San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
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 Busch Stadium II. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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 5, St. Louis Cardinals 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 1 2 1
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 5 1 2 1
McCovey 1b 5 0 1 0
Hart 3b 4 1 2 1
  Davenport 3b 0 0 0 0
Alou lf 5 1 2 0
Dietz c 2 0 0 0
Lanier ss 3 1 2 1
Perry p 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 0 0
Flood cf 3 1 1 0
Maris rf 4 0 2 1
Edwards c 4 0 0 0
Gagliano 3b,2b 4 0 1 0
Cepeda 1b 3 0 0 0
Schofield 2b,ss 4 0 1 0
Maxvill ss 1 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Washburn p 1 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
  Tolan ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
San Francisco 002 210 0005111
St. Louis 100 000 000151
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (14-13) 9.0 5 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn  L (12-6) 4.2 8 5 3 2 4
  Willis   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hughes   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Nelson   2.0 1 0 0 3 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
3
5
5

  E–Mays (6), Maxvill (22).  DP–San Francisco 1, St. Louis 1.  PB–Dietz (16).  3B–San Francisco Bonds (5,off Hughes).  SH–Perry (7,off Washburn); Lanier (13,off Nelson).  Team LOB–10.  SB–Bonds (12,2nd base off Washburn/Edwards).  CS–Davenport (3,Home by Nelson/Edwards).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:35.  A–28,718.
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