Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 29, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1968 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 1 3 0
Williams lf 4 1 2 0
Santo 3b 4 1 1 2
Banks 1b 4 1 2 2
Johnson rf 4 0 1 0
Hundley c 4 0 1 0
Phillips cf 4 0 1 0
Jenkins p 1 0 0 0
  Elia ph 1 0 0 0
  Lamabe p 0 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 0 0 0 0
  Tiefenauer p 0 0 0 0
  Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0
  Nen ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Wills 3b 3 1 0 0
Alou cf 3 1 1 0
Clemente rf 4 1 1 0
Stargell lf 4 2 2 2
Clendenon 1b 3 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 1 1 2
Alley ss 3 0 0 0
May c 4 0 1 1
Blass p 3 1 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Moose p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 7 5
Chicago 000 000 1304112
Pittsburgh 003 002 02x771
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (3-1) 5.0 4 3 2 2 5
  Lamabe   1.0 2 2 2 2 0
  Tiefenauer   1.1 1 2 1 0 1
  Hartenstein   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
7
5
4
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  W (1-0) 6.2 7 1 1 1 2
  Face   0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Moose  SV (2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
3

  E–Kessinger (5), Santo (6), May (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  PB–Hundley (1).  2B–Chicago Hundley (3,off Blass); Beckert (4,off Blass); Santo (3,off Face), Pittsburgh Stargell (1,off Lamabe).  HR–Chicago Banks (3,7th inning off Blass 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Mazeroski (2,8th inning off Tiefenauer 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Clendenon (3,by Lamabe); Alley (1,by Lamabe).  Team–5.  SB–Clendenon (2,2nd base off Jenkins/Hundley).  CS–Alou (2,2nd base by Jenkins/Hundley).  BK–Lamabe (1).  IBB–Lamabe 2 (2,Clendenon,Alley).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:48.  A–5,603.
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