National League
Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Mets
15-Sep-1968 at Flushing, NY (Shea Stadium)
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 (73-76) New York Mets 0 (67-84)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Freddie Patek ss........... 4 0 0 0 Ken Boswell 2b............. 4 0 1 0
Maury Wills 3b............. 4 0 0 0 Larry Stahl cf............. 3 0 0 0
Matty Alou cf.............. 4 0 1 0 Cleon Jones lf............. 4 0 0 0
Roberto Clemente rf........ 4 2 3 0 Art Shamsky rf............. 4 0 0 0
Manny Mota pr/rf.......... 0 0 0 0 Ed Charles 3b.............. 3 0 0 0
Willie Stargell lf......... 2 1 0 0 Mike Jorgensen 1b.......... 3 0 1 0
Donn Clendenon 1b.......... 3 0 0 0 Jerry Grote c.............. 2 0 0 0
Bill Mazeroski 2b.......... 3 0 0 0 Bud Harrelson ss........... 3 0 0 0
Chris Cannizzaro c......... 1 0 0 1 Don Cardwell p............. 1 0 0 0
Dock Ellis pr............. 0 0 0 0 Cal Koonce p.............. 0 0 0 0
Jerry May c............... 2 0 0 0 Ed Kranepool ph........... 1 0 0 0
Steve Blass p.............. 4 0 2 2 Ron Taylor p.............. 0 0 0 0
Kevin Collins ph.......... 1 0 0 0
Dick Selma p.............. 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 31 3 6 3 Totals..................... 29 0 2 0
Score by Innings R H E
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Pittsburgh Pirates.. 010 200 000 - 3 6 0
New York Mets....... 000 000 000 - 0 2 1
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E - Harrelson. DP - Mets 1. LOB - Pirates 6; Mets 5. 2B - Clemente 2; Jorgensen. SH
- Clendenon. SB - Stahl.
Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Steve Blass W,16-5........ 9.0 2 0 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 29 32 8 9
New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Don Cardwell L,7-13....... 3.2 4 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 14 18 4 5
Cal Koonce ................ 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 2
Ron Taylor ................ 3.0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 10 11 4 1
Dick Selma ................ 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1
PB - May.
Strikeouts - Patek; Wills; Clendenon; Mazeroski; May; Blass 2; Boswell; Stahl;
Jones; Shamsky 3; Charles; Jorgensen; Grote; Cardwell. Walks - Stargell 2;
Mazeroski; Cannizzaro; Stahl; Charles; Grote.
Umpires - HP: Lee Weyer 1B: Tom Gorman 2B: Nick Colosi 3B: Ed Sudol
Start: 14:05 Time: 2:22 Attendance: 33,838
Game notes:
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Game: 680915
Pittsburgh Pirates starters: 2/ss Patek; 30/3b Wills; 18/cf Alou; 21/rf
Clemente; 8/lf Stargell; 17/1b Clendenon; 9/2b Mazeroski; 16/c Cannizzaro; 28/p
Blass
Pittsburgh Pirates 1st - Patek grounded out to ss. Wills struck out
swinging. Alou lined out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Mets 1st - Boswell grounded out to 2b. Stahl popped up to ss.
Jones grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Pittsburgh Pirates 2nd - Clemente singled. Stargell lined out to lf.
Clendenon popped up to 2b. Mazeroski reached on an error by ss; Clemente
advanced to third. Cannizzaro walked; Mazeroski advanced to second. Blass
singled to left field, RBI; Cannizzaro advanced to second; Mazeroski advanced
to third, out at home lf to c; Clemente scored, unearned. 1 run, 2 hits, 1
error, 2 LOB.
New York Mets 2nd - Shamsky struck out swinging. Charles struck out
swinging. Jorgensen grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors,
0 LOB.
Pittsburgh Pirates 3rd - Patek flied out to rf. Wills grounded out to
2b. Alou grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Mets 3rd - Grote fouled out to c. Harrelson grounded out to 1b
unassisted. Cardwell struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Pittsburgh Pirates 4th - Clemente doubled to center field. Stargell
walked. Clendenon out at first p to 2b, SAC; Stargell advanced to second;
Clemente advanced to third. Mazeroski intentionally walked. Cannizzaro reached
on a fielder's choice, RBI; Mazeroski out at second ss to 2b; Stargell advanced
to third; Clemente scored. Ellis pinch ran for Cannizzaro. Blass singled, RBI;
Ellis advanced to second; Stargell scored. Koonce to p for Cardwell. Patek
popped up to 3b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
New York Mets 4th - May to c for Ellis. Boswell struck out looking.
Stahl walked. Stahl stole second. Jones lined out to lf. Shamsky struck out
looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Pittsburgh Pirates 5th - Wills grounded out to 2b. Alou singled, bunt.
Clemente grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Alou out on the play. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Mets 5th - Charles grounded out to p. Jorgensen doubled to
right field. Grote walked. Harrelson flied out to lf. Kranepool pinch hit for
Koonce. Kranepool popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Pittsburgh Pirates 6th - Taylor to p for Kranepool. Stargell flied out
to lf. Clendenon struck out swinging. Mazeroski flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Mets 6th - Boswell singled to right field. Stahl struck out
swinging. Jones fouled out to 1b. Shamsky lined out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Pittsburgh Pirates 7th - May struck out swinging. Blass struck out
swinging. Patek struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Mets 7th - Charles walked. Jorgensen struck out swinging.
Charles advanced to second on a passed ball. Grote struck out swinging.
Harrelson grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Pittsburgh Pirates 8th - Wills fouled out to ss. Alou grounded out to 1b
unassisted. Clemente doubled to left field. Mota pinch ran for Clemente.
Stargell intentionally walked. Clendenon flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
New York Mets 8th - Mota to rf. Collins pinch hit for Taylor. Collins
grounded out to 2b. Boswell grounded out to 1b unassisted. Stahl grounded out
to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Pittsburgh Pirates 9th - Selma to p for Collins. Mazeroski struck out
swinging. May grounded out to ss. Blass struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Mets 9th - Jones struck out swinging. Shamsky struck out
swinging. Charles popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New York Mets starters: 12/2b Boswell; 25/cf Stahl; 21/lf Jones; 24/rf Shamsky;
5/3b Charles; 16/1b Jorgensen; 15/c Grote; 3/ss Harrelson; 27/p Cardwell