maris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brock scores.
Top 4 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Collins fields it and throws to first for the out. Brock moves to third.
Top 4 Brock hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jones. Brock reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Kranepool hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Collins bunts, foul, in front of the plate. McCarver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Martin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Shamsky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shamsky for the out.
Top 3 Gilson strikes out.
Top 3 Maxvill hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kranepool settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Javier hits a popup towards first. Kranepool settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boswell for the out.
Bottom 2 Hal Gilson now pitching. Bosch strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ryan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kranepool scores. Jones scores. Weis moves to third.
Bottom 2 Weis is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Jones reaches second base with a double. Kranepool moves to third.
Bottom 2 Kranepool hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Collins for the out.
Top 2 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Collins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 McCarver hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ryan fires to first and picks off Cepeda.
Top 2 Cepeda takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Martin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Martin reaches second base with a double. Maris throws the ball in to Shannon who tags Martin trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Shamsky goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Shamsky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Boswell hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bosch hits a line drive into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Maris strikes out.
Top 1 Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Bosch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Brock strikes out.