Cardinals @ Pirates
August 28, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 8 9 1
Pirates 0 4 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 8 9 1
Pirates 0 4 1

Gene Alley Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .227
OBP .667 .293
At Bats 1 397
Hits 0 90
• Singles 0 69
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 2 34
RBI’s 0 32

Bob Gibson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
18 6 0
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Forbes Field - August 28, 1968
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Strikeout
Bob Gibson
Tim McCarver
Orlando Cepeda
Julian Javier
Mike Shannon
Dal Maxvill
Lou Brock
Curt Flood
Ron Davis
Gene Alley

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 8 9 1 7
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 4 1 7
Winning Pitcher Bob Gibson
Losing Pitcher Bob Veale
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Orlando Cepeda
Attendance 11,197
Time of Game 2 hours 20 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Alley strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Mota hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Clendenon is called out on strikes.
Top 9 McCarver hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Alley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wills fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Mota settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Stargell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Flood hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Javier hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brock for the out.
Top 8 Roy Face now pitching. Gibson hits a fly ball into right field. Mota settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Kolb hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mota moves to second.
Bottom 7 Gary Kolb pinch hits for Luke Walker. Kolb hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. McCarver settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on McCarver.
Bottom 7 Cannizzaro hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Alley strikes out.
Bottom 7 Mota hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Clendenon hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stargell strikes out.
Bottom 6 Alou strikes out.
Top 6 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shannon for the out.
Top 6 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Javier scores. Flood moves to third.
Top 6 Flood takes first base on ball four. Javier moves to second.
Top 6 Javier takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Stargell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Luke Walker now pitching. Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Wills strikes out.
Bottom 5 Patek is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Manny Jimenez pinch hits for Al McBean. Jimenez strikes out.
Bottom 5 Cannizzaro takes first base on ball four. Alley moves to second.
Bottom 5 Alley takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Maxvill hits a line drive into right field. Mota settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Al McBean now pitching. Davis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cannizzaro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Cepeda scores. Shannon moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Shannon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cepeda moves to third.
Top 5 Cepeda takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Mota settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mota is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Clendenon hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stargell hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wills fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 4 Brock strikes out.
Top 4 Gibson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCarver scores. Davis scores. Maxvill moves to second.
Top 4 Maxvill takes first base on ball four. Davis moves to second.
Top 4 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon juggles the ball. That's an error on Clendenon. McCarver moves to third.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. McCarver moves to second.
Top 4 McCarver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shannon for the out.
Top 4 Cepeda hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Flood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Javier moves to third.
Top 4 Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Wills is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 3 Veale is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gibson strikes out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Maxvill moves to second.
Top 3 Maxvill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cannizzaro hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Alley takes first base on ball four. Mota moves to second.
Bottom 2 Mota hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Clendenon strikes out.
Bottom 2 Stargell hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McCarver hits a line drive towards third. Wills reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shannon for the out.
Top 2 Cepeda strikes out.
Bottom 1 Alou 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 Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Flood hits a line drive towards third. Wills reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Javier hits a fly ball into right field. Mota settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.