San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
June 14, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 14, 1968 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 3, New York Mets 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0
Mays cf 3 1 1 0
Hart 3b 4 0 1 0
Davenport ss 4 1 1 0
Hunt 2b 3 1 0 0
Barton c 4 0 2 0
McCormick p 1 0 0 0
  Herbel p 0 0 0 0
  Lanier ph 1 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Dietz ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Hiatt ph 1 0 1 2
Totals 34 3 7 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Bosch cf 4 1 1 1
Linz 2b 3 2 2 0
Grote c 4 1 2 0
Charles 3b 3 1 2 1
Buchek lf 3 1 1 3
Martin 1b 3 1 1 1
Agee rf 4 0 1 0
Weis ss 3 0 0 0
Koosman p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 10 6
San Francisco 000 100 002372
New York 104 001 01x7101
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick  L (5-8) 2.1 7 5 5 1 3
  Herbel   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Gibbon   2.0 1 1 0 0 1
  McDaniel   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
1
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  W (10-2) 9.0 7 3 2 3 6
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
3
6

  E–Alou (2), Hunt (6), Weis (6).  DP–San Francisco 2, New York 1.  2B–San Francisco Hiatt (3,off Koosman).  HR–New York Bosch (1,3rd inning off McCormick 0 on, 0 out); Buchek (1,3rd inning off McCormick 2 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Martin (1,off Gibbon); Charles (2,off McDaniel).  HBP–Buchek (2,by Gibbon).  Team–3.  SB–Hunt (3,2nd base off Koosman/Grote).  CS–Grote (3,3rd base by McCormick/Barton).  WP–Gibbon (3), Koosman (5).  HBP–Gibbon (1,Buchek).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:29.  A–54,259.
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