Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
May 22, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1968 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 13, Chicago Cubs 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 6 1 1 1
Wills 3b 6 2 1 2
Stargell lf 5 4 5 7
Mota rf 5 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 5 0 1 1
Alley ss 3 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 5 2 3 0
May c 4 3 2 0
Bunning p 1 0 1 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Jimenez ph 0 1 0 0
  Wickersham p 2 0 1 2
Totals 42 13 16 13
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 0 1 0
Beckert 2b 5 0 0 0
Williams lf,rf 5 1 2 0
Santo 3b 4 1 2 0
Banks 1b 4 1 1 0
Johnson rf 0 1 0 0
  Arcia lf 4 1 1 1
Hundley c 4 1 3 4
Phillips cf 2 0 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 1 0
  Stoneman p 0 0 0 0
  Elia ph 1 0 0 0
  Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0
  Nen ph 0 0 0 1
  Lamabe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
Pittsburgh 100 143 22013161
Chicago 023 000 0106111
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning   2.1 8 5 5 0 2
  Sisk  W (1-1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Wickersham  SV (1) 5.0 3 1 0 3 3
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
4
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (5-4) 4.1 6 6 6 2 1
  Stoneman   1.2 5 3 3 0 2
  Hartenstein   2.0 3 4 3 1 1
  Lamabe   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
13
12
3
4

  E–Alley (3), Hartenstein (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Stargell (4,off Stoneman), Chicago Santo (6,off Wickersham).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell 3 (6,1st inning off Niekro 0 on, 2 out,4th inning off Niekro 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Hartenstein 1 on, 0 out), Chicago Hundley (2,2nd inning off Bunning 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Wickersham (1,off Lamabe).  HBP–Alley (3,by Niekro); Johnson (3,by Bunning).  Team LOB–7.  SF–Nen (1,off Wickersham).  Team–9.  SB–Stargell (3,2nd base off Stoneman/Hundley).  HBP–Bunning (3,Johnson); Niekro (2,Alley).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–3:04.  A–5,075.
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