St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
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 Candlestick Park. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, San Francisco Giants 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 6 0 0 0
Javier 2b 6 0 2 0
Flood cf 6 0 3 1
Cepeda 1b 5 1 1 0
Shannon 3b 4 0 2 0
McCarver c 6 0 1 1
Tolan rf 6 0 1 0
Schofield ss 5 1 1 0
Carlton p 2 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 1 1 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph 1 0 1 0
  Wicker pr 0 1 0 0
  Granger p 1 0 0 0
Totals 49 4 13 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 5 1 1 0
Davenport 3b 4 1 1 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 0 1
Mays cf 5 0 0 0
Hart lf 5 1 1 2
Dietz c 3 0 2 0
  Cline pr 0 0 0 0
  Barton c 1 0 0 0
Bonds rf 5 0 1 0
Lanier ss 4 0 1 0
  Schroder ph 1 0 1 0
McCormick p 3 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Hiatt ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 8 3
St. Louis 000 000 201 0014130
San Francisco 000 003 000 000381
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton   6.0 6 3 3 1 6
  Willis   2.0 0 0 0 2 4
  Granger  W (3-0) 4.0 2 0 0 0 6
Totals
12.0
8
3
3
3
16
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick   8.2 8 3 1 3 6
  Bolin   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Gibbon  L (0-1) 3.0 4 1 1 0 4
Totals
12.0
13
4
2
3
10

  E–Davenport (5).  2B–St. Louis Shannon (14,off Gibbon), San Francisco Hunt (8,off Carlton).  HR–San Francisco Hart (16,6th inning off Carlton 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Shannon (4,by McCormick); McCovey (10,by Willis).  Team LOB–12.  SH–Davenport (8,off Willis).  SF–McCovey (5,off Carlton).  Team–7.  IBB–Willis (6,McCovey); McCormick (11,Shannon).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–John Kibler.  T–3:11.  A–15,556.
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