Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 11, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 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."

"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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Philadelphia Phillies 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 3b 5 0 2 2
Pena ss 6 0 1 0
Briggs 1b,cf 5 1 3 0
Callison rf 3 0 0 0
  Lock rf 2 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 6 3 3 0
Gonzalez cf 1 0 0 0
  White 1b 5 2 2 1
Clemens lf 5 0 2 0
  Allen ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Dalrymple c 5 1 3 1
  Sutherland ph 1 0 1 2
  Ryan c 0 0 0 0
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Joseph ph 0 1 0 0
  Boozer p 2 0 0 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 2 0 0 0
  Farrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 8 17 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 1 1 0
  Stargell ph 0 0 0 0
  McBean p 1 0 0 0
  Veale p 1 0 1 1
Alou cf 7 1 2 0
Clemente rf 5 1 2 1
Clendenon 1b 6 0 2 0
Mota lf 5 0 1 1
Mazeroski 2b 5 1 2 0
Pagan 3b 6 1 3 1
Cannizzaro c 4 1 2 0
  Taylor pr 0 0 0 0
  May c 1 0 0 0
Ellis p 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb ph 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Jimenez ph 1 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Alley ph,ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 50 6 16 4
Philadelphia 010 400 000 0038171
Pittsburgh 220 000 001 0016163
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   3.0 5 4 3 2 1
  Boozer   4.1 6 0 0 1 3
  Fryman   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Wagner  W (3-3) 3.2 4 2 2 1 1
  Farrell  SV (11) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
16
6
5
5
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   3.2 6 5 4 3 3
  Kline   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Walker   2.0 1 0 0 0 4
  Sisk   2.0 4 0 0 1 1
  McBean  L (9-12) 3.1 4 3 3 0 2
  Veale   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
12.0
17
8
7
4
12

  E–Rojas (9), Alou (5), Clendenon 2 (17).  DP–Philadelphia 1, Pittsburgh 3.  2B–Philadelphia Briggs (11,off Ellis); Rojas (18,off Ellis); Sutherland (4,off Veale), Pittsburgh Pagan (7,off Boozer); Mazeroski (13,off Wagner).  3B–Pittsburgh Alou (4,off G Jackson); Clendenon (6,off Wagner).  SH–Lock (3,off McBean).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Mota (4,off G Jackson).  IBB–Clemente (23,by G Jackson).  Team–14.  SB–Briggs (6,2nd base off McBean/May); Clendenon (9,2nd base off G Jackson/Dalrymple).  WP–G Jackson (3), Ellis (6), Walker (4).  BK–Ellis (1).  IBB–G Jackson (3,Clemente).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–3:42.
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