Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
August 11, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1968 at Crosley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 8, Cincinnati Reds 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 7 1 5 2
Beckert 2b 6 2 2 0
Williams lf 7 2 2 5
Santo 3b 7 0 1 0
Banks 1b 7 1 1 1
  Lamabe p 0 0 0 0
Spangler rf 5 0 1 0
Hundley c 6 1 0 0
Phillips cf 5 1 1 0
Holtzman p 3 0 1 0
  Regan p 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Nen 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 56 8 14 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose cf 5 1 2 1
Helms 2b 7 0 2 0
Johnson lf 3 0 0 0
  Nolan p 1 0 0 0
  Pinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 1 0 0 0
May rf 7 0 0 0
Perez 3b 6 1 2 1
Pavletich 1b 3 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 1 0
  Woodward pr 0 1 0 0
  Ruiz 1b 3 0 1 0
Corrales c 2 0 0 0
  Bench ph,c 5 1 1 2
Cardenas ss 5 1 3 0
Maloney p 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 0 1 1
  Jones lf 3 0 0 0
Totals 55 5 13 5
Chicago 000 023 000 000 0038141
Cincinnati 011 000 120 000 0005132
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman   6.1 8 3 3 3 3
  Regan  W (10-2) 7.2 4 2 2 2 5
  Lamabe  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
15.0
13
5
5
5
9
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Maloney   5.1 7 5 3 2 2
  Abernathy   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Nolan   5.0 2 0 0 1 8
  Ritchie  L (2-2) 3.0 4 3 3 0 1
Totals
15.0
14
8
6
3
11

  E–Santo (13), Perez (19), Cardenas (20).  DP–Chicago 2, Cincinnati 3.  2B–Chicago Kessinger (9,off Nolan), Cincinnati Rose (29,off Holtzman).  3B–Cincinnati Cardenas (2,off Holtzman).  HR–Chicago Williams 2 (19,6th inning off Maloney 1 on, 0 out,15th inning off Ritchie 2 on, 2 out); Banks (21,6th inning off Maloney 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Perez (13,2nd inning off Holtzman 0 on, 0 out); Rose (7,3rd inning off Holtzman 0 on, 1 out); Bench (10,8th inning off Regan 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Maloney (3,off Holtzman).  IBB–Rose (10,by Regan).  Team–11.  SB–Jones (1,2nd base off Regan/Hundley).  IBB–Regan (3,Rose).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–4:02.  A–15,140.
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