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August 4, 1968

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Top 7 R H E
Reds 1 7 2
Braves 2 5 0
Top 7 R H E
Reds 2 8 2
Braves 2 5 0

Pete Rose Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .329
OBP .667 .388
At Bats 3 377
Hits 2 124
• Singles 2 91
• Doubles 0 25
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 35
RBI’s 0 32

Phil Niekro Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 7 0
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - August 4, 1968
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Single
Phil Niekro
Joe Torre
Tito Francona
Wayne Causey
Bob Johnson
Marty Martinez
Mike Lum
Felipe Alou
Hank Aaron
Pete Rose
Leo Cardenas
Tommy Helms
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Helms scores. Cardenas moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Mack Jones pinch hits for Tony Cloninger. Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cardenas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Helms moves to second.
Top 7 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Causey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Tito Francona now playing first base. Joe Torre now catching. Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Niekro hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Martinez hits a ball on the ground for an out. Johnson moves to third. Francona moves to second.
Bottom 6 Tito Francona pinch hits for Bob Tillman. Francona takes first base on ball four. Alou moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Johnson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Alou reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Torre is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pinson scores.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pinson moves to third.
Top 6 Pinson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Pinson reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lum hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Causey hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cloninger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cardenas for the out.
Top 5 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Niekro strikes out.
Bottom 4 Martinez strikes out.
Bottom 4 Tillman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cloninger has Alou trapped. He runs over and tags Alou for the out. Johnson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alou moves to third.
Bottom 4 Alou takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 May strikes out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Johnson moves to second.
Top 4 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Torre strikes out.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lum strikes out.
Bottom 3 Causey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Pinson strikes out. There goes Rose. The throw from Tillman to Martinez, and Rose is out.
Top 3 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Causey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Cloninger strikes out.
Bottom 2 Niekro strikes out.
Bottom 2 Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tillman hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cardenas strikes out.
Top 2 Helms hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Bench hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Aaron strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Lum. The throw from Bench and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Lum goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Lum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Causey is called out on strikes.
Top 1 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Causey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rose moves to second.
Top 1 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.