New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 21, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1968 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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)
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New York Mets 3, Philadelphia Phillies 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 4 1 3 0
  Shamsky ph 1 0 0 0
Linz 2b 4 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Charles 3b 3 1 1 2
Swoboda rf 3 0 1 0
Heise ss,2b 3 1 0 0
Dyer c 3 0 1 0
  Seaver pr 0 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 0 0 0 0
Selma p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Buchek ph 1 0 0 0
  Short p 0 0 0 0
  Grote ph 1 0 0 0
  Harrelson ss 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph 0 0 0 1
Totals 31 3 6 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 3b 0 0 0 0
  Rojas pr,2b 3 1 0 0
Pena ss 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez cf 4 0 2 1
Allen lf 4 1 1 0
White 1b 3 1 1 1
Sutherland 2b,3b 3 1 3 1
Clemens rf 3 0 0 0
Ryan c 3 0 1 1
Short p 3 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
New York 200 000 001360
Philadelphia 300 100 00x480
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Selma  L (9-10) 0.2 2 3 3 0 0
  Jackson   3.1 4 1 1 0 4
  Short   3.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Taylor   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
0
7
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Short  W (18-12) 8.2 6 3 3 6 11
  Wagner  SV (8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
6
11

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Philadelphia 2.  2B–New York Agee (11,off Short), Philadelphia White (14,off Selma); Sutherland (5,off Jackson).  3B–Philadelphia Allen (8,off Jackson).  HR–New York Charles (14,1st inning off Short 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Taylor (3,by Selma).  Team–3.  WP–Short (3).  HBP–Selma (5,Taylor).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:39.  A–1,854.
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