Cardinals @ Mets
August 30, 1968

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Top 9 R H E
Cardinals 2 3 3
Mets 8 7 0
Top 9 R H E
Cardinals 2 3 3
Mets 8 7 0

Roger Maris Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .258
OBP .000 .313
At Bats 3 252
Hits 0 65
• Singles 0 47
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 34

Tom Seaver Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 9 1
Close
Shea Stadium - August 30, 1968
Out
Tom Seaver
Jerry Grote
Ed Kranepool
Ken Boswell
Jerry Buchek
Bud Harrelson
Larry Stahl
Tommie Agee
Ron Swoboda
Roger Maris
Lou Brock

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 2 3 3 1
New York Mets 8 7 0 3
Winning Pitcher Tom Seaver
Losing Pitcher Nelson Briles
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 34,425
Time of Game 2 hours 4 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Maris hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Grote settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Flood strikes out.
Top 9 There goes Brock. The throw from Grote and he is safe. Brock steals second.
Top 9 Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Schofield hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Buchek is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Grote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Phil Gagliano now playing second base. Wayne Granger now pitching. Swoboda hits a popup towards short. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bobby Tolan pinch hits for Mel Nelson. Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Shannon tags and scores.
Top 8 Johnny Edwards pinch hits for Julian Javier. There's a wild pitch. Shannon moves to third.
Top 8 Shannon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stahl. Shannon reaches second base with a double. Cepeda scores.
Top 8 McCarver strikes out.
Top 8 Tommie Agee now playing center field. Larry Stahl now playing left field. Cepeda hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Swoboda. Cepeda reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Kranepool hits a popup, foul, towards third. Shannon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Shamsky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shamsky for the out.
Bottom 7 Stahl hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stahl for the out.
Top 7 Maris strikes out.
Top 7 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Seaver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Brock hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Harrelson hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Seaver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grote scores.
Bottom 6 Buchek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grote moves to third.
Bottom 6 Mel Nelson now pitching. Dick Schofield now playing shortstop. Grote hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Grote reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Dick Schofield pinch hits for Nelson Briles. Schofield is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Maxvill strikes out.
Top 6 Javier hits a fly ball into center field. Stahl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Swoboda is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Shamsky hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 5 Stahl is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Boswell bunts towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out. Seaver moves to third. Harrelson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Harrelson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grote scores. Buchek scores. Seaver moves to second.
Bottom 5 Seaver bunts towards the mound. Briles juggles the ball. That's an error on Briles. Grote moves to third. Buchek moves to second.
Bottom 5 Buchek hits a fly ball towards right. Maris settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Maris. Grote moves to second.
Bottom 5 Grote hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Shannon strikes out.
Top 5 McCarver hits a fly ball into left field. Shamsky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cepeda hits a popup towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Swoboda is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Kranepool hits a line drive into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Shamsky hits a line drive into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Stahl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buchek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Seaver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Stahl strikes out.
Bottom 3 Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boswell for the out. Harrelson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Harrelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Seaver is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Briles is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Maxvill strikes out.
Top 3 Javier is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Buchek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Grote hits a line drive to center field. Flood throws towards third. Shannon fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Shannon. Swoboda goes all the way around to score. Grote moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Swoboda takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Kranepool hits a popup, foul, towards third. Shannon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Shamsky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Briles covering, for the out.
Top 2 Shannon strikes out.
Top 2 McCarver hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cepeda hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Shamsky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stahl hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Briles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Maris strikes out.
Top 1 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Brock hits a popup towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.