New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
September 10, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 1968 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 1, Chicago Cubs 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 3 0 1 0
Boswell 2b 4 1 1 0
Stahl cf 4 0 1 0
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Martin c 4 0 1 0
Shamsky rf 4 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 0 0
Buchek 3b 3 0 3 0
Selma p 1 0 1 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 1 1 0
Beckert 2b 5 2 2 0
Williams rf,lf 4 3 3 6
  Arcia lf 0 0 0 0
Banks 1b 4 2 1 1
  Jones 1b 0 0 0 0
Santo 3b 3 0 1 0
McMath lf 3 0 1 1
  Hickman rf 1 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 0 0
Phillips cf 3 0 1 0
Hands p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 10 8
New York 100 000 000181
Chicago 200 003 30x8100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Selma  L (9-9) 5.0 6 5 4 1 6
  Taylor   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Ryan   2.0 3 3 3 2 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
7
3
9
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hands  W (16-9) 9.0 8 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
4

  E–Buchek (5).  DP–Chicago 1.  HR–Chicago Williams 3 (29,1st inning off Selma 1 on, 1 out,6th inning off Selma 1 on, 0 out,7th inning off Ryan 1 on, 1 out); Banks (31,7th inning off Ryan 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Selma (4,off Hands); Hands (7,off Ryan).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  WP–Hands (4).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:11.  A–1,501.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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