Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 20, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1968 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Chicago Cubs 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0
Spangler rf 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
Banks 1b 3 0 0 0
Santo 3b 2 0 1 0
Hundley c 2 0 1 0
Phillips cf 3 0 0 0
Arcia 2b 3 0 0 0
Jenkins p 2 0 0 0
  McMath ph 1 0 0 0
  Ross p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 2 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Wills 3b 4 1 2 1
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Alou cf 4 0 1 1
Clemente rf 4 1 2 0
  Kolb pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 0 1 0
Alley 2b 4 1 2 0
Pagan lf 3 1 1 2
May c 3 1 1 0
Blass p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 4
Chicago 000 000 000023
Pittsburgh 040 010 00x5100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (18-15) 7.0 8 5 4 0 6
  Ross   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
4
0
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  W (17-5) 9.0 2 0 0 1 8
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
1
8

  E–Kessinger (33), Williams (9), Banks (6).  DP–Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Chicago Hundley (18,off Blass), Pittsburgh Alley (20,off Jenkins); May (14,off Jenkins).  HR–Pittsburgh Pagan (4,2nd inning off Jenkins 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Hundley (2,by Blass).  Team LOB–3.  Team–4.  SB–Wills (50,2nd base off Jenkins/Hundley).  CS–Alley (5,2nd base by Jenkins/Hundley); Alou (10,2nd base by Jenkins/Hundley); Kolb (1,3rd base by Ross/Hundley).  WP–Jenkins (6).  HBP–Blass (4,Hundley).  U–Tony Venzon, Dick Stello, Augie Donatelli.  T–2:19.  A–4,478.
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