Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
June 13, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 13, 1968 at Candlestick Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 8, San Francisco Giants 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Wills 3b 5 2 3 0
Kolb lf 4 1 2 1
  Pagan ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 1 1 0
Clendenon 1b 5 1 2 2
Alou cf 5 2 3 0
Mazeroski 2b 5 1 3 1
Alley ss 5 0 3 1
May c 4 0 2 1
McBean p 2 0 0 0
  Stargell ph 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 0 0 0 1
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 2 0 0 0
  Veale p 0 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 19 7
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Cline lf 5 0 1 1
Marshall rf 1 0 1 0
  Brown pr,rf 2 1 1 0
Mays cf 5 1 1 0
McCovey 1b 5 2 4 3
Hart 3b 5 1 2 0
Dietz c 3 1 1 0
  Barton c 2 0 0 0
Lanier ss 4 1 1 0
Hunt 2b 1 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 1 0
  Johnson 2b 0 0 0 0
Perry p 2 0 1 2
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Davenport ph 1 0 1 1
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
  Hiatt ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Herbel p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Sadecki ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 15 7
Pittsburgh 100 040 1118191
San Francisco 010 202 0027152
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
McBean   4.0 6 3 3 2 1
  Walker   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Kline   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Sisk  W (3-2) 2.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Veale   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Face  SV (5) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
5
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perry   4.2 11 5 5 1 1
  Gibbon   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Linzy  L (3-6) 2.0 4 2 2 1 0
  McDaniel   0.0 4 1 1 0 0
  Herbel   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Henry   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
19
8
8
4
2

  E–Sisk (2), Mays (3), Dietz (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, San Francisco 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Kolb (3,off Perry); Clendenon (8,off Perry); Alley 2 (9,off Perry,off Linzy); Alou (8,off Linzy), San Francisco Hart (2,off McBean).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (13,2nd inning off McBean 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Kolb (1,off Linzy); Hunt (5,off Kline).  IBB–May (5,by Perry); Clemente (7,by Linzy); Wills (1,by Herbel); Hunt (2,by McBean); Johnson (2,by Face).  Team LOB–12.  Team–11.  SB–Wills 2 (16,2nd base off Perry/Dietz 2).  CS–Wills (6,3rd base by Linzy/Barton).  IBB–McBean (2,Hunt); Face (2,Johnson); Perry (6,May); Linzy (7,Clemente); Herbel (4,Wills).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–3:10.  A–6,028.
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