San Francisco Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies
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 Connie Mack Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 7, Philadelphia Phillies 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 3 3 1 0
Hunt 2b 5 0 2 3
Mays cf 3 1 1 0
McCovey 1b 2 0 0 0
  Cline 1b 3 0 0 0
Hart 3b 1 0 0 0
  Johnson 3b 4 0 1 2
Dietz c 3 1 2 1
  Barton c 0 0 0 0
Marshall lf 4 1 1 0
Lanier ss 3 0 0 0
  Davenport ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  Herbel p 2 0 0 0
  McCormick p 0 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
  Schroder ph 1 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 1 0 1
  Monbouquette p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 8 7
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 3b 5 1 1 0
Pena ss 4 2 2 1
Callison rf 4 0 0 0
Allen lf 0 2 0 0
Lock cf 4 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 5 0 4 3
Briggs 1b 4 0 1 1
Ryan c 4 0 0 0
Johnson p 3 0 1 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
San Francisco 100 012 003781
Philadelphia 011 102 000593
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki   1.2 3 1 1 2 1
  Herbel   2.1 4 2 2 5 3
  McCormick   1.2 1 2 2 2 2
  Linzy   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Gibbon  W (1-2) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Monbouquette  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
10
7
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   7.1 5 4 4 4 8
  Wagner  L (1-2) 1.2 3 3 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
6
5
8

  E–Dietz (6), Pena (19), Rojas (7), Ryan (5).  DP–San Francisco 1, Philadelphia 1.  2B–San Francisco Hunt (11,off Wagner), Philadelphia Rojas (16,off Herbel).  HR–San Francisco Dietz (6,5th inning off Johnson 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Mays (5,by Wagner); Allen 3 (11,by Herbel 2,by McCormick).  Team LOB–7.  Team–11.  SB–Bonds (8,2nd base off Johnson/Ryan); Taylor (16,2nd base off Herbel/Dietz); Callison (4,2nd base off Herbel/Dietz).  CS–Pena (2,2nd base by Herbel/Dietz); Allen (6,2nd base by Gibbon/Dietz).  WP–Herbel (1), McCormick (9).  IBB–Herbel 2 (8,Allen 2); McCormick (12,Allen); Wagner (6,Mays).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–3:14.  A–18,586.
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