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Giants
@ Reds
Crosley Field
May 10, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants, played on May 10, 1968 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
Date | May 10, 1968 |
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Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 10, 1968 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gaylord Perry |
Home Starting Pitcher | George Culver |
Ballpark | Crosley Field |
City | Cincinnati |
State | OH |
Attendance | 9,464 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 42 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Shag Crawford 1B: Chris Pelekoudas 2B: Doug Harvey 3B: John Kibler |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ron Hunt | Second Baseman |
Jim Davenport | Third Baseman |
Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
Jim Ray Hart | Left Fielder |
Ollie Brown | Right Fielder |
Jack Hiatt | Catcher |
Hal Lanier | Shortstop |
Gaylord Perry | Pitcher |
Herman Franks | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
Name | Position |
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Pete Rose | Right Fielder |
Alex Johnson | Left Fielder |
Vada Pinson | Center Fielder |
Tony Perez | Third Baseman |
Lee May | First Baseman |
Johnny Bench | Catcher |
Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
Leo Cardenas | Shortstop |
George Culver | Pitcher |
Dave Bristol | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Giants
@ Reds
Crosley Field
May 10, 1968
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Culver
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Culver
Davenport hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Culver
Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Perry
Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Perry
There goes Rose. The throw from Hiatt and he is out, Lanier applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Perry
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Perry
Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Perry
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Culver
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hart vs. Culver
Hart takes first base on ball four. McCovey moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Culver
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCovey scores. Hart moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hiatt vs. Culver
Hiatt is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lanier vs. Culver
Lanier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hart scores. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Perry vs. Culver
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brown scores. Lanier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hunt vs. Culver
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Culver fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Perry
May strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Perry
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Perry
Helms is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Culver
Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Culver
Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Culver
McCovey hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Pinson. McCovey reaches second base with a double. Mays moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hart vs. Culver
Hart hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brown vs. Culver
Brown strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Perry
Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Perry covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culver vs. Perry
Culver is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Perry
Rose is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hiatt vs. Culver
Hiatt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Culver
Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Culver fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Culver
Perry strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Perry
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Perry
Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Perry
Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Culver
Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Culver covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Culver
Davenport takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Culver
Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Davenport moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCovey vs. Davidson
Ted Davidson now pitching.
McCovey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Kelso
Bill Kelso now pitching.
Hart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Kelso
The ball gets by Bench for a passed ball. Hart moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Kelso
There's a wild pitch. Hart moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brown vs. Kelso
Brown hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hiatt vs. Kelso
Hiatt strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Perry
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Perry
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Helms vs. Perry
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out. Bench moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cardenas vs. Perry
Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cardenas for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Kelso
Lanier hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Kelso
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Kelso
Hunt hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruiz vs. Perry
Chico Ruiz pinch hits for Bill Kelso.
Ruiz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rose vs. Perry
Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ruiz moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Perry
Johnson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Ruiz scores. Rose goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pinson vs. Perry
Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson scores. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Linzy
Frank Linzy now pitching.
Perez strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Linzy
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Lee
Bob Lee now pitching.
Davenport hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Lee
Mays strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Lee
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hart vs. Lee
Hart takes first base on ball four. McCovey moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Lee
Brown strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Linzy
Bench hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Linzy
Helms hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cardenas vs. Linzy
Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitfield vs. Linzy
Fred Whitfield pinch hits for Bob Lee.
Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Whitfield for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hiatt vs. Abernathy
Ted Abernathy now pitching.
Hiatt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Abernathy
Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Linzy vs. Abernathy
Linzy hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Linzy
Rose hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Linzy
Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Linzy
Pinson takes first base on ball four. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Linzy
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Rose moves to third. Pinson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
May vs. Linzy
May hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Linzy fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Abernathy
Hunt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davenport vs. Abernathy
Davenport bunts in front of the plate. Bench fields it and throws to first for the out. Hunt moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Abernathy
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCovey vs. Abernathy
McCovey is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hart vs. Abernathy
There's a wild pitch. Hunt moves to third. McCovey moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hart vs. Abernathy
Hart hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Bench fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Linzy
Bench hits a popup towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Linzy
Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Linzy
Mack Jones pinch hits for Leo Cardenas.
Jones takes first base on ball four. Helms moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Linzy
Bob Johnson pinch hits for Ted Abernathy.
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Helms scores. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rose vs. Linzy
Rose hits a line drive into left field. Hart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Linzy
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/10/1968 -- San Francisco at Cincinnati (N) San Francisco AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI Hunt R, 2b 5 0 1 0 Rose P, rf 5 1 3 0 Davenport J, 3b 3 1 0 0 Johnson A, lf 5 1 1 2 Mays W, cf 5 1 2 0 Pinson V, cf 3 0 2 1 McCovey W, 1b 2 2 2 3 Perez T, 3b 4 0 0 0 Hart J, lf 3 1 1 0 May L, 1b 4 0 0 0 Brown O, rf 4 1 1 1 Bench J, c 4 0 1 0 Hiatt J, c 4 0 0 0 Helms T, 2b 4 1 2 0 Lanier H, ss 4 0 1 1 Cardenas L, ss 3 0 0 0 Perry G, p 3 0 0 1 Jones M, ph 0 0 0 0 Linzy F, p 1 0 0 0 Culver G, p 1 0 0 0 Davidson T, p 0 0 0 0 Kelso B, p 0 0 0 0 Ruiz C, ph 1 1 1 0 Lee B, p 0 0 0 0 Whitfield F, ph 1 0 0 0 Abernathy T, p 0 0 0 0 Johnson B, ph 1 0 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 6 8 6 36 4 11 4 San Francisco 030 030 000 -- 6 Cincinnati 000 003 001 -- 4 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Perry G (W)* 5.0 7 3 3 0 4 Linzy F (S) 4.0 4 1 1 2 1 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO Culver G (L) 4.1 5 5 5 3 3 Davidson T+ 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 Kelso B 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 Lee B 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 Abernathy T 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 * Pitched to 4 batters in 6th + Pitched to 1 batter in 5th DP -- San Francisco 2 LOB -- San Francisco 8, Cincinnati 7 2B -- McCovey W, Johnson A HR -- McCovey W CS -- Rose P SH -- Davenport J WP -- Kelso B, Abernathy T PB -- Bench J T -- 2:42 A -- 9464
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