Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
May 14, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1968 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros 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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Houston Astros 1, San Francisco Giants 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 5 0 1 0
Menke 2b 3 0 1 0
Wynn lf 3 1 1 0
Staub 1b 4 0 3 1
Aspromonte 3b 2 0 0 0
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
Miller rf 3 0 0 0
Torres ss 3 0 1 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
Giusti p 3 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
Marshall lf 2 1 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 2 0 0 1
Brown rf 3 0 0 0
Hiatt c 3 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 3 1 1 1
Lanier ss 3 0 0 0
McCormick p 2 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 2 2
Houston 000 000 010172
San Francisco 000 110 00x221
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Giusti  L (3-3) 8.0 2 2 2 1 5
Totals
8.0
2
2
2
1
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick  W (3-3) 7.0 7 1 1 3 4
  Linzy  SV (3) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
4

  E–Staub (2), Torres (7), Mays (2).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Houston Staub (9,off McCormick).  3B–Houston Menke (2,off McCormick).  HR–San Francisco Johnson (1,5th inning off Giusti 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Wynn (1,off McCormick); Bateman (1,off McCormick); Aspromonte (2,off Linzy); Linzy (1,off Giusti).  IBB–Miller (1,by McCormick).  Team LOB–9.  SF–McCovey (2,off Giusti).  HBP–Marshall (1,by Giusti).  Team–4.  HBP–Giusti (1,Marshall).  IBB–McCormick (3,Miller).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:10.  A–5,349.
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