Pirates @ Reds
August 20, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 8 14 0
Reds 3 8 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 8 14 0
Reds 3 8 2

Alex Johnson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .327
OBP .250 .358
At Bats 4 471
Hits 1 154
• Singles 0 120
• Doubles 1 28
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 0 46

Ron Kline Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 2 6
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Crosley Field - August 20, 1968
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Out
Ron Kline
Jerry May
Donn Clendenon
Bill Mazeroski
Maury Wills
Gene Alley
Manny Mota
Matty Alou
Freddie Patek
Alex Johnson
Pete Rose

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 8 14 0 8
Cincinnati Reds 3 8 2 8
Winning Pitcher Dock Ellis
Losing Pitcher Jay Ritchie
Save Ron Kline
Game Winning RBI Matty Alou
Attendance 8,103
Time of Game 2 hours 54 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Rose hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Patek who is chasing the ball. Rose reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 9 Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Cardenas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Alley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carroll fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Mazeroski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jones who is chasing the ball. Mazeroski reaches third base with a triple. Alou scores. Mota goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Mota hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wills scores. Alou moves to second.
Top 9 Clendenon hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wills moves to third.
Top 9 Clay Carroll now pitching. Johnny Bench now catching. Alou bunts towards the mound. Carroll fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wills moves to second.
Top 9 Wills bunts towards first. Whitfield fields the ball and throws to Abernathy covering. Safe.
Top 9 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Corrales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Ron Kline now pitching. Whitfield bunts towards the mound. Kline fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Perez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Ellis hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 May is walked intentionally.
Top 8 There goes Alley. The throw from Corrales and he is safe. Alley steals second.
Top 8 Alley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Mazeroski hits a line drive towards short. Cardenas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mota hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Rose takes first base on ball four. Cardenas moves to second.
Bottom 7 Abernathy is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Cardenas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Corrales hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wills fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Whitfield hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Alou. Whitfield reaches second base with a double. Johnson scores.
Bottom 6 Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Patek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ellis fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mota. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Patek strikes out.
Top 6 Ellis 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 6 May strikes out.
Bottom 5 Rose hits a fly ball into right field. Patek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Corrales moves to third. Abernathy moves to second.
Bottom 5 Abernathy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Cardenas hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Corrales hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Alou. Corrales reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Alley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Mazeroski takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Mota hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitfield scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mota for the out.
Bottom 4 Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jones moves to second.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ellis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wills fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Clendenon strikes out.
Top 4 Alou hits a popup, foul, towards first. Whitfield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitfield juggles the ball. That's an error on Whitfield. Ellis scores. Patek moves to third. Wills moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Ellis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Ellis reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Billy McCool now pitching. May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Don Pavletich pinch hits for Bob Lee. Pavletich hits a fly ball into right field. Patek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cardenas strikes out.
Bottom 3 Corrales hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Alley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitfield scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Alley for the out.
Top 3 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mota 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 2 Helms hits a fly ball into right field. Patek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Whitfield strikes out.
Bottom 2 Perez strikes out.
Top 2 Clendenon strikes out.
Top 2 Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wills scores.
Top 2 There goes Wills. The throw from Corrales and he is safe. Wills steals second.
Top 2 Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitfield scoops it up and throws to first, with Lee covering, for the out.
Top 2 Ellis strikes out.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ellis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bob Lee now pitching. May 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 1 Alley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mazeroski moves to second.
Top 1 Mazeroski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mota scores.
Top 1 Mota hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jones who is chasing the ball. Mota reaches third base with a triple. Alou scores.
Top 1 Clendenon strikes out.
Top 1 Alou hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Alou reaches second base with a double. Patek scores.
Top 1 Wills hits a line drive into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Patek. The throw from Corrales and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Top 1 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.