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August 11, 1968

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Bottom 7 R H E
Cubs 5 8 0
Reds 2 5 2
Bottom 7 R H E
Cubs 5 8 0
Reds 2 6 2

Leo Cardenas Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .221
OBP .500 .275
At Bats 2 307
Hits 1 68
• Singles 1 56
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 0 23

Ken Holtzman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 8 0
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Crosley Field - August 11, 1968
Ken Holtzman
Randy Hundley
Ernie Banks
Glenn Beckert
Ron Santo
Don Kessinger
Billy Williams
Adolfo Phillips
Al Spangler
Leo Cardenas
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Cardenas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Spangler who is chasing the ball. Cardenas reaches third base with a triple.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Johnny Bench pinch hits for Pat Corrales. Bench hits a popup, foul, towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Abernathy fires to first and picks off Kessinger.
Top 7 Kessinger bunts towards third. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Holtzman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Pavletich strikes out.
Bottom 6 Perez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hundley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 May strikes out.
Top 6 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 6 Spangler takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Santo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pavletich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Williams hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Helms hits a popup, foul, towards first. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rose takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Maloney bunts towards first. Banks scoops it up and throws to first, with Beckert covering, for the out. Cardenas moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cardenas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Kessinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hundley scores. Phillips scores. There goes Holtzman trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Two runs are unearned.
Top 5 Holtzman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hundley moves to third. Phillips moves to second.
Top 5 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hundley moves to second.
Top 5 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Spangler hits a line drive into right field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas misplays the ball. That's an error on Cardenas.
Bottom 4 Corrales hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pavletich hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards second. Helms scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 4 Williams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Corrales settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez juggles the ball. That's an error on Perez.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Rose hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Maloney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Holtzman bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 3 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Corrales strikes out.
Bottom 2 Pavletich hits a popup, foul, towards first. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Perez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Hundley is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Spangler hits a fly ball into center field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 May hits a ball on the ground towards second. Beckert scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 1 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Helms moves to second.
Bottom 1 Helms hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Santo 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 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pavletich scoops it up and throws to first, with Maloney covering, for the out. Kessinger moves to second.
Top 1 Kessinger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.