Orioles @ Twins
August 16, 1968

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Top 9 R H E
Orioles 2 9 2
Twins 5 9 1
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Orioles 2 9 2
Twins 5 9 1

Don Buford Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .292
OBP .250 .380
At Bats 4 257
Hits 1 75
• Singles 1 53
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 35
RBI’s 0 31

Jim Kaat Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 9 0
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Metropolitan Stadium - August 16, 1968
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Out
Jim Kaat
John Roseboro
Rich Reese
Rod Carew
Cesar Tovar
Ron Clark
Bob Allison
Ted Uhlaender
Tony Oliva
Don Buford
Chico Fernandez

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Baltimore Orioles 2 9 2 8
Minnesota Twins 5 9 1 7
Winning Pitcher Jim Kaat
Losing Pitcher Tom Phoebus
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jim Kaat
Attendance 19,812
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Buford hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Carew reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Boog Powell pinch hits for Pete Richert. Powell strikes out.
Top 9 Chico Fernandez pinch hits for Curt Blefary. Fernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Haney hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kaat hits a popup towards first. Blefary settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Clark hits a line drive towards third. Robinson catches it and throws to first to double up Allison.
Bottom 8 Allison takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Johnson is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Robinson hits a popup towards first. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Uhlaender. The throw from Haney and he is out, Buford applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out. Carew scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Roseboro hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Oliva hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reese scores. Carew moves to third.
Bottom 7 Carew bunts towards third. Robinson juggles the ball. That's an error on Robinson. Reese moves to third.
Bottom 7 Pete Richert now pitching. Reese hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Robinson. Reese reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Blair is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Valentine hits a fly ball into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tovar juggles the ball. That's an error on Tovar.
Top 7 Dave May pinch hits for Roger Nelson. May strikes out.
Bottom 6 Tovar hits a popup towards first. Blefary settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kaat strikes out.
Bottom 6 Clark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Allison moves to third.
Bottom 6 Roger Nelson now pitching. There goes Allison. The throw from Haney and he is safe. Allison steals second.
Bottom 6 Allison takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Uhlaender 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 6 Blefary hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Haney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson scores.
Top 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blair scores.
Top 6 Robinson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Allison. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Blair moves to third.
Top 6 Blair hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Roseboro hits a popup towards short. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Buford scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 John Morris now pitching. Fred Valentine now playing left field. Don Buford now playing second base. Davey Johnson now playing shortstop. Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Fred Valentine pinch hits for Mark Belanger. Valentine is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Dave Leonhard pinch runs for Curt Motton. Buford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Leonhard moves to second.
Top 5 Curt Motton pinch hits for Tom Phoebus. Motton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Blefary is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Haney is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Reese hits a line drive towards first. Blefary reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Tovar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaat moves to second.
Bottom 4 Kaat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Clark strikes out.
Bottom 4 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Johnson is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Robinson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oliva who is chasing the ball. Robinson reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Robinson strikes out.
Top 4 Blair hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Uhlaender hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Roseboro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Oliva moves to second.
Bottom 3 Oliva hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Carew hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Reese strikes out.
Top 3 Belanger is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Buford hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Phoebus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Phoebus for the out.
Bottom 2 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kaat hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Blair. Kaat reaches second base with a double. Oliva scores. Uhlaender scores. Allison goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Clark hits a popup towards short. Belanger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Allison is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Uhlaender 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. Oliva moves to third. Uhlaender moves to second.
Bottom 2 Roseboro hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Oliva hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Blefary is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Haney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Allison. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Carew hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Johnson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Blair strikes out.
Top 1 Belanger hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oliva. Belanger reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tovar fields it and throws to first for the out.