St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 26, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1968 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 1 2
Flood cf 5 0 2 1
Tolan rf,1b 4 1 1 0
Cepeda 1b 1 0 0 0
  Maris rf 1 0 1 1
McCarver c 5 0 1 0
Shannon 3b 3 0 1 0
Schofield 2b 4 1 1 0
Maxvill ss 4 1 1 0
Nelson p 2 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Wills 3b 4 1 1 0
Alley ss 3 2 1 1
Alou cf 4 0 1 0
Clemente rf 3 1 1 1
Stargell lf 3 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Virdon ph 0 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 0 0 0 1
Clendenon 1b 4 0 1 2
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 1 0
May c 4 1 1 0
Bunning p 1 0 0 0
  Jimenez ph 1 0 1 0
  Mota pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
St. Louis 000 030 010 0492
Pittsburgh 000 211 000 1580
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson   6.0 5 4 2 1 2
  Willis   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Granger  L (4-1) 1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Hoerner   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.2
8
5
3
2
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning   7.0 6 3 3 3 4
  Walker   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Face   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Kline  W (7-1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
9
4
4
4
4

  E–Schofield (5), Granger (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–St. Louis McCarver (9,off Bunning); Maxvill (6,off Bunning); Tolan (6,off Walker).  3B–St. Louis Brock (9,off Bunning), Pittsburgh Jimenez (1,off Willis).  HR–Pittsburgh Clemente (11,6th inning off Nelson 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Shannon (1,by Bunning).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Alley (6,off Nelson); Alou (7,off Nelson); Bunning (2,off Nelson); Wills (7,off Nelson).  SF–Alley (1,off Nelson); Pagan (3,off Hoerner).  IBB–Clemente 2 (15,by Nelson,by Granger).  Team–7.  CS–Flood (5,2nd base by Bunning/May); Cepeda (5,2nd base by Bunning/May).  HBP–Bunning (5,Shannon).  IBB–Nelson (1,Clemente); Granger (1,Clemente).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:43.  A–23,515.
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