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June 5, 1970

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Bottom 11 R H E
Phillies 7 13 1
Astros 7 11 3
Bottom 11 R H E
Phillies 7 13 1
Astros 8 12 3

Denis Menke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .335
OBP .000 .388
At Bats 5 206
Hits 0 69
• Singles 0 53
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 0 35

Dick Selma Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 7
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Astrodome - June 5, 1970
Dick Selma
Mike Compton
Deron Johnson
Denny Doyle
Terry Harmon
Larry Bowa
Ron Stone
Byron Browne
Larry Hisle
Denis Menke
Jim Wynn

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Phillies 7 13 1 7
Houston Astros 8 12 3 11
Winning Pitcher Jim Ray
Losing Pitcher Dick Selma
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Denis Menke
Attendance 12,292
Time of Game 3 hours 32 minutes
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wynn scores.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Rader bunts towards the mound. Selma fields it and throws to first for the out. Wynn moves to second.
Bottom 11 Wynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 11 Doyle strikes out.
Top 11 Harmon strikes out.
Top 11 There goes Bowa. The throw from Bryant and he is safe. Bowa steals second.
Top 11 Compton bunts towards the mound. Ray settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Jim Ray now pitching. Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 10 Lampard hits a line drive towards third. Harmon reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 There goes Morgan. The throw from Compton and he is out, Bowa applying the tag.
Bottom 10 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Jesus Alou pinch hits for Jim Bouton. Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Stone 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 10 Selma strikes out.
Top 10 Browne strikes out.
Top 10 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Bryant strikes out.
Bottom 9 Pepitone is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Stone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wynn tags and scores. Rader tags and moves to second.
Bottom 9 Menke strikes out.
Bottom 9 Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wynn moves to third.
Bottom 9 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Hisle strikes out.
Top 9 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bouton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 There goes Harmon. The throw from Bryant and he is safe. Harmon steals second.
Top 9 Harmon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Keith Lampard now playing left field. Jim Bouton now pitching. Compton bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 8 Dick Selma now pitching. Mike Compton now catching. Keith Lampard pinch hits for Jim Beauchamp. Lampard is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Morgan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stone. Morgan reaches second base with a double. Miller scores. Martinez moves to third.
Bottom 8 Marty Martinez pinch hits for Mike Marshall. Martinez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miller moves to third.
Bottom 8 Bryant hits a fly ball into right field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Pepitone is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Miller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Rick Wise pinch hits for Barry Lersch. Marshall fires to first and has Bowa trapped. There's the throw to Morgan who tags Bowa for the out.
Top 8 Bowa takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Mike Marshall now pitching. Marshall spins and fires to second, with Menke covering, and Stone is picked off.
Top 8 Jack DiLauro now pitching. Stone hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wynn. Stone reaches second base with a double. Johnson scores. Browne scores. Hutto goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Hutto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan misplays the ball. That's an error on Morgan. Johnson moves to third. Browne moves to second.
Top 8 Browne hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Top 8 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Norm Miller now playing right field. Jim Beauchamp now playing left field. Joe Pepitone now playing first base. Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harmon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 The ball gets by Hutto for a passed ball. Morgan scores. Wynn moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Rader strikes out. There goes Morgan. Here's the throw, and he's safe. There goes Wynn. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 7 Wynn is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Morgan. The throw from Hutto and he is safe. Morgan steals second.
Bottom 7 Barry Lersch now pitching. Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Doyle strikes out.
Top 7 Grant Jackson pinch runs for Oscar Gamble. Harmon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jackson moves to second.
Top 7 Rick Joseph pinch hits for Chris Short. Fred Gladding now pitching. Oscar Gamble pinch hits for Rick Joseph. Gamble hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bowa scores.
Top 7 Bowa hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wynn who is chasing the ball. Bowa reaches third base with a triple. Browne scores. Hutto goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Stone is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Hutto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Browne moves to second.
Top 7 Browne hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Johnson hits a line drive into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lemaster hits a line drive towards short. Bowa reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ron Stone now playing left field. Jim Hutto now catching. Bryant strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Pepitone. The throw from Bates and he is out, Doyle applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Pepitone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hisle for the out.
Top 6 Doyle strikes out.
Top 6 Harmon hits a fly ball into right field. Pepitone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Short covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Menke hits a fly ball into left field. Hutto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Short fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Wynn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hutto. Wynn reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Short is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bates 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 4 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Browne settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pepitone tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Lemaster takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bryant hits a fly ball into center field. Browne settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Watson tags and scores. Pepitone tags and moves to third.
Bottom 4 Pepitone hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hutto. Pepitone reaches second base with a double. Watson moves to third.
Bottom 4 Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hutto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Browne is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke misplays the ball. That's an error on Menke. Hisle moves to third.
Top 4 Hisle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Davis. Hisle reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Doyle for the out.
Bottom 3 Menke strikes out.
Bottom 3 Rader takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There goes Wynn. The throw from Bates and he is safe. Wynn steals second.
Bottom 3 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harmon juggles the ball. That's an error on Harmon. Lemaster scores. Davis scores. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 3 Davis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hisle. Davis reaches second base with a double. Lemaster moves to third.
Bottom 3 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lemaster takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Bryant is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Harmon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Short hits a fly ball into right field. Pepitone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bowa tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 There goes Bowa. The throw from Bryant and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 3 Bowa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bates 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 2 Pepitone strikes out.
Bottom 2 Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 The ball gets by Bates for a passed ball. Rader moves to second.
Bottom 2 Menke hits a fly ball into right field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rader takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hutto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Browne hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a line drive towards first. Johnson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hisle hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Doyle 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 1 Harmon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.