San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
July 31, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1968 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 3 1 0 0
  Schroder ph 0 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 4 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 2 0 0
Mays cf 1 0 0 1
Dietz c 4 0 3 2
Alou lf 4 0 0 0
Davenport 3b 4 0 1 0
Lanier ss 3 0 0 0
  Cline ph 1 0 0 0
Bolin p 3 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 3 2 1 0
Gabrielson lf 3 0 0 1
  Savage ph 0 0 0 0
  Sutton pr 0 0 0 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Purdin p 0 0 0 0
  Aguirre p 0 0 0 0
Lefebvre 2b 4 1 1 0
Haller c 3 1 0 0
Fairly rf 4 1 2 0
Bailey 3b 2 0 0 1
Parker 1b 4 0 2 1
Versalles ss 2 0 0 0
  Fairey ph 1 0 0 0
  Shirley ss 0 0 0 1
Osteen p 2 0 0 0
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 30 6 7 4
San Francisco 000 101 010361
Los Angeles 000 001 05x670
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bolin   7.0 6 3 3 2 5
  Gibbon  L (0-2) 0.1 0 2 2 2 0
  Linzy   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
5
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen   7.2 4 3 3 5 4
  Grant  W (5-4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Billingham   0.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Purdin   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Aguirre  SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
6
5

  E–Dietz (5).  PB–Dietz (9).  2B–San Francisco Marshall (4,off Billingham), Los Angeles Parker (20,off Bolin).  3B–Los Angeles Davis (6,off Bolin).  SF–Mays (4,off Osteen).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Shirley (1,off Linzy).  Team–6.  WP–Gibbon (4).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:52.  A–25,651.
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