Philadelphia Phillies vs Atlanta Braves
August 24, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1968 at Atlanta Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 4, Atlanta Braves 3

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 3b 5 2 2 0
Rojas 2b 2 0 1 0
  Clemens rf 2 0 0 0
Pena ss 3 1 1 0
Allen lf 3 0 1 1
Lock cf 3 0 0 0
Joseph 1b 3 0 1 0
Sutherland rf,2b 4 1 0 0
Ryan c 3 0 1 0
Johnson p 3 0 1 1
  Wagner p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 0 1 1
Millan 2b 5 0 3 1
Aaron H. rf 4 0 2 0
Torre c 4 1 0 0
Francona 1b 4 0 2 0
Lum lf 3 0 0 1
Johnson 3b 2 1 0 0
  Garrido ss 0 0 0 0
  Causey ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Martinez ss,3b,ss 4 1 1 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 2 0 0 0
  Page ph 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Aaron T. ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Philadelphia 210 000 100481
Atlanta 000 100 101391
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (1-1) 7.1 6 2 1 3 2
  Wagner  SV (4) 1.2 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
3
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  L (3-3) 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Upshaw   6.2 6 2 1 3 5
  Raymond   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
4
7

  E–Pena (20), B Johnson (10).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Philadelphia Johnson (1,off Upshaw); Taylor (17,off Upshaw), Atlanta Alou (29,off Johnson); Millan (20,off Wagner).  SH–Ryan (2,off Upshaw).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Lum (1,off Johnson).  Team–10.  SB–Allen (7,2nd base off Upshaw/Torre); Lock (3,2nd base off Upshaw/Torre); Taylor (18,Home off Upshaw/Torre); H Aaron (20,2nd base off Johnson/Ryan).  CS–Allen (7,Home by Upshaw/Torre); Ryan (3,2nd base by Raymond/Torre).  WP–Upshaw (2).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:27.  A–9,053.
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