Senators @ Orioles
August 28, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Senators 3 7 2
Orioles 2 8 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Senators 3 7 2
Orioles 2 8 3

Don Buford Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .286
OBP .250 .374
At Bats 4 315
Hits 1 90
• Singles 0 63
• Doubles 1 10
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 0 43
RBI’s 0 36

Dennis Higgins Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 8
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Memorial Stadium - August 28, 1968
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Dennis Higgins
Jim French
Gary Holman
Bernie Allen
Ken McMullen
Ed Brinkman
Hank Allen
Del Unser
Ed Stroud
Don Buford
Curt Blefary

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Washington Senators 3 7 2 10
Baltimore Orioles 2 8 3 8
Winning Pitcher Jim Hannan
Losing Pitcher Jim Hardin
Save Dennis Higgins
Game Winning RBI Frank Howard
Attendance 11,339
Time of Game 2 hours 33 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Buford hits a popup, foul, towards first. Holman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 May is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Dennis Higgins now pitching. Hendricks hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Hank Allen now playing left field. Blefary takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Howard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 McMullen hits a fly ball into center field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Stroud moves to third.
Top 9 Moe Drabowsky now pitching. Drabowsky fires over to first and Powell drops the ball. That's an error on Powell. Stroud moves to second.
Top 9 Stroud takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Unser for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Powell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Robinson scores.
Bottom 8 Gary Holman now playing first base. Robinson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Robinson reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Hannan strikes out.
Top 8 Brinkman is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Allen hits a line drive into right field. Robinson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Robinson. Allen moves to second.
Top 8 French hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Buford scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 John Morris now pitching. Dave May now playing center field. Don Buford now playing second base. Davey Johnson now playing shortstop. Epstein strikes out.
Bottom 7 Fred Valentine pinch hits for Mark Belanger. Valentine hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Allen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Dave May pinch hits for Jim Hardin. May hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Howard strikes out.
Top 7 McMullen hits a fly ball into left field. Blefary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stroud hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Elrod Hendricks now catching. Unser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Elrod Hendricks pinch hits for Larry Haney. Hendricks hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Blefary strikes out.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Hannan strikes out.
Top 6 Brinkman strikes out.
Top 6 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out. Buford moves to second.
Bottom 5 Belanger strikes out.
Bottom 5 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Epstein juggles the ball. That's an error on Epstein.
Top 5 French hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Epstein takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Howard hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 McMullen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Stroud hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Unser bunts towards the mound. Hardin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hardin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Allen fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Haney strikes out.
Bottom 4 Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards first. Epstein juggles the ball. That's an error on Epstein. Powell moves to third. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Stroud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Powell moves to second.
Bottom 4 Powell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hannan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Brinkman is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Allen hits a line drive into left field. Blefary picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Blefary. Epstein scores. Allen moves to third.
Top 4 French hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Powell, and towards Johnson, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Epstein moves to second.
Top 4 Epstein takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Blefary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Stroud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Belanger hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Buford hits a popup towards third. McMullen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McMullen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stroud hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hardin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Unser for the out.
Bottom 2 Hardin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Haney hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Unser who is chasing the ball. Haney reaches third base with a triple. Johnson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Blefary hits a fly ball towards left. Howard catches it and throws to third to double up Robinson.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hannan is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Brinkman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Allen is hit by the pitch. Epstein moves to second.
Top 2 French is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Epstein hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Allen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Allen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Buford moves to third.
Bottom 1 Belanger hits a line drive into right field. Stroud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Buford hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stroud. Buford reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Howard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McMullen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Stroud hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Unser moves to second.
Top 1 Unser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.