Astros @ Reds
September 26, 1969

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Top 9 R H E
Astros 0 1 0
Reds 3 12 2
Top 9 R H E
Astros 0 1 0
Reds 3 12 2

Denis Menke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .270
OBP .333 .372
At Bats 2 533
Hits 0 144
• Singles 0 106
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 1 86
RBI’s 0 89

Jim Maloney Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 5 0
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Crosley Field - September 26, 1969
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Strikeout
Jim Maloney
Johnny Bench
Lee May
Tommy Helms
Tony Perez
Woody Woodward
Jimmy Stewart
Bobby Tolan
Pete Rose
Denis Menke

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 0 1 0 5
Cincinnati Reds 3 12 2 7
Winning Pitcher Jim Maloney
Losing Pitcher Jack Billingham
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Lee May
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 9 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Menke strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Davis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 May strikes out.
Bottom 8 Tolan strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Keith Lampard now playing right field. Jim Bouton now pitching. Perez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jimmy Stewart now playing left field. Keith Lampard pinch hits for Bob Watkins. Lampard hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Helms moves to second.
Bottom 7 Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Rose hits a line drive into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Maloney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Edwards strikes out.
Top 7 Rader strikes out.
Top 7 Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blefary for the out.
Bottom 6 Woodward hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Tolan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Tommy Davis now playing left field. Norm Miller now playing center field. Jesus Alou now playing right field. Bench is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Menke strikes out.
Top 6 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Miller for the out.
Top 6 Tommy Davis pinch hits for Jim Wynn. Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maloney scores. There goes Rose trying to get to third. Alou throws the ball in to Rader, who tags Rose for the out. Helms moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maloney moves to third.
Bottom 5 Maloney takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maloney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Morgan hits a popup towards short. Woodward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Watkins strikes out.
Bottom 4 Woodward strikes out.
Bottom 4 May hits a fly ball towards left. Alou catches it and throws to second to double up Tolan, who tagged up and tried to advance to second.
Bottom 4 Tolan takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Edwards strikes out. Bench drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Edwards out.
Top 4 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez juggles the ball. That's an error on Perez.
Top 4 Blefary hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Menke 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 3 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Perez takes first base on ball four. Helms moves to second.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a line drive into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Miller is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maloney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Alou hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Morgan. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Morgan steals second.
Top 3 Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bob Watkins now pitching. Maloney strikes out.
Bottom 2 Woodward hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. May moves to third.
Bottom 2 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bench scores.
Bottom 2 Billingham fires to first and has Tolan trapped. There's the throw to Morgan who tags Tolan for the out.
Bottom 2 Tolan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bench moves to third.
Bottom 2 Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Billingham strikes out.
Top 2 Edwards takes first base on ball four. Menke moves to third. Rader moves to second.
Top 2 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward misplays the ball. That's an error on Woodward. Menke moves to second.
Top 2 Blefary hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Menke takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There go the runners. The throw from Edwards to Morgan covering second. The throw back to home, and Rose is out at the plate.
Bottom 1 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a line drive towards first. Blefary catches it and steps on first to double up Helms.
Bottom 1 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose moves to third.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Wynn strikes out.
Top 1 Alou hits a line drive towards third. Perez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Morgan hits a popup towards short. Woodward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.