San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
September 28, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1968 at Crosley Field. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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 10, Cincinnati Reds 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf,rf 5 1 0 0
Hunt 2b 2 3 0 0
  Davenport 3b 0 1 0 0
Marshall rf 2 2 1 1
  Mays ph,cf 0 1 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 2 1 3
Alou lf 3 0 0 1
  Cline lf 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph,lf 2 0 2 2
Hiatt c 3 0 1 1
Mason 3b,2b 5 0 0 0
Lanier ss 5 0 1 0
Perry p 5 0 1 0
Totals 36 10 7 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 5 0 5 2
Pinson cf 5 0 3 0
May 1b 5 0 0 0
Perez 3b 5 0 1 0
Jones lf 5 1 2 0
Bench c 4 1 2 0
Ruiz 2b 3 1 1 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 1 1
  Woodward 2b 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 1 1 0
Nolan p 3 0 0 0
  McGinn p 0 0 0 0
  Kelso p 0 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 16 3
San Francisco 200 030 3201071
Cincinnati 020 100 1004162
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (16-15) 9.0 16 4 3 1 8
Totals
9.0
16
4
3
1
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nolan  L (9-4) 6.0 3 8 5 6 8
  McGinn   1.2 2 2 2 3 3
  Kelso   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
10
7
9
12

  E–McCovey (20), May (5), Cardenas (29).  DP–San Francisco 1.  PB–Bench (18).  2B–San Francisco Marshall (5,off Nolan); Brown (4,off McGinn), Cincinnati Rose 2 (41,off Perry 2); Jones (9,off Perry).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (36,5th inning off Nolan 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Hunt (24,by Nolan).  IBB–Hiatt (4,by McGinn).  Team LOB–9.  Team–12.  WP–Nolan 2 (3), McGinn (2).  HBP–Nolan (3,Hunt).  IBB–McGinn (3,Hiatt).  U–Bob Engel, Ed Vargo, Al Barlick, Nick Colosi, Stan Landes.  T–3:09.  A–5,550.
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