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September 11, 1968

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Crosley Field - September 11, 1968
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Pickoff
Steve Shea
Ron Brand
Rusty Staub
Denis Menke
Doug Rader
Hector Torres
Bob Aspromonte
Jim Wynn
Norm Miller
Mel Queen
Leo Cardenas
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Mel Queen pinch hits for Ted Abernathy. Brand fires to second and picks off Cardenas for the out.

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Bottom 8 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres misplays the ball. That's an error on Torres. Cardenas moves to second.
Top 8 Menke hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Shea strikes out.
Top 8 Johnny Bench now catching. Woody Woodward now playing second base. Brand hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnny Bench pinch hits for Pat Corrales. Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Steve Shea now pitching. Mack Jones pinch hits for Hal McRae. Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Staub fields the ball and throws to Shea covering. Safe. May scores. Perez moves to third.
Bottom 7 Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rose scores. May moves to second.
Bottom 7 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 7 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Pinson hits a popup towards short. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hector Torres now playing shortstop. Danny Coombs now pitching. Rose takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Lee Thomas pinch hits for Leon McFadden. Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Abernathy, and towards Cardenas, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Aspromonte hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miller scores. Wynn moves to second.
Top 7 Dan McGinn now pitching. Staub is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Wynn takes first base on ball four. Miller moves to second.
Top 7 Miller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Menke scores.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Simpson scores. Menke moves to third.
Top 7 Dick Simpson pinch runs for Hal King. Menke hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Menke reaches second base with a double. Simpson moves to third.
Top 7 Hal King pinch hits for John Buzhardt. King hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. King reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Culver hits a ball on the ground towards short. McFadden fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Cardenas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Corrales takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 McRae hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brand hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McFadden hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Aspromonte hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McRae settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Perez hits a popup towards short. McFadden settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 May is hit by the pitch. Cardenas scores. Rose moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Pinson strikes out.
Bottom 5 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 5 Rose takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Culver bunts towards the mound. Buzhardt fields it and throws to first for the out. Cardenas moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buzhardt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Staub for the out.
Top 5 Wynn strikes out.
Top 5 Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brand tags and scores. Buzhardt tags and moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez juggles the ball. That's an error on Perez. Brand moves to third. Buzhardt moves to second.
Top 5 Buzhardt bunts towards first. May fields the ball and throws to Culver covering. Safe. Brand moves to second.
Top 5 Brand hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Corrales hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. McFadden scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McFadden hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rader hits a line drive towards third. Perez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. McFadden scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Staub strikes out.
Top 3 Wynn hits a popup towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Miller hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas misplays the ball. That's an error on Cardenas. McFadden scores. Brand moves to third. Buzhardt moves to second.
Top 3 Buzhardt bunts towards the mound. Culver fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McFadden moves to third. Brand moves to second.
Top 3 Brand hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McFadden moves to second.
Top 3 McFadden hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Rose strikes out.
Bottom 2 Culver hits a line drive into right field. Miller picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Miller. Corrales scores. Culver moves to second.
Bottom 2 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Staub scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cardenas for the out. Corrales moves to second.
Bottom 2 Corrales hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Perez scores.
Bottom 2 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Aspromonte strikes out.
Top 2 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McRae scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 May strikes out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Rose moves to third.
Bottom 1 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buzhardt fields it and throws to first for the out. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 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 1 Menke hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McRae settles under it and makes the catch for the out.