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July 20, 1968

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Bottom 8 R H E
Senators 2 5 0
Red Sox 7 11 2
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Senators 2 5 0
Red Sox 7 12 2

Elston Howard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .250
OBP .333 .322
At Bats 2 156
Hits 0 39
• Singles 0 33
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 17
RBI’s 0 14

Phil Ortega Season Stats

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4 8 0
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Fenway Park - July 20, 1968
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Single
Phil Ortega
Paul Casanova
Mike Epstein
Hank Allen
Ken McMullen
Ron Hansen
Frank Howard
Del Unser
Cap Peterson
Elston Howard
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hansen is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Epstein hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jerry Adair now playing shortstop. Jose Tartabull now playing left field. Joe Foy now playing third base. Howard hits a line drive towards third. Foy reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Petrocelli reaches second base with a double. Adair scores. There goes Smith trying to get to home. Howard throws the ball in to Casanova, who tags Smith for the out.
Bottom 7 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Adair moves to third.
Bottom 7 Harrelson hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Phil Ortega now pitching. Adair hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 McMullen hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Peterson hits a popup towards short. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ellsworth fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Andrews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howard throws the ball in to Allen who tags Andrews, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Scott scores. Howard scores.
Bottom 6 Ellsworth bunts towards the mound. Humphreys fields it and throws to first for the out. Scott moves to third. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 6 Howard takes first base on ball four. Scott moves to second.
Bottom 6 Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Hank Allen now playing second base. Bob Humphreys now pitching. Petrocelli is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Gary Holman pinch hits for Frank Bertaina. Holman hits a line drive towards first. Scott reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Casanova hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Epstein tags and scores. Hansen tags and moves to third.
Top 6 Hank Allen pinch hits for Bernie Allen. Allen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Epstein moves to third. Hansen moves to second.
Top 6 Hansen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Epstein moves to second.
Top 6 Epstein is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adair fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Allen fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Harrelson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Andrews scores.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Adair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Andrews moves to second.
Bottom 5 Andrews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 McMullen is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Peterson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Casanova scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Unser for the out. Casanova moves to third.
Top 5 Bertaina bunts towards the mound. Ellsworth fields it and throws to first for the out. Casanova moves to second.
Top 5 Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adair fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Adair.
Bottom 4 Ellsworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Allen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Scott strikes out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Petrocelli moves to second.
Bottom 4 Petrocelli takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops it up and throws to first, with Ellsworth covering, for the out.
Top 4 Hansen hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Epstein hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Howard strikes out.
Bottom 3 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 3 Harrelson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Andrews moves to third. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Adair hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Andrews hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Andrews reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Ellsworth strikes out.
Top 3 McMullen strikes out.
Top 3 Peterson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adair fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Unser hits a popup towards short. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Howard strikes out.
Bottom 2 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Petrocelli is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 There goes Smith. The throw from Casanova and he is safe. Smith steals third.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Peterson. Smith reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Bertaina hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ellsworth fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Allen hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adair juggles the ball. That's an error on Adair.
Bottom 1 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a popup towards third. McMullen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Adair hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Andrews hits a popup, foul, towards first. Epstein settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Epstein strikes out.
Top 1 Howard takes first base on ball four. McMullen moves to second.
Top 1 McMullen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Peterson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adair fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Unser strikes out.