St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
September 19, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1968 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, San Francisco Giants 11

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 3 1
Flood cf 4 0 1 1
Tolan rf 3 1 0 0
  Davis ph 0 0 0 0
  Maris ph,rf 2 0 0 1
Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 0
Edwards c 3 0 1 2
Shannon 3b 4 0 0 0
Gagliano 2b 4 1 2 0
Schofield ss 2 1 0 0
Briles p 2 0 0 0
  Hague ph 0 1 0 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 3 4 3 3
Hunt 2b 5 2 3 2
Mays cf 5 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 2 0
Hart 3b 5 1 2 4
Dietz c 5 0 0 0
Marshall lf 2 1 1 0
  Cline lf 0 0 0 0
Lanier ss 4 2 2 0
Robertson p 2 0 1 0
  McCormick p 0 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 11 15 9
St. Louis 200 000 300581
San Francisco 230 004 20x11150
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  L (18-11) 6.0 12 9 9 4 2
  Hughes   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Hoerner   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
15
11
11
4
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson  W (2-0) 6.0 7 5 5 3 6
  McCormick   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Linzy  SV (12) 3.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
8

  E–Schofield (6).  DP–St. Louis 1, San Francisco 1.  2B–St. Louis Gagliano (4,off Robertson), San Francisco Hart (14,off Briles).  3B–San Francisco McCovey (4,off Briles).  HR–San Francisco Bonds 2 (9,1st inning off Briles 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Hughes 1 on, 2 out); Hart (22,6th inning off Briles 3 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Robertson (1,off Briles); Bonds (1,off Briles); Linzy (4,off Hughes).  IBB–Marshall 2 (2,by Briles 2); McCovey (20,by Briles).  Team–7.  SB–Brock 3 (58,2nd base off Robertson/Dietz 2,3rd base off Robertson/Dietz); Bonds (16,2nd base off Briles/Edwards).  CS–Brock (11,3rd base by Robertson/Dietz).  WP–Briles (4).  IBB–Briles 3 (12,Marshall 2,McCovey).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:50.  A–4,502.
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