Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
June 23, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1968 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 8, Cincinnati Reds 9

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 6 1 1 0
Beckert 2b 5 3 3 0
Spangler rf 4 1 2 0
Williams lf 4 1 1 1
Nen 1b 4 1 2 2
Santo 3b 3 0 0 0
Hundley c 5 0 2 3
Phillips cf 4 1 2 1
Holtzman p 4 0 2 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 15 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 2 2 2
Johnson lf 4 0 2 1
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Pavletich ph 1 0 1 2
Pinson cf 4 0 1 1
Perez 3b 4 0 2 1
Bench c 4 0 1 0
May 1b 3 1 0 0
Helms 2b 4 2 2 0
Cardenas ss 1 1 0 0
  Jones ph,lf 0 2 0 0
Cloninger p 1 1 1 2
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Schaffer ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Woodward ss 0 0 0 0
  Ruiz ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 12 9
Chicago 301 201 0108150
Cincinnati 120 000 3039123
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman   6.0 7 5 5 2 3
  Regan  L (3-2) 2.1 5 4 4 2 1
Totals
8.1
12
9
9
4
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger   3.2 9 6 6 4 3
  Ritchie   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Carroll   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Abernathy  W (3-1) 2.0 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
8
8
5
3

  E–May (2), Cardenas 2 (13).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Chicago Spangler (4,off Carroll), Cincinnati Rose 2 (22,off Holtzman,off Regan); Perez (8,off Holtzman); Pavletich (1,off Regan).  HR–Chicago Phillips (5,3rd inning off Cloninger 0 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Cloninger (1,2nd inning off Holtzman 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Spangler (2,off Abernathy); Regan (1,off Abernathy).  SF–Nen (2,off Carroll); Rose (3,off Regan).  IBB–Phillips (11,by Cloninger); Williams (4,by Abernathy).  Team LOB–12.  Team–4.  CS–Phillips (3,3rd base by Abernathy/Bench).  WP–Cloninger (4).  IBB–Cloninger (5,Phillips); Abernathy (6,Williams).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:55.
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