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Orlando Cepeda Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .325
OBP .333 .399
At Bats 3 123
Hits 1 40
• Singles 1 21
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 0 21

Jim Merritt Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 2 0
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Crosley Field - May 17, 1970
Out
Jim Merritt
Johnny Bench
Lee May
Woody Woodward
Tony Perez
Darrel Chaney
Jimmy Stewart
Bobby Tolan
Pete Rose
Orlando Cepeda
Rico Carty
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Carty hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stewart. Carty reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 May hits a fly ball into left field. Carty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bench strikes out.
Bottom 7 Perez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tolan for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Priddy now pitching. Rose hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Merritt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Woody Woodward now playing second base. Jimmy Stewart now playing left field. Bob Aspromonte pinch hits for Pat Jarvis. Aspromonte hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Merritt strikes out.
Bottom 6 Chaney strikes out.
Bottom 6 Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Carbo moves to second.
Bottom 6 Carbo takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Tillman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 May hits a line drive towards short. Jackson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tolan scores. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 5 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Merritt scores. Tolan moves to third.
Bottom 5 Tolan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Merritt moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stewart tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Merritt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stewart moves to third.
Bottom 5 Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jarvis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Stewart hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Carty. Stewart reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Cepeda hits a popup towards short. Chaney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Carty hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Carbo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Jarvis covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 May takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a line drive towards short. Jackson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Millan hits a fly ball into left field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Jarvis bunts towards the mound. Merritt fields it and throws to first for the out. Gonzalez moves to third. Tillman moves to second.
Top 4 Tillman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cepeda scores. Gonzalez moves to second.
Top 4 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four. Cepeda moves to second.
Top 4 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cepeda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Tolan hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rose hits a line drive towards first. Cepeda reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Merritt strikes out.
Top 3 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Aaron strikes out.
Top 3 Millan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chaney for the out.
Bottom 2 Stewart hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Carbo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 May strikes out.
Top 2 Jarvis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stewart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tillman strikes out.
Top 2 Gonzalez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stewart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Perez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Tolan takes first base on ball four. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rose takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Boyer hits a popup in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cepeda hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Carty is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Millan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Millan reaches second base with a double. Jackson moves to third.
Top 1 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.