Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
August 16, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1968 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 11, Chicago Cubs 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 5 1 2 0
Johnson lf 5 1 1 0
Jones cf 5 2 2 3
Perez 3b 5 1 3 1
Helms 2b 5 1 1 0
Whitfield 1b 5 1 2 2
Corrales c 2 1 1 0
  Carroll p 1 0 1 1
Cardenas ss 4 2 1 2
Maloney p 3 1 1 2
  Bench c 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 15 11
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 1 0
Beckert 2b 5 0 0 0
Williams lf,rf 3 0 0 0
Santo 3b 2 1 0 0
Banks 1b 4 2 3 2
Spangler rf,cf 3 1 0 0
Hickman cf 1 1 0 0
  Reynolds p 1 1 0 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
  Nen ph 1 0 0 0
  Lamabe p 0 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 1 2 2
Hands p 1 0 0 0
  Smith ph,lf 3 0 1 3
Totals 32 7 7 7
Cincinnati 400 202 20111150
Chicago 000 302 020770
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Maloney  W (11-7) 6.0 6 5 5 4 6
  Carroll  SV (9) 3.0 1 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
7
7
5
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hands  L (14-7) 4.0 6 6 6 1 4
  Reynolds   2.0 4 4 4 0 1
  Regan   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Lamabe   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
11
11
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 3, Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Hundley (14,off Maloney); Banks (21,off Maloney); Smith (5,off Maloney).  3B–Cincinnati Jones (1,off Reynolds).  HR–Cincinnati Jones (8,1st inning off Hands 1 on, 1 out); Whitfield (2,1st inning off Hands 1 on, 2 out); Maloney (2,4th inning off Hands 1 on, 2 out); Cardenas (4,6th inning off Reynolds 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Hundley (6,6th inning off Maloney 1 on, 2 out); Banks (22,8th inning off Carroll 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Corrales (1,by Reynolds); Hickman (1,by Maloney).  Team LOB–6.  Team–4.  WP–Maloney (9).  HBP–Maloney (1,Hickman); Reynolds (1,Corrales).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:37.  A–9,509.
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