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Philadelphia Phillies @ Cincinnati Reds

1968-05-06 · Night game · Crosley Field · Att: 3991 · 2:52

Cincinnati Reds defeated Philadelphia Phillies 10–1. Cincinnati Reds put up 4 in the 3rd. George Culver earned the win. Johnny Bench went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10
CIN	0	1	4	0	1	0	1	3		10	15

W: George Culver L: Woodie Fryman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Frank Secory · 1B: Ken Burkhart · 2B: Harry Wendelstedt · 3B: Bill Jackowski · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Taylor	5	0	1	0	0	0
Cookie Rojas	4	0	1	0	1	0
Johnny Callison	4	0	1	0	1	0
Dick Allen	4	0	1	0	0	2
John Briggs	4	0	1	0	1	1
Bill White	4	1	2	0	1	0
Mike Ryan	5	0	1	0	0	2
Bobby Wine	3	0	1	1	1	1
Woodie Fryman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roberto Pena	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rick Joseph	1	0	0	0	0	1
Gary Sutherland	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	5	1	2	1	0	1
Alex Johnson	4	2	3	0	1	0
Vada Pinson	3	1	0	0	2	2
Tony Perez	5	1	1	0	0	0
Lee May	5	2	2	1	0	0
Johnny Bench	4	3	3	2	1	0
Tommy Helms	5	0	3	4	0	0
Leo Cardenas	4	0	1	1	1	0
George Culver	3	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Woodie Fryman	3.0	6	2	2
Gary Wagner	2.0	3	1	1
Larry Colton	2.0	3	0	2
John Boozer	1.0	3	2	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Culver	9.0	10	5	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Taylor: 63
Cookie Rojas: 9
Johnny Callison: W
Dick Allen: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Pete Rose: K
Alex Johnson: W
Vada Pinson: W.1-2
Tony Perez: 8.2-3
Lee May: 53

Top 2

John Briggs: 5/P
Bill White: S7
Mike Ryan: S9.1-3
Bobby Wine: FC6/THH.3-H;1-2;B-1
Woodie Fryman: 1/G.2-3;1-2
Tony Taylor: 43

Bot 2

Johnny Bench: D8
Tommy Helms: WP.2-3
Tommy Helms: 43
Leo Cardenas: S8.3-H
George Culver: 24/SH.1-2
Pete Rose: 13

Top 3

Cookie Rojas: W
Johnny Callison: S7/G56.1-2
Dick Allen: 24/SH.2-3;1-2
John Briggs: K
Bill White: IW
Mike Ryan: 43

Bot 3

Alex Johnson: S9
Vada Pinson: K/C
Tony Perez: S7.1-H(E7)(NR);B-2
Lee May: D3.2-H
Johnny Bench: HR/7.2-H
Tommy Helms: 6/L
Leo Cardenas: 6/P

Top 4

Bobby Wine: S7
Roberto Pena: S8/G46.1-2
Tony Taylor: 9
Cookie Rojas: 9
Johnny Callison: 9/9D

Bot 4

George Culver: K/C
Pete Rose: 13
Alex Johnson: S8/G46
Vada Pinson: 3/G

Top 5

Dick Allen: K
John Briggs: 43
Bill White: S9
Mike Ryan: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Tony Perez: 63
Lee May: 53
Johnny Bench: S8
Tommy Helms: D7.1-H
Leo Cardenas: IW
George Culver: 13

Top 6

Bobby Wine: W
Rick Joseph: K/C
Tony Taylor: 9/L
Cookie Rojas: S8.1-2
Johnny Callison: 8

Bot 6

Pete Rose: D8
Alex Johnson: 3/G.2-3
Vada Pinson: K
Tony Perez: 63

Top 7

Dick Allen: S9
John Briggs: S9/G3.1-3
Bill White: 4/P
Mike Ryan: K
Bobby Wine: K/C

Bot 7

Lee May: D8
Johnny Bench: 43.2-3
Tommy Helms: S7.3-H
Leo Cardenas: 36(1)/FO
George Culver: K/C

Top 8

Gary Sutherland: 7
Tony Taylor: D8
Cookie Rojas: 6/P
Johnny Callison: 3/G

Bot 8

Pete Rose: HR/8
Alex Johnson: S6
Vada Pinson: W.1-2
Tony Perez: 8
Lee May: 7
Johnny Bench: W.2-3;1-2
Tommy Helms: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Leo Cardenas: 5/P

Top 9

Dick Allen: K/C
John Briggs: W
Bill White: 8
Mike Ryan: K

Notes & reviews

John Briggs fell down while catching the ball, which struck his glove; Bench ruled out; after an argument and an umpire huddle, the callwas reversed
Debut game for Larry Colton

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