Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
July 4, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1968 at Wrigley Field. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 7, Chicago Cubs 4

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rojas 2b 5 1 2 0
Pena ss 5 2 3 1
Gonzalez cf 3 1 0 0
Allen 3b 4 2 1 1
Callison rf 4 0 2 2
Briggs lf 4 1 1 1
White 1b 3 0 1 0
Dalrymple c 4 0 1 2
James p 4 0 0 0
  Boozer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 3 1 0 0
Beckert 2b 2 2 1 0
Williams lf 3 1 2 4
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Smith 1b 4 0 0 0
Spangler rf 3 0 0 0
Oliver c 3 0 0 0
Phillips cf 4 0 0 0
Hands p 1 0 0 0
  Fast p 1 0 0 0
  Lamabe p 0 0 0 0
  Nen ph 1 0 0 0
  Ross p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 3 4
Philadelphia 000 300 4007110
Chicago 000 003 010430
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
James  W (1-3) 7.1 3 4 4 5 6
  Boozer  SV (2) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
3
4
4
5
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hands   3.0 4 3 3 2 2
  Fast  L (0-1) 3.2 5 4 4 2 4
  Lamabe   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Ross   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
5
9

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Philadelphia Pena (5,off Fast); Briggs (4,off Fast); Dalrymple (6,off Lamabe), Chicago Beckert (15,off James).  HR–Chicago Williams (8,6th inning off James 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Callison (2,off Fast).  IBB–White (4,by Lamabe).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Kessinger (2,by James).  Team–4.  SB–Allen (4,2nd base off Fast/Oliver).  CS–Callison (1,2nd base by Ross/Oliver).  HBP–James (3,Kessinger).  IBB–Lamabe (5,White).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:49.  A–21,516.
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