Los Angeles Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 20, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1968 at Forbes Field. 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 4 0 2 0
Popovich ss,2b 3 0 1 1
Gabrielson lf 1 0 0 0
  Savage ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Haller c 3 0 1 0
Fairly rf 4 0 0 0
Lefebvre 2b 4 0 0 0
  Bailey 3b 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 2 0
  Versalles pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Parker 1b 4 0 0 0
Kekich p 3 1 1 1
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Fairey ph 1 1 1 1
  Purdin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Wills 3b 5 2 3 0
Alley ss 5 0 2 2
Stargell lf 3 0 0 0
Mota rf 2 0 1 0
Alou cf 4 0 2 0
Clendenon 1b 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
May c 3 0 0 0
  Kolb ph 1 0 0 0
Sisk p 1 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Jimenez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Los Angeles 000 020 000 1380
Pittsburgh 000 001 010 0280
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Kekich   8.0 7 2 2 3 5
  Billingham  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Purdin  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
2
2
3
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Sisk   4.1 6 2 2 2 1
  Walker   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Kline   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Face  L (1-2) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 2, Pittsburgh 4.  2B–Pittsburgh Alley (11,off Kekich).  3B–Los Angeles Davis (3,off Sisk); Boyer (1,off Sisk), Pittsburgh Alley (2,off Kekich).  HR–Los Angeles Fairey (1,10th inning off Face 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Popovich (3,off Kline).  Team LOB–4.  Team–6.  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:58.  A–19,838.
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