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May 28, 1969

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Bottom 10 R H E
Phillies 6 13 0
Astros 6 9 1
Bottom 10 R H E
Phillies 6 13 0
Astros 6 9 1

Denis Menke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .333
OBP .250 .432
At Bats 4 159
Hits 1 53
• Singles 1 40
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 28
RBI’s 1 25

Gary Wagner Season Stats

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0 3 0
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Astrodome - May 28, 1969
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Intentional Walk
Gary Wagner
Dave Watkins
Dick Allen
Cookie Rojas
Tony Taylor
Don Money
Deron Johnson
Larry Hisle
Johnny Callison
Denis Menke
Norm Miller
Joe Morgan
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Menke is walked intentionally.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Gary Wagner now pitching. There goes Miller. The throw from Watkins and he is safe. Miller steals second.
Bottom 10 Miller is walked intentionally.
Bottom 10 There goes Morgan. The throw from Watkins and he is safe. Morgan steals third.
Bottom 10 Wynn bunts towards the mound. Lersch fields it and throws to first for the out. Morgan moves to second.
Bottom 10 Barry Lersch now pitching. Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 John Briggs pinch hits for Bill Wilson. Briggs takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ray fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Don Bryant now catching. Watkins strikes out.
Bottom 9 Blefary hits a line drive towards right. Callison catches it and throws to second to double up Geronimo.
Bottom 9 Cesar Geronimo pinch runs for Johnny Edwards. Ray bunts between the mound and first base. Wilson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ray for the out. Geronimo moves to second.
Bottom 9 Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Money strikes out.
Top 9 Jim Ray now pitching. Johnson hits a line drive towards short. Menke reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Skip Guinn now pitching. Callison hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Allen hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards second. Rojas fields it, throws to first for one, and over to second, with Money covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 8 Rader takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Dave Watkins now catching. Bill Wilson now pitching. Menke hits a fly ball into center field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blefary scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Taylor for the out.
Top 8 Gene Stone pinch hits for Turk Farrell. Stone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blefary scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stone for the out. Watkins moves to second.
Top 8 Dave Watkins pinch runs for Mike Ryan. Hisle strikes out.
Top 8 Ryan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Miller hits a line drive towards short. Money reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wynn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Money scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Money hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Callison hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Jack Billingham now pitching. Allen strikes out.
Bottom 6 Blefary strikes out.
Bottom 6 Turk Farrell now pitching. There goes Geiger. The throw from Ryan and he is out, Money applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Gary Geiger pinch hits for Larry Dierker. Geiger hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Rader scores. Edwards scores.
Bottom 6 Edwards hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Edwards reaches second base with a double. Rader moves to third.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a popup towards short. Money settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rader takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wise moves to second.
Top 6 Wise hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Hisle hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wynn hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Money hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson strikes out.
Top 5 Callison hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Allen moves to third.
Top 5 Allen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alou. Allen reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops it up and throws to first, with Wise covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Dierker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dierker for the out.
Bottom 4 Edwards hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Wise bunts towards the mound. Dierker fields it and throws to first for the out. Hisle moves to second.
Top 4 Hisle takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Ryan 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 3 Alou is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Rader hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Money scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Miller hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Ryan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Money hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Johnson is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Callison hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rojas moves to third. Allen moves to second.
Top 3 Allen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Taylor scores. Rojas moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wise scores. Taylor moves to third.
Top 3 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Dierker. Hisle scores. Wise moves to third. Taylor moves to second.
Top 3 Wise hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hisle moves to second.
Top 3 Hisle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Taylor fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Morgan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Callison. Morgan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dierker strikes out.
Top 2 Ryan strikes out.
Top 2 Money strikes out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Edwards strikes out.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wynn tags and scores. Menke tags and moves to third.
Bottom 1 Rader takes first base on ball four. Menke moves to second.
Bottom 1 Menke hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Morgan scores. Wynn moves to third.
Bottom 1 Miller strikes out.
Bottom 1 Wynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blefary scores. Morgan moves to second.
Bottom 1 Morgan takes first base on ball four. Blefary moves to second.
Bottom 1 Blefary hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Callison strikes out.
Top 1 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.