Cincinnati Reds vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 17, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1968 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 5 0 2 0
Pinson cf 5 1 1 0
Johnson lf 4 1 2 0
Bench c 3 1 1 1
Perez 3b 4 1 2 1
May 1b 4 0 2 0
McRae 2b 3 0 1 0
  Kelso p 0 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 1 1 1
Maloney p 1 0 0 0
  McGinn p 0 0 0 0
  Pavletich ph 1 0 0 0
  McCool p 0 0 0 0
  Ruiz 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 5 2 2 0
Davis cf 5 0 1 0
Haller c 3 1 0 0
Gabrielson rf 1 0 0 0
  Boyer ph 1 0 0 1
  Fairey pr,rf 2 0 0 0
Sudakis 3b 4 1 1 2
Parker 1b 2 1 1 0
Popovich ss 3 0 1 2
Shirley 2b 3 0 0 0
Osteen p 3 2 3 1
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 6
Cincinnati 000 000 0415121
Los Angeles 004 200 10x792
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Maloney  L (13-10) 3.0 8 6 5 3 3
  McGinn   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  McCool   2.1 0 1 1 6 2
  Kelso   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Abernathy   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
6
9
8
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen  W (11-18) 7.2 11 4 2 1 5
  Brewer  SV (12) 1.1 1 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
12
5
3
1
9

  E–McRae (5), Sudakis 2 (2).  DP–Cincinnati 1, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Cincinnati Pinson (29,off Osteen); Bench (37,off Osteen).  HR–Cincinnati Cardenas (6,9th inning off Brewer 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Haller (12,by Maloney).  Team–10.  SB–A Johnson (15,2nd base off Osteen/Haller).  CS–May (7,2nd base by Osteen/Haller).  WP–Maloney (11), Brewer (2).  IBB–Maloney (6,Haller).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:50.  A–10,106.
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