Cincinnati Reds vs Los Angeles Dodgers
July 5, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1968 at Dodger Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 5 0 0 0
Johnson lf 5 0 1 0
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
Perez 3b 5 1 1 0
Bench c 4 1 0 0
May 1b 5 0 2 2
Helms 2b 5 0 2 0
Woodward ss 3 0 1 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Cardenas ss 0 0 0 0
Culver p 3 0 0 0
  Ruiz ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 2 7 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Fairey cf 5 0 1 0
Popovich 2b,ss 5 0 2 0
Gabrielson lf 4 0 0 0
Haller c 4 0 0 0
Lefebvre 3b 3 0 2 0
  Savage pr 0 0 0 0
  Alcaraz 2b 1 0 0 0
Fairly rf 5 0 0 0
Parker 1b 4 0 1 0
Versalles ss 3 0 1 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
Drysdale p 3 0 0 0
  Boyer ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 0 7 0
Cincinnati 000 000 000 002270
Los Angeles 000 000 000 000070
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Culver   10.0 5 0 0 2 2
  Abernathy  W (6-1) 2.0 2 0 0 2 0
Totals
12.0
7
0
0
4
2
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale   10.0 5 0 0 1 3
  Sutton  L (4-8) 2.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
12.0
7
2
2
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 2, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Cincinnati Woodward (2,off Drysdale); May (10,off Sutton), Los Angeles Popovich (4,off Abernathy).  IBB–Jones (1,by Drysdale); Bench (5,by Sutton); Parker (3,by Culver); Gabrielson (1,by Abernathy).  Team LOB–5.  Team–9.  SB–Helms (4,2nd base off Drysdale/Haller); May (3,2nd base off Drysdale/Haller); A Johnson (12,2nd base off Drysdale/Haller); Perez (3,2nd base off Sutton/Haller).  IBB–Culver (5,Parker); Abernathy (8,Gabrielson); Drysdale (4,Jones); Sutton (8,Bench).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:46.  A–19,190.
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