Baseball Historians

June 29, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Giants 12, Cardinals 4  (43-27)
After a decent enough start to this series, thing finished on a sour note as the Giants rattled off three straight wins with the last two being blowouts.  This time is was Bob Gibson who got shelled.  The Giants scored eleven of their twelve runs in […]

June 28, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Giants 9, Cardinals 1  (43-26)
While the score was ugly enough, this one could have been even worse because the Giants tagged Cardinals pitching for nineteen hits with Willie Mays going deep twice for the Giants.  Dick Hughe was hit hard and he dropped to 7-3 on the season.  He gave […]

June 27, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Giants 6, Cardinals 0  (43-25)
The Cardinals couldn’t push a single base runner across the plate as they were shutout by Mike McCormick.  Lou Brock and Orlando Cepeda were the only Cardinals with two hits in the game.
Steve Carlton had a tough time and he dropped to 5-5 on the season.  […]

June 26, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Cardinals 3, Giants 1  (43-24)
Rookie Jim Cosman won his first start of the season as the Cardinals took care of the Giants in a low scoring affair.  Cosman gave up one unearned run on four hits and seven walks with three strikeouts in 8 1/3 innings.  Nelson Briles got the […]

June 24, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Cardinals 2, Phillies 1  (42-22)
The Cardinals continued their torrid pace in June with their seventh straight win.  Bob Gibson picked up the win in this one in a nice outing.  He gave up just one run on six hits and three walks with eight strikeouts in a complete game.  The […]

June 23, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Cardinals 3, Phillies 2  (41-22)
Dick Hughes gave up two early runs to the Phillies but he buckled down and threw eight scoreless innings to finish the game up.  In all, he gave up just the two runs on four hits and three walks with eight strikeouts and the win pushed […]

June 22, 1967 at Dodger Stadium
Cardinals 7, Dodgers 2  (40-22)
The Cardinals won their 40th game of the season and their fifth straight behind an outstanding start by Steve Carlton.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on six hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in the complete game.
The Cardinals also got their share of […]

June 20, 1967 at the Astrodome
Cardinals 6, Astros 2  (38-22)
The Cardinals continued their impressive month with their third straight win and their third winning streak of at least three games or more.  Orlando Cepeda provided the bulk of the offense in the win.  He went two for four with a big three run homer in […]

June 19, 1967 at the Astrodome
Cardinals 5, Astros 4  (37-22)
The Cardinals and Astros played a fun back and forth game that saw the Cards come out on top for their second straight win.  Roger Maris had the big hit in the eleventh inning.  He followed Tim McCarver’s one out single with an RBI double to […]

June 18, 1967 at Candlestick Park
Cardinals 4, Giants 1  (36-22)
The Cardinals avoided winning back to back games again and the last time they lost two in a row was close to two weeks ago.  This time they rode the arm of Dick Hughes, who held the Giants in check.  He gave up just one run […]

June 17, 1967 at Candlestick Park
Giants 3, Cardinals 2  (35-22)
The Cardinals three game winning streak came to an end behind a shaky outing by Steve Carlton.  He only gave up three runs, but he had given them up after getting pulled with nobody out in the third inning.  One them scored on a single off […]