Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
August 21, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1968 at Crosley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 19, Cincinnati Reds 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 6 2 4 2
Wills 3b 4 1 1 0
  Pagan 3b 2 2 2 2
Clemente rf 4 3 3 2
  Kolb pr,rf 0 2 0 0
Clendenon 1b 6 2 2 5
Mota lf 5 3 3 2
Mazeroski 2b 4 2 3 2
Alley ss 6 1 4 3
May c 4 0 0 0
Blass p 5 1 1 0
  Jimenez ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 19 23 18
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose cf 4 0 1 0
Johnson lf 4 1 1 0
May rf 3 0 0 0
Perez 3b 4 0 1 0
Whitfield 1b 4 0 1 1
Helms 2b 3 0 1 0
  Woodward 2b 1 0 0 0
Corrales c 2 0 1 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0
Maloney p 1 0 1 0
  Pavletich ph 1 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Bench c 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Pittsburgh 131 010 34619230
Cincinnati 000 100 000170
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  W (11-5) 8.0 7 1 1 2 4
  Face  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Maloney  L (11-8) 5.0 8 6 6 2 7
  Ritchie   2.0 5 5 5 2 3
  Lee   1.0 7 6 6 1 0
  Culver   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
23
19
19
6
10

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Alley (18,off Ritchie); Alou (19,off Ritchie); Clendenon (16,off Culver), Cincinnati Maloney (2,off Blass); Whitfield (6,off Blass).  3B–Pittsburgh Mota (2,off Maloney).  HR–Pittsburgh Clemente 2 (14,1st inning off Maloney 0 on, 2 out,3rd inning off Maloney 0 on, 0 out); Clendenon (15,7th inning off Ritchie 2 on, 0 out).  SH–May (4,off Maloney).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  SB–Wills 2 (40,2nd base off Ritchie/Corrales,3rd base off Ritchie/Corrales).  WP–Ritchie (1).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:51.  A–8,155.
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