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May 6, 1968
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National League Standings, May 6, 1968

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Harrelson Bud
Harrelson
2b
Boswell Ken
Boswell
lf
Shamsky Art
Shamsky
rf
Swoboda Ron
Swoboda
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
c
Grote Jerry
Grote
3b
Charles Ed
Charles
cf
Agee Tommie
Agee
p
Seaver Tom
Seaver
May 6, 1968, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

St. Louis Cardinals 2, New York Mets 1

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Bud Harrelson ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .161
Ken Boswell 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .224
Art Shamsky lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .263
- Cleon Jones lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224
Ron Swoboda rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .247
Ed Kranepool 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .208
Jerry Grote c 4 0 0 0 0 3 .299
Ed Charles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .214
Tommie Agee cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .104
Tom Seaver p 4 0 0 0 0 4 .111
Cardinals ab r hbibbso
Lou Brock lf 5 1 1 0 0 1
Curt Flood cf 4 0 0 0 1 1
Roger Maris rf 4 0 1 0 1 0
Orlando Cepeda 1b 5 0 1 1 0 0
Tim McCarver c 4 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Shannon 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0
Julian Javier 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0
Dick Schofield ss 3 0 0 0 0 1
- Dave Ricketts ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Dick Simpson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Dal Maxvill ss 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Gibson p 4 0 0 0 0 3

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
St. Louis Cardinals 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Tom Seaver (L,1-2) 10.0 6 2 1 3 6 1.56
St. Louis Cardinals ip h rer bbso
Bob Gibson (W) 11.0 3 1 1 1 11

Errors: Ed Kranepool (2).
PB: Tim McCarver.
3B: Lou Brock.
Intentional Walks: Curt Flood, Roger Maris.
SH: Julian Javier.


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