New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
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 Connie Mack Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets 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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New York Mets 3, Philadelphia Phillies 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Linz 2b 4 0 1 0
Shamsky lf 4 0 1 1
  Agee cf 0 0 0 0
Jones cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Martin c 4 0 2 0
  Jackson pr 0 0 0 0
  Goossen 1b 0 0 0 0
Swoboda rf 4 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 3 1 1 0
  Grote ph,c 0 0 0 0
Collins 3b 4 1 2 0
Weis ss 4 1 1 0
Selma p 3 0 1 1
  Taylor p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 11 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rojas 2b 5 0 2 0
Pena ss 5 1 3 0
Gonzalez cf 4 1 2 0
Allen lf 4 1 1 3
Callison rf 4 1 1 1
Taylor 3b 4 0 1 0
Briggs 1b 1 0 0 0
Ryan c 3 0 1 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Wise p 3 0 0 0
  Boozer p 0 0 0 0
  Dalrymple ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 4
New York 000 010 0203110
Philadelphia 000 000 0134110
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Selma   7.0 8 1 1 4 4
  Taylor  L (1-2) 1.1 3 3 3 1 2
Totals
8.1
11
4
4
5
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Wise   7.0 8 3 3 0 2
  Boozer   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Jackson   0.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Hall  W (3-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 2.  2B–New York Swoboda (6,off G Jackson).  HR–Philadelphia Callison (8,8th inning off Selma 0 on, 0 out); Allen (15,9th inning off Taylor 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Grote (8,by G Jackson).  Team LOB–6.  Team–11.  CS–Taylor (4,2nd base by Selma/Martin).  IBB–G Jackson (2,Grote).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–3:00.
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