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."

"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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New York Mets 0, San Francisco Giants 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 4 0 1 0
Linz 2b 4 0 1 0
Jones lf 3 0 0 0
Charles 3b 4 0 0 0
Swoboda rf 4 0 0 0
Grote c 4 0 1 0
Stahl 1b 3 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0
Jackson p 1 0 1 0
  Connors p 0 0 0 0
  Short p 0 0 0 0
  Buchek ph 1 0 0 0
  Koonce p 0 0 0 0
  Bosch ph 1 0 1 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 3 1 0 0
  Schroder 2b 0 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 1 2 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 2 2
Dietz c 4 0 2 1
Alou lf 3 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0
Lanier ss 2 1 0 0
McCormick p 4 1 1 2
Totals 31 5 7 5
New York 000 000 000050
San Francisco 102 020 00x570
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (3-6) 2.1 5 3 3 2 1
  Connors   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Short   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Koonce   3.0 1 2 2 1 2
  Taylor   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
5
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick  W (8-13) 9.0 5 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
3

  E–None.  2B–New York Linz (4,off McCormick), San Francisco Dietz 2 (10,off Jackson 2).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (30,3rd inning off Jackson 1 on, 0 out); McCormick (1,5th inning off Koonce 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Hunt (14,by Jackson).  IBB–Alou (2,by Jackson).  Team–8.  CS–Agee (5,2nd base by McCormick/Dietz).  WP–McCormick 2 (8).  HBP–Jackson (1,Hunt).  IBB–Jackson (4,Alou).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:16.  A–13,982.
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