New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
May 24, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1968 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 2, Atlanta Braves 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Boswell 2b 4 0 0 0
Collins 3b 3 1 0 0
Shamsky lf 4 0 1 0
Swoboda rf 4 1 1 0
Martin c 4 0 2 2
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
  Goossen ph 1 0 0 0
Agee cf 4 0 1 0
Weis ss 3 0 0 0
Ryan p 1 0 0 0
  Buchek ph 0 0 0 0
  Selma p 0 0 0 0
  Grote ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 0 0 0
Jackson ss 4 1 2 1
Aaron rf 4 1 1 1
Torre 1b 3 0 0 0
Francona lf 1 0 1 0
  Lum pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 2 1 1 1
Tillman c 4 0 1 0
Millan 2b 3 1 1 1
Reed p 3 0 0 0
  Britton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 7 4
New York 000 000 002250
Atlanta 200 100 01x470
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (4-4) 5.0 5 3 3 3 3
  Selma   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Taylor   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
5
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (6-0) 8.1 4 2 2 1 3
  Britton  SV (2) 0.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
5

  E–None.  2B–New York Martin (1,off Britton).  HBP–Buchek (1,by Reed); D Johnson (1,by Ryan); Reed (1,by Ryan).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Millan (2,off Taylor).  IBB–Francona (3,by Ryan).  Team–8.  SB–Jackson (9,2nd base off Ryan/Martin); H Aaron (6,2nd base off Ryan/Martin).  CS–Lum (2,2nd base by Taylor/Martin).  WP–Ryan (4).  HBP–Ryan 2 (2,D Johnson,Reed); Reed (2,Buchek).  IBB–Ryan (2,Francona).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:26.  A–13,873.
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