Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 9, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1968 at Forbes Field. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 3b 6 1 1 0
Pena ss 7 2 2 0
Briggs 1b 6 2 3 1
Callison rf 2 0 1 1
  Lock rf 3 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 7 1 1 1
Gonzalez cf 5 2 2 2
Clemens lf 5 0 1 0
Ryan c 5 0 1 1
  Allen ph 1 0 0 0
  Dalrymple c 1 0 1 2
Jackson p 2 0 1 0
  Wagner p 1 0 1 0
  Short p 3 0 1 0
Totals 54 8 16 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 2 1 0
Alou cf 4 1 2 2
Clemente rf 7 0 2 2
Stargell lf 5 0 1 1
Clendenon 1b 6 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 6 1 1 0
Pagan 3b 6 2 1 0
May c 2 0 0 0
  Jimenez ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 0 1 0 0
  Cannizzaro c 3 0 1 1
Moose p 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  McBean p 1 0 0 0
  Kolb ph,c 0 0 0 0
  Alley ph 1 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 2 0 0 0
  Wills ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 51 7 9 6
Philadelphia 104 100 000 000 0028162
Pittsburgh 100 000 104 000 001793
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   6.2 5 2 2 5 5
  Wagner   1.1 0 2 2 3 1
  Short  W (16-11) 7.0 4 3 2 4 8
Totals
15.0
9
7
6
12
14
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Moose   2.2 8 5 5 1 1
  Sisk   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  McBean   4.0 2 1 0 1 3
  Kline   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Dal Canton  L (1-1) 6.0 3 2 2 4 4
Totals
15.0
16
8
7
7
10

  E–Taylor (13), Gonzalez (5), Alou (4), May (8), McBean (3).  DP–Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 2.  PB–Ryan (6).  2B–Philadelphia Gonzalez 2 (11,off Moose,off Kline); Briggs (10,off McBean).  3B–Pittsburgh Pagan (1,off L Jackson); Cannizzaro (2,off Short).  SH–Taylor (5,off Kline); Lock (2,off Dal Canton).  IBB–Clemens (1,by Sisk); Gonzalez 2 (3,by Dal Canton 2).  Team LOB–10.  Team–11.  IBB–Sisk (8,Clemens); Dal Canton 2 (2,Gonzalez 2).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–4:29.  A–2,664.
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