San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 28, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1968 at Busch Stadium II. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
Cline 1b 3 1 1 0
Mays cf 3 1 1 2
Hart lf 3 0 1 0
Davenport 3b 2 0 0 0
Marshall rf 3 0 0 0
  Brown rf 0 0 0 0
Dietz c 3 1 1 1
Lanier ss 3 0 0 0
Perry p 3 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 4 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
Maris rf 2 0 0 1
Cepeda 1b 3 0 0 0
McCarver c 3 0 1 0
Shannon 3b 3 0 0 0
Javier 2b 2 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 0 0 0 0
  Gagliano 2b 0 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 1 0 0 0
  Tolan ph 1 0 0 0
  Schofield ss 0 0 0 0
Gibson p 2 0 0 0
  Ricketts ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 2 1
San Francisco 000 001 20340
St. Louis 100 000 00120
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (6-2) 8.0 2 1 1 3 4
Totals
8.0
2
1
1
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (3-5) 8.0 4 3 3 1 5
Totals
8.0
4
3
3
1
5

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–St. Louis Brock (11,off Perry).  3B–St. Louis McCarver (1,off Perry).  HR–San Francisco Dietz (1,6th inning off Gibson 0 on, 0 out); Mays (8,7th inning off Gibson 1 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–1.  Team–4.  CS–Hart (1,2nd base by Gibson/McCarver).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–1:51.  A–19,392.
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