Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
May 21, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1968 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 5, Chicago Cubs 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rojas 2b,c 5 1 2 3
Callison rf 5 0 0 0
  Farrell p 0 0 0 0
Allen lf,cf 4 1 2 1
Lock cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Taylor 3b,2b 4 0 1 0
Joseph 1b,3b 4 1 2 0
Pena ss 4 1 2 0
Ryan c 2 0 0 0
  Wine ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph,rf 1 1 1 1
Wise p 1 0 0 0
  Sutherland ph 1 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
  Briggs ph 1 0 1 0
  Dalrymple c 0 0 0 0
  White ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 0 2 2
Beckert 2b 4 1 1 0
Williams lf 5 1 2 0
Santo 3b 2 1 0 0
Banks 1b 4 0 1 0
Spangler rf 1 0 1 2
  Johnson pr,rf 3 0 1 0
Hundley c 3 1 1 0
Phillips cf 2 1 0 0
  Arcia cf 1 1 0 0
Nye p 4 0 2 1
Totals 34 6 11 5
Philadelphia 000 001 0045111
Chicago 200 101 0116110
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Wise   4.0 6 3 3 3 2
  James   2.0 1 1 1 0 3
  Hall   2.0 3 1 0 0 3
  Farrell  L (2-1) 0.1 1 1 0 1 0
Totals
8.1
11
6
4
4
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Nye  W (3-4) 9.0 11 5 5 0 7
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
0
7

  E–Joseph (1).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  PB–Rojas (1).  2B–Philadelphia Briggs (2,off Nye); Joseph (1,off Nye), Chicago Spangler (2,off Wise); Johnson (11,off Wise); Williams (10,off Farrell).  3B–Chicago Hundley (2,off James).  HR–Philadelphia Allen (4,6th inning off Nye 0 on, 1 out); Rojas (4,9th inning off Nye 2 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Hundley (1,off Wise); Banks (4,off Farrell).  HBP–Phillips (3,by James).  IBB–Santo (2,by Farrell).  Team–10.  WP–Wise (2).  HBP–James (1,Phillips).  IBB–Farrell (2,Santo).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:41.  A–4,422.
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