San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
September 25, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1968 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Francisco Giants 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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San Francisco Giants 2, Houston Astros 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 4 0 0 0
Mason 2b 4 0 1 0
Marshall rf 4 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 2 0
Hiatt c 4 0 0 0
Henderson lf 2 1 1 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
Schroder 3b 3 0 0 0
  Mays ph 0 0 0 0
Lanier ss 3 0 1 2
  Dietz ph 1 0 0 0
  Cline ph 0 0 0 0
Marichal p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Herrera rf 4 0 1 0
Torres ss 4 1 0 0
Wynn cf 4 0 3 0
Staub 1b 3 0 0 1
Rader 3b 4 1 1 0
Menke 2b 2 1 1 1
Aspromonte lf 2 0 1 1
Adlesh c 3 0 0 0
Giusti p 3 0 1 0
  Coombs p 0 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 8 3
San Francisco 000 000 200260
Houston 000 011 10x380
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal  L (26-9) 8.0 8 3 3 1 5
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
1
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Giusti  W (11-14) 7.2 6 2 2 1 8
  Coombs   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Ray  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
9

  E–None.  2B–San Francisco Lanier (14,off Giusti), Houston Wynn (23,off Marichal).  3B–Houston Rader (4,off Marichal); Menke (6,off Marichal).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Menke (2,off Marichal); Staub (4,off Marichal).  Team–5.  SB–Mays (12,2nd base off Ray/Adlesh).  CS–Wynn (17,2nd base by Marichal/Hiatt).  U–Frank Dezelan, Doug Harvey, John Kibler, Chris Pelekoudas, Shag Crawford.  T–2:22.  A–9,258.
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