San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
May 7, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1968 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 1, Houston Astros 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 1
Marshall lf 4 0 1 0
Mays cf 5 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0
Brown rf 4 1 1 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 2 0
Barton c 1 0 1 0
  Cline ph 1 0 0 0
  Dietz c 0 0 0 0
Lanier ss 2 0 0 0
  Hiatt ph 1 0 0 0
  Oliver ss 1 0 0 0
Marichal p 3 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 7 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 4 0 0 0
Miller rf 4 0 0 0
Wynn lf 4 2 1 0
Staub 1b 2 3 1 1
Aspromonte 3b 3 1 1 1
Menke ss 4 0 1 2
Gotay 2b 4 1 1 1
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
Wilson p 3 0 1 2
  Cuellar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 6 7
San Francisco 000 001 000170
Houston 000 010 42x762
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal  L (4-2) 6.2 5 5 5 2 3
  Linzy   1.1 1 2 2 2 2
Totals
8.0
6
7
7
4
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W (3-2) 8.1 7 1 0 4 5
  Cuellar  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
0
4
5

  E–Menke (4), Gotay (2).  3B–Houston Wynn (1,off Marichal).  HR–Houston Staub (2,5th inning off Marichal 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Barton (1,off Wilson).  Team LOB–12.  IBB–Staub 2 (6,by Marichal,by Linzy); Bateman (6,by Marichal); Aspromonte (5,by Linzy).  Team–4.  SB–Wynn (2,2nd base off Linzy/Dietz).  WP–Linzy 2 (2).  IBB–Marichal 2 (3,Staub,Bateman); Linzy 2 (3,Staub,Aspromonte).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:30.  A–13,685.
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