Baseball Historians

August 31, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Cardinals 5, Astros 1  (83-51)
Ray Washburn improved to 9-6 on the season with a nice start as the Cardinals closed out August with a win.  He gave up one run on five hits and one walk with five strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings.  Ron Willis got the final four batters [...]

August 29, 1967 at the Polo Grounds
Giants 2, Cardinals 0  (81-51)
The Cardinals couldn’t push a single runner across the plate as they were shutout by Giants starter Cal Koonce.  Phil Gagliano and Dick Hughes each had two hits but all five of the Cardinals hits were singles.
Hughes fell to 13-5 despite a nice start.  He [...]

August 28, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Mets 4, Cardinals 2  (80-50)
Steve Carlton fell to 11-8 on the season in a rough start in the Cardinals loss in the first game of their doubleheader.  He gave up four runs on seven hits and three walks with five strikeouts in four innings of work.
Lou Brock went three for [...]

August 27, 1967 at Dodgers Stadium
Cardinals 6, Dodgers 2  (80-49)
The Cardinals salvaged a split in their four game series with the Dodgers and they did it by winning the finale behind the arm of Nelson Briles.  He improved to 9-5 and he gave up just two runs on seven hits and two walks with six [...]

August 26, 1967 at Dodgers Stadium
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 1  (79-49)
Ray Washburn was good enough in a great start against future Hall of Famer Don Drysdale but with the game going twelve innings, the pen eventually became a factor.  It was Hal Woodeshick who left the winning run in the bottom of the twelth and he [...]

August 25, 1967 at Dodger Stadium
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 1 (78-48)
Larry Jaster was outdueled by Bill Singer as the Cardinals dropped the first game of their doubleheader with the Dodgers.  Jaster gave up just two runs on four hits with four strikeouts in six innings of work and the loss dropped him to 7-7 on the season.
Lou [...]

August 24, 1967 at Candlestick Park
Cardinals 2, Giants 0  (78-47)
Dick Hughes improved to 13-4 on the season with another great start.  He gave up just four hits with five strikeouts in the complete game shutout.
Bobby Tolan singled in his only at bat and drove in one of the Yankees two runs.  Tim McCarver singled and [...]

August 23, 1967 at Candlestick Park
Giants 6, Cardinals 0  (77-47)
Orlando Cepeda was the only Cardinal hitter who could really get anything going as the Cardinals lost for the third time in four games.  He went three for three and he had three of the Cards five hits.
Steve Carlton fell to 11-7 on the season.  He [...]

August 16, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Cardinals 4, Cubs 3  (74-44)
Alex Johnson singled home Tim McCarver in the bottom of the ninth inning to win it for the Cards as they won their sixth straight game.  McCarver also pitched in with a solo homerun, his tenth of the season, and Orlando Cepeda went two for four [...]

August 15, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Cardinals 6, Cubs 4  (73-44)
The Cardinals continued their hot streak with their fifth straight win.  Julian Javier went two for four with a triple, two RBIs and a run while Orlando Cepeda singled, drove in a run and scored to lead the way at the plate for the Cards.
Ray Washburn [...]

August 14, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Cardinals 6, Cubs 5  (72-44)
The Cardinals made it four straight with a nice come from behind win over the Cubs.  Roger Maris singled home Lou Brock to tie it and then Curt Flood scored on the play on an error by rightfielder Ted Savage.  Maris finished the game with three [...]

August 13, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Cardinals 2, Giants 1  (71-44)
The Cardinals won their third straight one run game and they got this mostly behind the arm of Dick Hughes.  He improved to 11-4 and he gave up one run on seven hits with two strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings.  Joe Hoerner then closed out the game [...]

August 12, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Cardinals 3, Giants 2  (70-44)
Things were looking grim early as Steve Carlton was touched for two unearned runs in the first inning but he was tagged for seven hits in two innings.  Jack Lamabe then came in and proceeded to shut down the Giants though and he gave the Cards [...]

August 11, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Cardinals 2, Giants 1  (69-44)
Orlando Cepeda belted a two run homer in the sixth inning and while that’s all the Cardinals got in this game, that’s all they’d need.  Cepeda and Curt Flood both finished the game with two hits and it was Roger Maris who scored on the Cepeda [...]

August 10, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Giants 5, Cardinals 2  (68-44)
Ray Washburn fell to 7-5 on the season after a rough start in the Cardinals third loss in four games.  He gave up five runs (four earned) on eight hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in eight innings. 
Lou Brock singled, stole his 37th base of [...]

August 9, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Cardinals 3, Dodgers 2  (68-43)
The Cardinals ended their two game skid and topped the Dodgers in extra frames.  Mike Shannon scored on an error by Parker to win it after he led off the eleventh with a double.  Lou Brock had three hits including a solo homerun while Eddie Bressoud [...]

August 8, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Dodgers 6, Cardinals 2  (67-43)
The Cardinals dropped their second straight game as their hitters had a tough time getting anything going at the plate.  Curt Flood led the way with two doubles and a run while Lou Brock singled twice and scored. 
Dick Hughes fell to 10-4 on the season with [...]

August 7, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Dodgers 6, Cardinals 4  (67-42)
The Cardinals five game winning streak came to an end behind a rough outing by Joe Hoerner, who gave up three runs in the top of the ninth inning in a tough loss.  To his credit, two of the runs were unearned because of errors by [...]

August 2, 1967 at Wrigley Field
Cardinals 4, Cubs 2 (63-41)
The Cardinals got right back on track as they opened up a doubleheader with the Cubs with a win.  Dick Hughes threw another nice game and he improved to 10-3 on the season.  He gave up two runs on seven hits and one walk with seven [...]

August 1, 1967 at Wrigley Field
Cubs 3, Cardinals 2  (62-41)
The Cardinals scored two runs in the eighth inning but it wasn’t enough as the Cardinals six game winning streak came to an end.  Nelson Briles dropped to 5-5 on the season with the loss.  He gave up three runs on seven hits and one walk [...]