Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
May 1, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1968 at Candlestick Park. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 6, San Francisco Giants 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 1 1 0
Johnson lf 5 2 2 1
Pinson cf 4 1 2 1
Perez 3b 4 0 2 2
May 1b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 1 1 0
Cardenas ss 4 1 1 1
Pappas p 2 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Davidson p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 0 0 0 1
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 0 1 0
Marshall rf 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 2 2 2
McCovey 1b 4 1 1 1
Hart lf,3b 3 1 0 0
Davenport 3b,ss 4 1 2 0
Hiatt c 2 0 0 0
  Oliver pr 0 0 0 0
  Barton c 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Lanier ss 2 0 1 0
  Cline ph,lf 2 0 1 2
McCormick p 1 0 0 0
  Bolin p 1 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Cincinnati 102 100 101690
San Francisco 000 100 310582
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pappas   6.0 6 4 4 1 6
  Abernathy   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Davidson  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Lee  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
9
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick   3.1 7 4 4 0 3
  Bolin   3.2 2 1 1 1 2
  Linzy  L (1-3) 2.0 0 1 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
1
7

  E–Marshall (1), Davenport (2).  2B–Cincinnati Rose (7,off McCormick); A Johnson (4,off McCormick); Helms (4,off McCormick), San Francisco Lanier (1,off Pappas).  3B–Cincinnati Pinson (2,off Bolin).  HR–San Francisco Mays 2 (4,4th inning off Pappas 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Abernathy 0 on, 0 out); McCovey (4,7th inning off Pappas 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Pappas (4,off Bolin).  SF–Jones (1,off Linzy).  IBB–Rose (3,by Bolin).  Team LOB–5.  Team–4.  SB–Pinson (2,2nd base off McCormick/Hiatt).  IBB–Bolin (1,Rose).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:32.  A–6,194.
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