Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 18, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1968 at Forbes Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 3 2 1 1
Johnson lf 5 1 2 2
Perez 3b 5 0 1 1
May 1b 5 1 0 1
Pinson cf 5 2 3 0
Bench c 4 0 1 1
Helms 2b 4 0 2 2
Cardenas ss 3 1 1 0
Queen p 1 0 0 0
  Kelso p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 0 1 0 0
  McCool p 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 0 3 1
Wills 3b 4 1 1 0
Clemente rf 4 1 2 2
Stargell lf 4 0 2 0
Clendenon 1b 4 0 1 0
May c 0 0 0 0
  Taylor c 4 0 1 0
Alley ss 4 1 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
Bunning p 1 0 0 0
  Wickersham p 1 0 0 0
  Pizarro p 0 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 1 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 11 3
Cincinnati 000 041 3008112
Pittsburgh 001 200 0003110
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Queen   3.1 5 3 3 0 5
  Kelso   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  McCool  W (1-2) 5.0 6 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
0
10
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  L (3-4) 4.2 5 4 4 0 1
  Wickersham   1.1 4 4 4 2 1
  Pizarro   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Walker   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
3
4

  E–Bench 2 (3).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  PB–Taylor (1).  2B–Cincinnati Pinson (7,off Bunning); A Johnson (10,off Bunning), Pittsburgh Clemente (1,off McCool).  3B–Cincinnati Helms (1,off Wickersham).  HR–Pittsburgh Clemente (3,4th inning off Queen 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Whitfield (1,by Bunning).  IBB–Cardenas (4,by Wickersham).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  SB–Helms (1,2nd base off Bunning/Taylor); Pinson (6,2nd base off Wickersham/Taylor); Alley (4,2nd base off Queen/Bench); Stargell (2,2nd base off Queen/Bench).  CS–Alou (4,2nd base by Queen/Bench).  WP–McCool (2).  HBP–Bunning (2,Whitfield).  IBB–Wickersham (2,Cardenas).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:51.  A–3,670.
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