Cardinals Scratch Out Win to take 3-1 Series Lead

October 15, 1969--St. Louis--Bob Gibson has approached immortality as St. Louis stands just one win away from a World Championship. The righty won his second game of the series, allowing just one run in a complete game effort. As if that was not enough, he also scored the winning run after legging out an infield hit and scampered all the way to third base on a two base error. Lou Brock followed with a single to plate the difference maker.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Minnesota Twins At 1969 St. Louis Cardinals         10/15/1969

 

  Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG

  C.Tovar CF          4  0  1  0 .258     L.Brock LF          4  0  1  1 .324  

  R.Carew 2B          3  1  1  0 .333     C.Flood CF          3  0  0  0 .167  

  T.Oliva RF          4  0  1  0 .364     V.Pinson RF         3  0  0  0 .241  

  H.Killebrew 3B      4  0  1  1 .172     J.Torre 1B          2  1  0  0 .370  

  R.Reese 1B          4  0  1  0 .344     T.McCarver C        3  0  0  0 .370  

  T.Uhlaender LF      3  0  1  0 .286     M.Shannon 3B        3  0  1  1 .207  

  J.Grzenda P         0  0  0  0 ----     J.Javier 2B         3  0  0  0 .192  

  J.Roseboro C        4  0  1  0 .250     D.Maxvill SS        3  0  0  0 .333  

  L.Cardenas SS       4  0  1  0 .103     B.Gibson P          3  1  2  0 .222  

  D.Boswell P         2  0  0  0 .143                                          

A-C.Manuel PH         1  0  1  01.000                                          

  A.Worthington P     0  0  0  0 ----                                          

B-B.Allison LF        0  0  0  0 .167                                          

C-G.Nettles PH        1  0  0  0 .000                                          

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         Totals      34  1  9  1                 Totals      27  2  4  2

 

A-Pinch Hit For Boswell In 7th Inning

B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Worthington In 8th Inning

C-Pinch Hit For Allison In 9th Inning

 

Twins........... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  9  1

Cardinals....... 0 1 0  0 0 1  0 0    -  2  4  0

 

Twins (4-4)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

D.Boswell LOSS(1-2)       6       3   2   1   1   4   0  74   5.50

A.Worthingto              1 2/3   1   0   0   0   2   0  24   0.00

J.Grzenda                 0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   0.00

Totals                    8       4   2   1   1   7   0

 

Cardinals (6-1)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

B.Gibson WIN(3-0)         9       9   1   1   2   5   0 140   0.35

Totals                    9       9   1   1   2   5   0

 

ATTENDANCE- 41,460 DATE- Wednesday, October 15th 1969 TIME- Day 

T- 2:08

LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 8  Cardinals: 2

DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 1  Cardinals: 0

ERRORS- R.Carew

TRIPLES- H.Killebrew(1st)

STOLEN BASES- C.Tovar(2nd)

CAUGHT STEALING- T.Uhlaender

WALKS- R.Carew, T.Uhlaender, J.Torre

STRIKE OUTS- C.Tovar, T.Oliva, H.Killebrew, R.Reese, J.Roseboro, L.Brock-2,

             J.Torre-2, M.Shannon, D.Maxvill, B.Gibson

GIDP- J.Javier

WILD PITCHES- D.Boswell

 

Bob Gibson completed the game without help from the bullpen at Busch Stadium

as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Minnesota Twins 2 to 1.

 

Gibson(3-0) gave St. Louis a solid outing.  He was reached for 9 hits and 2

walks in 9 innings.  Minnesota had 9 hits in the game while St. Louis had 4,

but St. Louis had the more timely hits.  

 

The loss was charged to Dave Boswell(1-2).  He allowed just 2 runs and 3 hits

in 6 innings.

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