Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
August 3, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1968 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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 0, San Francisco Giants 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Wills 3b 4 0 2 0
Mota cf 4 0 1 0
Clemente rf 3 0 1 0
Stargell lf 4 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 0 0 0
Alley ss 4 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 2 0
May c 4 0 2 0
Veale p 1 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 0 9 0
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf,cf 2 2 1 1
Hunt 2b 2 3 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 2 3
  Marshall lf 0 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 2 2
  Cline pr,rf,1b 0 0 0 0
Dietz c 4 0 2 0
Alou lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 1 0
Lanier ss 4 1 0 0
Sadecki p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 9 6
Pittsburgh 000 000 000093
San Francisco 102 020 20x790
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale  L (9-11) 4.0 3 3 1 2 1
  Kline   2.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Henry   1.0 3 2 0 1 1
  Walker   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
3
4
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  W (10-13) 9.0 9 0 0 1 12
Totals
9.0
9
0
0
1
12

  E–Wills (15), Clendenon (13), May (7).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, San Francisco 1.  HR–San Francisco Bonds (2,1st inning off Veale 0 on, 0 out); McCovey (26,5th inning off Kline 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Sadecki (4,off Veale).  Team–5.  WP–Henry 2 (3).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–2:15.  A–9,251.
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