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Giants
@ Dodgers
Dodger Stadium
August 23, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants, played on August 23, 1968 at Dodger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 23, 1968 |
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Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Home Team |
Los Angeles Dodgers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 23, 1968 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
Home Team | Los Angeles Dodgers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bobby Bolin |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bill Singer |
Ballpark | Dodger Stadium |
City | Los Angeles |
State | CA |
Attendance | 22,700 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 55 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Ed Sudol 1B: Lee Weyer 2B: Tom Gorman 3B: Bill Williams |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bobby Bonds | Center Fielder |
Ron Hunt | Second Baseman |
Ty Cline | Right Fielder |
Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
Jim Ray Hart | Third Baseman |
Dick Dietz | Catcher |
Jesus Alou | Left Fielder |
Hal Lanier | Shortstop |
Bobby Bolin | Pitcher |
Herman Franks | Manager |
Los Angeles Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Willie Crawford | Left Fielder |
Willie Davis | Center Fielder |
Tom Haller | Catcher |
Len Gabrielson | Right Fielder |
Ron Fairly | First Baseman |
Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
Paul Popovich | Second Baseman |
Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
Bill Singer | Pitcher |
Walter Alston | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Giants
@ Dodgers
Dodger Stadium
August 23, 1968
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Singer
Bonds is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Singer
Hunt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cline vs. Singer
Cline hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Singer
McCovey hits a line drive into center field. Davis picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Davis. Hunt moves to third. McCovey moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hart vs. Singer
Hart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hunt scores. McCovey moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dietz vs. Singer
Dietz is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Bolin
Crawford hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Bolin
Davis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haller vs. Bolin
There goes Davis. The throw from Dietz and he is safe. Davis steals second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Haller vs. Bolin
Haller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gabrielson vs. Bolin
Gabrielson hits a ball on the ground towards left field. Alou picks it up and throws to third to catch Davisfor the out. Haller moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fairly vs. Bolin
Fairly takes first base on ball four. Haller moves to third. Gabrielson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Boyer vs. Bolin
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Haller scores. Gabrielson scores. Fairly moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Popovich vs. Bolin
Popovich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fairly scores. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Versalles vs. McCormick
Mike McCormick now pitching.
Versalles hits a popup towards third. Hart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Singer
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Singer
Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Singer
McCormick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Singer
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Singer vs. McCormick
Singer hits a popup towards third. Hart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. McCormick
Crawford is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. McCormick
Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Singer
Hunt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Popovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cline vs. Singer
Cline hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Singer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Singer
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fairly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCovey for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haller vs. McCormick
Haller is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gabrielson vs. McCormick
Gabrielson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. McCormick
Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hart vs. Singer
Hart strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dietz vs. Singer
Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Singer
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fairly scoops it up and throws to first, with Singer covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. McCormick
Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Popovich vs. McCormick
Popovich strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Versalles vs. McCormick
Versalles hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Singer vs. McCormick
Singer hits a fly ball into center field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Singer
Lanier hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Singer
McCormick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Singer
Bonds takes first base on ball four. McCormick moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hunt vs. Singer
Hunt takes first base on ball four. McCormick moves to third. Bonds moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cline vs. Singer
Cline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCormick scores. Bonds scores. Hunt moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McCovey vs. Singer
McCovey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hunt scores. Cline moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hart vs. Purdin
John Purdin now pitching.
Hart hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dietz vs. Purdin
Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. McCormick
Crawford is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. McCormick
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haller vs. McCormick
Haller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gabrielson vs. McCormick
Gabrielson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dietz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Purdin
Alou hits a popup in front of the plate. Haller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Purdin
Lanier strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Purdin
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fairly scoops it up and throws to first, with Purdin covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. McCormick
Fairly hits a fly ball into center field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. McCormick
Boyer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Popovich vs. McCormick
Popovich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Purdin
Bonds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunt vs. Purdin
Hunt is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cline vs. Purdin
Cline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bonds moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCovey vs. Purdin
McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bonds scores. Cline moves to third. McCovey moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hart vs. Purdin
Hart is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Dietz vs. Purdin
The ball gets by Haller for a passed ball. Cline scores. McCovey moves to third. Hart moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dietz vs. Purdin
Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles misplays the ball. That's an error on Versalles. McCovey scores. Hart scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Purdin
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lanier vs. Purdin
Lanier is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. McCormick
Jim Davenport now playing third base.
Versalles hits a fly ball into center field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. McCormick
Bob Bailey pinch hits for John Purdin.
Bailey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hunt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. McCormick
Crawford hits a fly ball into right field. Cline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Aguirre
Hank Aguirre now pitching.
McCormick strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Aguirre
Bonds hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Aguirre
Hunt strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. McCormick
Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haller vs. McCormick
Haller strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gabrielson vs. McCormick
Gabrielson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fairly vs. McCormick
Fairly hits a fly ball into right field. Cline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cline vs. Aguirre
Cline hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Aguirre
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davenport vs. Aguirre
Davenport takes first base on ball four. McCovey moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dietz vs. Aguirre
Dietz hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alou vs. Aguirre
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. McCormick
Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Popovich vs. McCormick
Popovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. McCormick
Versalles hits a fly ball into right field. Cline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/23/1968 -- San Francisco at Los Angeles (N) San Francisco AB R H RBI Los Angeles AB R H RBI Bonds B, cf 4 2 1 0 Crawford W, lf 4 0 0 0 Hunt R, 2b 3 2 0 0 Davis W, cf 3 0 1 0 Cline T, rf 5 1 2 2 Haller T, c 3 1 1 0 McCovey W, 1b 5 1 4 2 Gabrielson L, rf 4 1 0 0 Hart J, 3b 3 1 1 1 Fairly R, 1b 3 1 0 0 Davenport J, 3b 0 0 0 0 Boyer K, 3b 4 0 1 2 Dietz D, c 5 0 0 1 Popovich P, 2b 4 0 1 1 Alou J, lf 5 0 0 0 Versalles Z, ss 4 0 0 0 Lanier H, ss 4 0 0 0 Singer B, p 2 0 0 0 Bolin B, p 0 0 0 0 Purdin J, p 0 0 0 0 McCormick M, p 2 1 0 0 Bailey B, ph 1 0 0 0 Aguirre H, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 8 8 6 32 3 4 3 San Francisco 100 030 400 -- 8 Los Angeles 300 000 000 -- 3 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Bolin B 0.2 2 3 3 3 0 McCormick M (W) 8.1 2 0 0 0 9 Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO Singer B (L) 4.1 4 4 4 5 3 Purdin J 2.2 3 4 2 1 3 Aguirre H 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 E -- Davis W, Versalles Z LOB -- San Francisco 8, Los Angeles 5 SB -- Davis W PB -- Dietz D, Haller T T -- 2:55 A -- 22700
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