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Mets 1 @ Giants 2
Candlestick Park
August 11, 1968

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets, played on August 11, 1968 at Candlestick Park. The home team Giants beat the visiting Mets with a score of 2 to 1.

Game Summary

DateAugust 11, 1968 
Visiting Team
New York Mets
R: 1 H: 4 E: 2 LOB: 2
Runs: 1
Hits: 4
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 2
Home Team
San Francisco Giants
R: 2 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 2
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherRay Sadecki  
Losing PitcherTom Seaver  
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Game Info

DateAugust 11, 1968 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Mets 
Home TeamSan Francisco Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherTom Seaver  
Home Starting PitcherRay Sadecki  
BallparkCandlestick Park 
CitySan Francisco 
StateCA 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 9 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Chris Pelekoudas
1B: Doug Harvey
2B: John Kibler
3B: Shag Crawford

New York Mets Lineup 

Name  Position 
Tommie Agee  Center Fielder 
Phil Linz  Second Baseman 
Cleon Jones  Left Fielder 
Ed Charles  Third Baseman 
Ron Swoboda  Right Fielder 
Jerry Grote  Catcher 
Al Weis  Shortstop 
Ed Kranepool  First Baseman 
Tom Seaver  Pitcher 
Gil Hodges  Manager 

San Francisco Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Bonds  Center Fielder 
Ron Hunt  Second Baseman 
Ty Cline  Left Fielder 
Willie McCovey  First Baseman 
Dick Dietz  Catcher 
Jesus Alou  Right Fielder 
Frank Johnson  Third Baseman 
Hal Lanier  Shortstop 
Ray Sadecki  Pitcher 
Herman Franks  Manager 

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Mets 1 @ Giants 2
Candlestick Park
August 11, 1968

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         Game of 8/11/1968, game 1 -- New York at San Francisco (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    San Francisco      AB  R  H RBI
Agee T, cf            4  1  1  0   Bonds B, cf           5  0  1  0   
Linz P, 2b            4  0  2  1   Hunt R, 2b            2  0  1  0   
Jones C, lf           4  0  0  0   Cline T, lf           4  0  0  0   
Charles E, 3b         3  0  1  0   McCovey W, 1b         3  1  2  0   
Swoboda R, rf         3  0  0  0   Dietz D, c            2  1  1  1   
Grote J, c            3  0  0  0   Alou J, rf            4  0  2  0   
Weis A, ss            3  0  0  0   Johnson F, 3b         4  0  0  1   
Kranepool E, 1b       2  0  0  0   Lanier H, ss          4  0  0  0   
Bosch D, ph           1  0  0  0   Sadecki R, p          4  0  1  0   
Seaver T, p           2  0  0  0                                      
Buchek J, ph          1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     30  1  4  1                        32  2  8  2

New York         000 000 001 --  1
San Francisco    010 001 00x --  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Seaver T (L)          8.0  8  2  2  4  4

  San Francisco        IP  H  R ER BB SO
Sadecki R (W)         9.0  4  1  1  0 13

E -- Linz P, Grote J
DP -- San Francisco 1
LOB -- New York 2, San Francisco 11
2B -- Charles E
3B -- McCovey W, Agee T
SB -- Bonds B, Hunt R
CS -- Cline T
HBP -- by Seaver T (Hunt R)
T -- 2:09
A -- 0

    

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