Philadelphia Phillies vs San Francisco Giants
August 7, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1968 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 3, San Francisco Giants 4

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 3b 5 0 0 0
Pena ss 5 1 2 0
Callison rf 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez cf 4 0 0 0
Allen lf 3 1 1 0
Lock cf,rf 4 1 2 2
Joseph 1b 3 0 1 0
Rojas 2b 3 0 3 1
Ryan c 3 0 0 0
  White ph 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
James p 2 0 0 0
  Sutherland ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Sullivan ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Hunt 2b 2 0 1 1
Cline lf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 2 2 2
Hart 3b 3 0 1 0
  Davenport pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Dietz c 2 1 1 0
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
  Mays cf 0 0 0 0
Lanier ss 3 1 2 1
Sadecki p 3 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 8 4
Philadelphia 000 100 020391
San Francisco 010 011 01x480
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
James   6.0 7 3 3 2 5
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Hall  L (4-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
3
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki   7.2 8 3 3 3 7
  Linzy  W (5-7) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
7

  E–Gonzalez (4).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Philadelphia Lock (5,off Sadecki).  HR–San Francisco McCovey 2 (28,6th inning off James 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Hall 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Rojas (1,by Sadecki); White (5,by Linzy).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Dietz (1,off James).  SF–Hunt (2,off James).  Team–6.  SB–Bonds (5,2nd base off James/Ryan).  IBB–Sadecki (10,Rojas); Linzy (10,White).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:17.  A–5,109.
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