San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
September 2, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1968 at Wrigley Field. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 8, Chicago Cubs 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 6 0 1 0
Hunt 2b 3 1 1 0
  Schroder 2b 1 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 1 1 0
McCovey 1b 3 2 1 0
Hart 3b 4 2 3 1
  Davenport 3b 1 0 1 0
Alou lf 5 1 4 4
Hiatt c 4 1 2 2
Lanier ss 5 0 2 1
Marichal p 5 0 1 0
Totals 41 8 17 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 5 2 3 1
Williams rf 4 0 1 0
Santo 3b 4 0 1 1
Banks 1b 4 1 1 0
  Nen 1b 0 0 0 0
Smith lf 3 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 0 0
Phillips cf 4 1 1 0
Holtzman p 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
  Hartenstein p 1 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 1 0 1 1
  Nye p 0 0 0 0
  Upham ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 4 9 3
San Francisco 020 030 3008171
Chicago 000 101 101490
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal  W (24-7) 9.0 9 4 3 1 8
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
1
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (9-11) 3.0 5 2 2 2 3
  Reynolds   1.2 4 3 3 1 1
  Hartenstein   2.1 5 3 3 1 2
  Nye   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
17
8
8
4
8

  E–McCovey (19).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–San Francisco Hart 2 (10,off Holtzman,off Hartenstein); Alou (14,off Holtzman); Bonds (4,off Holtzman); Lanier (11,off Hartenstein).  HR–San Francisco Hiatt (4,7th inning off Hartenstein 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Beckert (3,6th inning off Marichal 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Hunt (13,off Holtzman).  Team LOB–11.  Team–7.  WP–Hartenstein (2).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:48.
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