Baseball Historians

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 [...]

July 31, 1967 at Wrigley Field
Cardinals 9, Cubs 2  (62-40)
Lou Brock only had one hit but he still managed to play a part in five of the Cardinals nine runs in their fifth straight win.  His one hit was a three run homer and he finished the game with four RBIs and two runs.  Orlando [...]

July 30, 1967 at Atlanta Stadium
Cardinals 7, Braves 5  (61-40)
The Cardinals won their fifth straight game behind solid team effort at the plate.  Roger Maris had just one hit but he drove in three runs while Curt Flood went two for four with two RBIs and a run. 
Larry Jaster was roughed up for three runs [...]

July 29, 1967 at Atlanta Stadium
Cardinals 6, Braves 0  (60-40)
The Cardinals won their fourth straight game and in the process, picked up their 60th win of the season.  Steve Carlton got it done on the mound with eight shutout innings.  He improved to 9-6 and he gave up just five hits and four walks with [...]

July 7, 1967 at Connie Mack Stadium
Cardinals 5, Phillies 1  (48-31)
Steve Carlton improved to 7-5 on the season with a very nice start in the Cardinals win their series opener against the Phillies.  He gave up one run on seven hits and one walk with six strikeouts in the complete game win.
Julian Javier singled and [...]

July 6, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Cardinals 6, Reds 5  (47-31)
The Cardinals came back from a two run deficit to beat the Reds by a run and that evened up their four game series at two games a piece.  Julian Javier belted a two run homer in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game [...]

July 5, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Reds 2, Cardinals 1  (46-31)
The Cardinals got a few more hits (9) then they did yesterday but seven of the team’s nine hits were by two hitters and nobody else could produce.  Orlando Cepeda went four for five and he scored the lone Cardinals run while Tim McCarver went three [...]

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 [...]