Cincinnati Reds vs Atlanta Braves
August 4, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1968 at Atlanta Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 6, Atlanta Braves 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 6 1 4 1
Pinson cf 6 1 2 1
Johnson lf 6 1 2 0
May 1b 5 0 1 1
  Ruiz 1b 0 0 0 0
Bench c 6 1 2 1
Perez 3b 5 0 1 1
Helms 2b 6 2 3 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 1 0
Cloninger p 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Pavletich ph 1 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 6 16 5
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Causey 2b 6 1 1 1
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
Lum lf 6 2 2 0
Aaron H. rf 6 1 2 0
Torre 1b,c 6 0 2 2
Alou cf 4 0 1 0
Johnson 3b 5 0 2 0
Tillman c 2 0 0 0
  Francona ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Martinez ss 5 0 0 0
Niekro p 3 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Kelley p 0 0 0 0
  Aaron T. ph 1 0 0 0
  Britton p 0 0 0 0
  Millan ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 47 4 11 3
Cincinnati 000 001 102 0026162
Atlanta 101 000 002 0004110
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger   6.0 5 2 1 3 8
  Carroll   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Lee   2.0 3 2 2 3 1
  Ritchie  W (1-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
11
4
3
6
10
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   6.2 8 2 2 1 4
  Raymond   2.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Kelley   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Britton   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Upshaw  L (7-5) 2.0 4 2 2 1 0
Totals
12.0
16
6
6
2
5

  E–Bench (9), Helms (13).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Cincinnati Pinson (23,off Niekro); Rose (26,off Raymond); A Johnson (22,off Upshaw), Atlanta Alou (23,off Cloninger); H Aaron (19,off Lee).  3B–Cincinnati Pinson (5,off Kelley); Perez (5,off Upshaw).  HR–Atlanta Causey (1,3rd inning off Cloninger 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Cardenas 2 (4,off Raymond,off Upshaw); Martinez (1,off Lee).  IBB–May (7,by Upshaw); B Johnson (1,by Cloninger); Alou (10,by Lee); Millan (6,by Lee).  Team LOB–10.  Team–14.  CS–Rose (3,2nd base by Niekro/Tillman).  SB–Lum (2,2nd base off Cloninger/Bench).  WP–Niekro (12), Raymond (1).  IBB–Cloninger (8,B Johnson); Lee 2 (10,Alou,Millan); Upshaw (5,May).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–3:48.  A–14,507.
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