New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
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 Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 1, San Francisco Giants 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 4 1 1 0
Linz 2b 4 0 2 1
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Charles 3b 3 0 1 0
Swoboda rf 3 0 0 0
Grote c 3 0 0 0
Weis ss 3 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 2 0 0 0
  Bosch ph 1 0 0 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Buchek ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 5 0 1 0
Hunt 2b 2 0 1 0
Cline lf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 1 2 0
Dietz c 2 1 1 1
Alou rf 4 0 2 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 1
Lanier ss 4 0 0 0
Sadecki p 4 0 1 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
New York 000 000 001142
San Francisco 010 001 00x280
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (10-9) 8.0 8 2 2 4 4
Totals
8.0
8
2
2
4
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  W (11-13) 9.0 4 1 1 0 13
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
13

  E–Linz (8), Grote (5).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–New York Charles (9,off Sadecki).  3B–New York Agee (3,off Sadecki), San Francisco McCovey (3,off Seaver).  Team LOB–2.  HBP–Hunt (13,by Seaver).  Team–11.  SB–Bonds (6,2nd base off Seaver/Grote); Hunt (4,2nd base off Seaver/Grote).  CS–Cline (2,Home by Seaver/Grote).  HBP–Seaver (7,Hunt).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:09.
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