Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
August 18, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 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 2, Chicago Cubs 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 5 0 2 0
  Ruiz 1b 0 0 0 0
Beauchamp cf 3 0 1 0
  Jones ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Johnson lf 4 0 2 0
Perez 3b 3 1 1 1
May 1b,rf 4 1 2 0
Helms 2b 4 0 2 0
Corrales c 3 0 1 0
  Bench c 0 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 0 0 1
Culver p 3 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 11 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 2 0
Williams rf 4 1 2 1
Smith lf 4 0 1 0
Banks 1b 2 0 0 0
  Phillips pr 0 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Upham cf 3 0 0 0
Hundley c 2 0 1 0
  Bobb c 0 0 0 0
Nye p 1 0 0 0
  Nen ph 1 0 0 0
  Regan p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Cincinnati 010 100 0002110
Chicago 100 000 000162
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Culver  W (10-12) 8.0 6 1 1 1 3
  Carroll  SV (10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Nye  L (4-12) 6.0 8 2 2 3 4
  Regan   3.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
3
6

  E–Kessinger (26), Santo (14).  DP–Cincinnati 1, Chicago 4.  2B–Cincinnati May (22,off Nye); A Johnson (26,off Regan).  3B–Chicago Williams (7,off Culver).  HR–Cincinnati Perez (15,4th inning off Nye 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Williams (21,1st inning off Culver 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Perez (10,by Nye).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Banks (9,off Culver).  HBP–Banks (3,by Carroll).  Team–5.  CS–Rose (4,2nd base by Regan/Bobb).  HBP–Carroll (4,Banks).  IBB–Nye (3,Perez).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–3:06.
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