Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
July 7, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1968 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Chicago Cubs 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 0 0 0
Alou cf 4 0 1 1
Clemente rf 4 0 0 0
Mota lf,3b 4 0 1 0
Clendenon 1b 3 2 2 1
Pagan 3b,2b 4 1 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 1 1 0
  Stargell ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Taylor c 3 0 1 0
  Jimenez ph 1 0 1 1
  Veale p 0 0 0 0
Blass p 0 0 0 0
  Ellis p 2 0 0 0
  Alley ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 3 1 1 0
Williams rf,lf 4 1 1 0
Santo 3b 2 1 0 0
Banks 1b 3 1 1 4
Smith lf 3 0 1 0
  Arcia cf 1 1 1 1
Hundley c 3 0 0 0
Hickman cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Holtzman p 3 0 0 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 5 5
Pittsburgh 001 000 102490
Chicago 400 000 001550
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass   0.1 4 4 4 1 0
  Ellis   6.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Face   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Veale  L (7-8) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
5
5
3
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman   8.2 7 4 4 1 5
  Regan  W (5-2) 0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  HR–Pittsburgh Clendenon (7,7th inning off Holtzman 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Banks (13,1st inning off Blass 3 on, 1 out); Arcia (1,9th inning off Veale 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Santo (2,by Face).  Team–4.  HBP–Face (1,Santo).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:36.
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