1968 NL Game: NY @ Pit. Alley Hits for Cycle

July 17, 1968

 Pittsburgh shortstop Gene Alley hit for the cycle tonight leading the Pirates to a 7-0 victory over the New York Mets. Alley's 4 hits produced 3 RBI.  Pitcher Bill Blass did the rest, shutting out the Mets on 7 hits.
 

BOXSCORE: 1968 New York Mets At 1968 Pittsburgh Pirates             7/17/1968
 
  Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Linz 2B           4  0  0  0 .254     M.Wills 3B          5  0  1  0 .331  
  K.Collins 3B,SS     4  0  0  0 .218     G.Alley SS          5  3  4  3 .310  
  C.Jones CF          4  0  2  0 .312     R.Clemente RF       5  0  1  0 .278  
  J.Martin C          4  0  1  0 .258     W.Stargell LF       4  1  2  1 .247  
  E.Kranepool 1B      4  0  1  0 .210     D.Clendenon 1B      2  1  0  0 .249  
  A.Shamsky LF        3  0  0  0 .216     M.Mota CF           4  0  2  2 .301  
  R.Swoboda RF        3  0  1  0 .227     B.Mazeroski 2B      3  0  0  0 .277  
  A.Weis SS           2  0  1  0 .192     J.May C             3  2  2  1 .237  
A-E.Charles PH,3B     1  0  0  0 .319     S.Blass P           3  0  1  0 .342  
  J.Koosman P         1  0  0  0 .104                                          
B-J.Grote PH          1  0  1  0 .239                                          
  C.Koonce P          0  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  0  7  0                 Totals      34  7 13  7
 
A-Pinch Hit For Weis In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Koosman In 8th Inning
 
Mets............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  7  1
Pirates......... 1 1 0  0 2 0  1 2    -  7 13  0
 
Mets (38-52)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Koosman LOSS(7-11)      7      11   5   5   3   5   1   3.54
C.Koonce                  1       2   2   2   1   0   1   3.72
Totals                    8      13   7   7   4   5   2
 
Pirates (40-48)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
S.Blass WIN(6-7)          9       7   0   0   0   4   0   3.38
Totals                    9       7   0   0   0   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 15,011 DATE- Wednesday, July 17th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 5  Pirates: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 2  Pirates: 2
ERRORS- A.Shamsky
DOUBLES- G.Alley(12th)
TRIPLES- G.Alley(3rd)
HOME RUNS- G.Alley(3rd), W.Stargell(13th)
RBIs- G.Alley-3(26th), W.Stargell(50th), M.Mota-2(19th), J.May(17th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Koosman, S.Blass
WALKS- D.Clendenon-2, B.Mazeroski, J.May
STRIKE OUTS- K.Collins-2, J.Martin, A.Weis, R.Clemente, W.Stargell-2,
             D.Clendenon, S.Blass
GIDP- P.Linz, A.Shamsky, M.Wills, G.Alley
2-out RBI- M.Mota-2, G.Alley-3, J.May
RLISP 2-out- B.Mazeroski-3, R.Clemente, E.Kranepool, P.Linz-2, S.Blass-2
TEAM RISP- Mets: 0 for 2  Pirates: 5 for 14
 
Steve Blass whitewashed New York and shortstop Gene Alley hit for the cycle
and had 3 RBI at Forbes Field where the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York
Mets by the score of 7 to 0.
 
Alley enjoyed a fine evening at the plate.  He laced a single in the 1st
inning, tripled scoring a run in the 2nd inning, doubled in the 5th inning
and popped a two-run clout over the fence in the 8th inning.  Pittsburgh
rapped out 13 hits for the night.  
 
It was the 2nd shutout of the year for Blass(6-7). Jerry Koosman(7-11)
suffered the loss.  He was touched for 11 hits and 3 walks in 7 innings.