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June 11, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 9 18 1
Cubs 7 10 2
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Reds 9 18 1
Cubs 7 10 2

Al Spangler Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .286
OBP .250 .355
At Bats 3 56
Hits 0 16
• Singles 0 12
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 6
RBI’s 0 6

Ted Abernathy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 4
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Wrigley Field - June 11, 1968
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Out
Ted Abernathy
Johnny Bench
Lee May
Tommy Helms
Tony Perez
Leo Cardenas
Alex Johnson
Vada Pinson
Pete Rose
Al Spangler
Ron Santo

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 9 18 1 12
Chicago Cubs 7 10 2 8
Winning Pitcher Billy McCool
Losing Pitcher Joe Niekro
Save Ted Abernathy
Game Winning RBI Pete Rose
Attendance 8,163
Time of Game 2 hours 55 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Spangler hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Santo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Santo reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Abernathy covering, for the out.
Top 9 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Phil Regan now pitching. Abernathy is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kessinger for the out.
Bottom 8 Lee Elia pinch hits for Rich Nye. Elia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cardenas hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 May hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hundley strikes out.
Bottom 7 Spangler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks fields the ball and throws to Nye covering. Safe. Rose moves to second.
Top 7 Helms hits a fly ball into right field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Rich Nye now pitching. Abernathy strikes out.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kessinger scores. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hickman scores. Kessinger moves to third.
Bottom 6 Beckert hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kessinger takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Phillips scores. Hickman moves to second.
Bottom 6 Jim Hickman pinch hits for Ramon Hernandez. Hickman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Phillips moves to third.
Bottom 6 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Hundley strikes out.
Top 6 Cardenas hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bench hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Beckert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Perez hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Spangler strikes out.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Pinson hits a fly ball into right field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Helms hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Helms reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ramon Hernandez now pitching. McCool hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Billy McCool now pitching. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Beckert hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Beckert reaches second base with a double. Nen scores. Kessinger moves to third.
Bottom 4 Kessinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hundley scores. Nen moves to second.
Bottom 4 Dick Nen pinch hits for Chuck Hartenstein. Nen hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Helms fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Spangler scores. Hundley moves to third.
Bottom 4 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Spangler moves to third. Hundley moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hundley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spangler moves to second.
Bottom 4 Spangler takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cardenas hits a line drive into right field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Perez moves to second.
Top 4 Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson scores.
Top 4 May strikes out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Spangler who is chasing the ball. Johnson reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pinson for the out.
Bottom 3 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. May fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Beckert takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Rose is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Chuck Hartenstein now pitching. Culver bunts in front of the plate. Hundley fields it and throws to first for the out. Cardenas moves to second.
Top 3 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bench moves to third.
Top 3 Bench hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Williams fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Williams. May scores. Perez goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger misplays the ball. That's an error on Kessinger. Johnson scores. May moves to second.
Top 3 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third.
Top 3 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Kessinger hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lamabe bunts towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lamabe for the out. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 2 Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hundley hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Pinson hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Helms takes first base on ball four. Culver moves to second.
Top 2 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bench tags and scores.
Top 2 Jack Lamabe now pitching. Culver bunts towards third. Santo fields it and throws to second for the out. Bench moves to third.
Top 2 Cardenas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Perez scores. Bench moves to second.
Top 2 Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Perez moves to second.
Top 2 Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Spangler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Beckert tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to home to get Kessinger. Beckert moves to third. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 1 Williams takes first base on ball four. Kessinger moves to third. Beckert moves to second.
Bottom 1 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms misplays the ball. That's an error on Helms. Kessinger moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kessinger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Helms moves to third. Pinson moves to second.
Top 1 Pinson takes first base on ball four. Helms moves to second.
Top 1 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops it up and throws to first, with Niekro covering, for the out.