Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
August 12, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1968 at Crosley Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 9, Cincinnati Reds 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 3 2 2 2
Millan 2b 4 0 0 0
Aaron rf 4 1 0 1
  Page rf 0 0 0 0
Torre c 4 1 2 1
  Tillman c 0 0 0 0
Francona 1b,lf 4 2 2 1
Lum lf 1 1 1 2
  Johnson D. ph,1b 2 1 0 0
Johnson B. 3b 5 0 1 0
Martinez ss 5 1 2 2
Stone p 3 0 1 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 11 9
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 0 3 0
Beauchamp cf 4 0 1 2
Johnson lf 4 0 1 0
Perez 3b 4 0 2 0
Bench c 4 0 1 0
Helms 2b 4 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Pavletich 1b 3 0 1 0
  Maloney pr 0 1 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield 1b 1 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 3 1 1 0
Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Cloninger ph 1 0 0 0
  McCool p 1 0 1 0
  Ruiz ph,1b,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 11 2
Atlanta 600 100 2009110
Cincinnati 000 000 2002112
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  W (3-1) 6.2 10 2 2 1 4
  Upshaw  SV (8) 2.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
1
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Culver  L (9-12) 0.2 4 6 2 1 0
  Lee   2.1 2 0 0 1 1
  McCool   4.0 5 3 3 4 0
  Carroll   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
9
5
6
1

  E–A Johnson (10), Helms (14).  DP–Atlanta 3, Cincinnati 3.  PB–Bench 2 (11).  2B–Atlanta Alou (26,off Culver), Cincinnati Beauchamp (2,off Stone).  SH–Millan (8,off Culver).  SF–Francona (1,off Culver); Alou (3,off McCool).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  SB–Lum (3,2nd base off Culver/Bench).  WP–McCool (6).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:44.  A–7,312.
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