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July 14, 1968

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Denis Menke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .248
OBP .250 .331
At Bats 4 266
Hits 1 66
• Singles 0 48
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 1 3
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 1 29

Clay Carroll Season Stats

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3 3 1
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Crosley Field - July 14, 1968
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Single
Clay Carroll
Johnny Bench
Chico Ruiz
Hal McRae
Tony Perez
Woody Woodward
Alex Johnson
Vada Pinson
Lee May
Denis Menke
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Clay Carroll now pitching. Woody Woodward now playing shortstop. Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Woody Woodward pinch hits for Ted Abernathy. Steve Shea now pitching. Woodward hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Fred Whitfield pinch hits for Leo Cardenas. Pat House now pitching. Don Pavletich pinch hits for Fred Whitfield. Pavletich is walked intentionally. Perez moves to third. Bench moves to second.
Bottom 9 McRae strikes out.
Bottom 9 Bench is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Pinson bunts towards the mound. Buzhardt fields it and throws to first for the out. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 9 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Wynn strikes out.
Top 9 Staub hits a fly ball into right field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 May strikes out.
Bottom 8 Ruiz hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ruiz scoops it up and throws to first, with Abernathy covering, for the out.
Top 8 Simpson takes first base on ball four. Brand moves to third. Buzhardt moves to second.
Top 8 Buzhardt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brand moves to second.
Top 8 Brand takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Abernathy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cardenas is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. McRae moves to second.
Bottom 7 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Staub scoops it up and throws to first, with Buzhardt covering, for the out.
Top 7 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Chico Ruiz now playing first base. Lee May now playing right field. Vada Pinson now playing center field. Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ruiz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Staub for the out.
Bottom 6 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buzhardt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 May strikes out.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buzhardt fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thomas. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Simpson strikes out.
Top 6 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Buzhardt is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Beauchamp strikes out.
Bottom 5 Cardenas hits a fly ball into right field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McRae is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 John Buzhardt now pitching. Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. Pinson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Danny Coombs now pitching. Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jones scores. May scores. Perez moves to third.
Bottom 5 Tom Dukes now pitching. Perez takes first base on ball four. Jones moves to third. May moves to second.
Bottom 5 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Beauchamp scores. Johnson scores. Jones moves to second.
Bottom 5 Jones takes first base on ball four. Beauchamp moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Beauchamp moves to second.
Bottom 5 Jim Beauchamp pinch hits for Bob Lee. Beauchamp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Brand hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McRae scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rader strikes out.
Top 5 Menke hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Bench moves to third.
Bottom 4 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to home to get Pinson. Bench moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Bench hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pinson moves to third.
Bottom 4 Pinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Bob Lee now pitching. Wynn is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Staub takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Simpson moves to third. Torres moves to second.
Top 4 Torres hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Giusti scores. Simpson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Simpson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Giusti moves to second.
Top 4 Giusti hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Top 4 Brand hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 May hits a line drive into left field. Simpson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Simpson. May moves to second.
Bottom 3 Jones is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Thomas hits a popup towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Cloninger, and towards Cardenas, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cloninger hits a fly ball into right field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cardenas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Perez moves to third. Pinson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Lee Thomas now playing right field. Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McRae fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Simpson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brand scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Giusti bunts between the mound and first base. Cloninger scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Giusti for the out. Brand moves to second.
Top 2 Brand hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas misplays the ball. That's an error on Cardenas.
Top 2 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Cloninger covering, for the out.
Top 2 Menke hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Miller strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Wynn. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Wynn steals second.
Top 1 Wynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simpson scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McRae scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Simpson moves to third.
Top 1 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Simpson moves to second.
Top 1 Simpson strikes out.