San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
August 20, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1968 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 0, New York Mets 8

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 4 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 3 0 1 0
Cline lf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 2 0 0 0
Hart 3b 4 0 1 0
Dietz c 4 0 2 0
Alou rf 4 0 1 0
Lanier ss 3 0 0 0
Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  Herbel p 0 0 0 0
  Schroder ph 1 0 0 0
  Monbouquette p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 5 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 4 2 0 0
Harrelson ss 4 1 1 0
Jones lf 4 3 3 1
Swoboda rf 4 2 2 5
Grote c 5 0 1 0
Linz 2b 4 0 2 2
Buchek 3b 3 0 0 0
Stahl 1b 4 0 0 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Shamsky ph 1 0 0 0
  Koonce p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 9 8
San Francisco 000 000 000053
New York 011 020 04x890
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  L (11-14) 4.1 3 4 4 4 4
  Herbel   1.2 1 0 0 0 3
  Monbouquette   2.0 5 4 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
8
4
4
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (11-9) 6.0 4 0 0 5 5
  Koonce  SV (10) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
5
7

  E–Hart (15), Dietz (7), Lanier (14).  DP–New York 1.  2B–San Francisco Hunt (13,off Seaver), New York Linz (6,off Sadecki).  HR–New York Swoboda (11,8th inning off Monbouquette 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–McCovey (14,by Seaver); Buchek (2,by Sadecki); Jones (2,by Sadecki).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Harrelson (2,off Sadecki).  Team–9.  CS–Dietz (1,2nd base by Seaver/Grote).  SB–Jones (18,3rd base off Sadecki/Dietz); Swoboda (7,2nd base off Sadecki/Dietz).  WP–Sadecki (5).  IBB–Sadecki 2 (12,Buchek,Jones); Seaver (5,McCovey).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:53.  A–33,684.
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