Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers
June 3, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1968 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 0, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Wills 3b 4 0 2 0
Stargell lf 4 0 0 0
Clemente rf 3 0 1 0
Clendenon 1b 3 0 1 0
  McBean pr 0 0 0 0
Mota cf 4 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 0 0
Taylor c 3 0 2 0
Veale p 2 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Wickersham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 7 0
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 3 1 1 0
Parker lf,1b 3 0 1 0
Bailey 3b 3 1 0 0
  Fairey lf 0 0 0 0
Boyer 1b,3b 3 0 2 1
Colavito rf 3 0 1 1
  Fairly rf 0 0 0 0
Popovich 2b 4 0 0 0
Versalles ss 3 0 0 0
Torborg c 3 0 0 0
  Haller ph,c 1 0 0 0
Osteen p 3 0 1 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Pittsburgh 000 000 000070
Los Angeles 200 000 00x261
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale  L (2-6) 7.0 6 2 2 4 3
  Wickersham   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
6
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen  W (4-7) 9.0 7 0 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
2
6

  E–Versalles (13).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Los Angeles 4.  PB–Taylor (2).  2B–Los Angeles Davis (7,off Veale); Boyer (3,off Veale).  IBB–Bailey (3,by Veale).  Team–9.  SB–Davis 2 (11,3rd base off Veale/Taylor,2nd base off Veale/Taylor).  IBB–Veale (2,Bailey).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:28.  A–14,568.
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