Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
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 Crosley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Cincinnati Reds 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 2 2 0
Wills 3b 4 1 1 0
Stargell lf 4 1 1 1
Clemente rf 5 1 1 2
  Mota rf 0 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 1 1 1
Mazeroski 2b 2 1 1 0
Alley ss 4 1 2 1
May c 3 0 1 0
Blass p 1 0 0 2
  Kline p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 10 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 5 1 3 0
Johnson lf 5 0 0 0
Pinson cf 4 1 2 1
Perez 3b 2 1 1 1
Bench c 2 1 1 2
  Schaffer c 2 0 1 1
May 1b 2 0 0 0
  McCool p 0 0 0 0
  Ruiz ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 0 0 0
  Pappas p 0 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 0 1 0
Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Davidson p 0 0 0 0
  Queen ph 1 0 0 0
  Kelso p 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph,1b 3 1 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 112 310 0008101
Cincinnati 000 230 000591
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass   4.1 6 5 2 1 1
  Kline  W (2-1) 4.2 3 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
2
2
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Culver  L (3-3) 2.2 6 4 4 1 1
  Davidson   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Kelso   0.2 2 3 3 0 0
  Lee   1.1 1 1 1 1 0
  McCool   3.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Pappas   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
3
4

  E–Clendenon (6), Cardenas (7).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 1.  PB–Bench (2).  2B–Pittsburgh Stargell (5,off Culver); Alou (4,off Kelso).  HR–Pittsburgh Clemente (4,4th inning off Kelso 1 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Bench (3,4th inning off Blass 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Blass 2 (2,off Culver,off Lee); Stargell (1,off Kelso); Perez (3,off Kline).  HBP–Wills (1,by Kelso).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Perez (4,by Blass).  Team–6.  SB–Mazeroski (1,2nd base off Culver/Bench); Alley 2 (6,2nd base off Lee/Schaffer,3rd base off Lee/Schaffer).  HBP–Kelso (2,Wills).  IBB–Blass (4,Perez).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:26.  A–9,379.
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