New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 7, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1968 at Forbes Field. The New York Mets defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 4 0 2 0
Boswell 2b 4 1 2 0
Stahl cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Jones lf 4 1 2 0
Martin c 4 0 1 1
Kranepool 1b 4 1 1 1
Shamsky rf 4 1 2 2
  Agee cf 0 0 0 0
Buchek 3b 3 0 0 0
Koosman p 2 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Koonce p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 1 1 0
Wills 3b 5 0 0 0
Clemente rf 3 1 1 0
Clendenon 1b 3 1 2 1
Mota lf 2 0 1 1
Alou cf 4 0 1 1
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
May c 2 0 1 0
  Jimenez ph 0 0 0 0
  Blass pr 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb ph 1 0 1 0
Bunning p 1 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Stargell ph 1 0 0 0
  Cannizzaro c 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
New York 031 000 0004100
Pittsburgh 100 001 010380
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  W (17-10) 6.0 6 2 2 2 2
  Koonce   1.1 1 1 1 3 3
  Taylor  SV (14) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  L (4-14) 2.1 6 4 4 1 1
  Walker   2.2 2 0 0 0 4
  Kline   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Sisk   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
6

  E–None.  DP–New York 2, Pittsburgh 2.  HR–New York Shamsky (11,2nd inning off Bunning 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Mota (3,off Koosman).  Team–8.  SB–Jones (21,2nd base off Bunning/May); Buchek (1,2nd base off Bunning/May); Patek (17,2nd base off Koosman/Martin).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:43.  A–4,002.
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