‘67 Redbirds sweep ‘57 Braves to move into 1st Place

9/13-9/14 - County Stadium
GAME 1 - Cardinals 10, Braves 3
The Redbirds shot off the opening salvo with a huge 5 run top of the first off of Milwaukee's spot starter Taylor Phillips (0-2, 9.64).  Phillips was bad, but he can't take all the blame since HOF third baseman Eddie Mathews booted an Alex Johnson grounder to open up the floodgates.  Bob Gibson (2-1, 2.60) went the distance even though he kind of lost his edge a bit with his team in "rout" mode.  Feared slugger Orlando Cepeda was walked 4 times by Milwaukee's pitchers.  St. Louis manufactured 10 runs on 10 hits, which is a unique ratio for sure.  Hank Aaron, who lost his 22 game hitting streak in Milwaukee's last game got right back on the horse and went 2 for 4 in a losing effort.

GAME 2 - Cardinals 16, Braves 3
Milwaukee trotted out 5 pitchers with each being less effective than the other.  Jim Hughes (5-1, 2.44) cruised for 8 innings with a huge lead and Mike Torrez came on to pitch the 9th with a 13 run lead.  Orlando Cepeda, who walked 4 times in yesterday's game went 3 for 4 with 5 RBI's in this contest.  Julian Javier went 4 for 5 and hit 4 RBI's and his 3rd homer of the season.  Speedy Lou Brock continues to impress with his power as he slugged his 8th round tripper of the season.

9/15- Busch Memorial Stadium
GAME 3 - Cardinals 4, Braves 3
The Braves squandered a quality outing by HOF'er Warren Spahn (8IP/3ER) by not scoring enough runs.  The Cards manufactured the game winning run off of reliever Don McMahon when Lou Brock singled with 1 out in the home half of the 9th and stole second off of backup catcher Carl Sawatski.  Julian Javier, who took a strike to allow Brock to steal, delivered a line shot opposite field single to score Brock easily and secure the series sweep.