Tonight’s 2 – 1 win over Philly gives the Cardinals their 24th victory in 30 decisions (49-15 since May 29th), putting them 35 games over .500 and 15 games up on 2nd-place Atlanta. Though they’ll pretty much tread water from this point on (3 games under .500 the rest of the way), no one else catches fire either; their lead will not fall below double digits until well after they clinch on September 15th. The Phillies’ only run against Steve Carltonis the result of Johnny Callison’s home run.

On August 1, 1968 — Tonight’s 2 – 1 win over Philly gives the Cardinals their 24th victory in 30 decisions (49-15 since May 29th), putting them 35 games over .500 and 15 games up on 2nd-place Atlanta. Though they’ll pretty much tread water from this point on (3 games under .500 the rest of the way), no one else catches fire either; their lead will not fall below double digits until well after they clinch on September 15th. The Phillies’ only run against Steve Carltonis the result of Johnny Callison’s home run.

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