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August 29, 1968

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Top 9 R H E
Athletics 2 8 2
Red Sox 11 14 3
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 2 8 2
Red Sox 11 14 3

Phil Roof Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .177
OBP .000 .203
At Bats 0 62
Hits 0 11
• Singles 0 10
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 2

Dick Ellsworth Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 6 0
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Fenway Park - August 29, 1968
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Strikeout
Dick Ellsworth
Russ Gibson
George Scott
Mike Andrews
Joe Foy
Jerry Adair
Floyd Robinson
Reggie Smith
Ken Harrelson
Phil Roof

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 2 8 2 7
Boston Red Sox 11 14 3 7
Winning Pitcher Dick Ellsworth
Losing Pitcher Jim Nash
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Dalton Jones
Attendance 19,101
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Phil Roof pinch hits for Warren Bogle. Roof is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Green hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith throws the ball in to Andrews who tags Green trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 9 Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Adair hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cater scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Adair for the out.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Harrelson hits a line drive into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cater hits a popup, foul, towards third. Foy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hershberger hits a line drive into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bando hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Andrews moves to second.
Bottom 7 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Ellsworth is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Warren Bogle now pitching. Foy hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Monday hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adair fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Campaneris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Green moves to second.
Top 7 Joe Rudi pinch hits for Ed Sprague. Rudi hits a line drive into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Adair hits a line drive into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Harrelson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Duncan hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hershberger hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Scott is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Andrews strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ellsworth strikes out.
Top 5 Bando hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Monday hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 George Scott now playing first base. Floyd Robinson now playing left field. Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Ed Sprague now pitching. Gibson hits a fly ball into left field. Hershberger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Foy hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Adair moves to second.
Bottom 4 Adair hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 4 Harrelson hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Bottom 4 Jones takes first base on ball four. Ellsworth moves to third. Andrews moves to second.
Bottom 4 Andrews hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ellsworth moves to second.
Bottom 4 Ellsworth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Campaneris hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Aker bunts in front of the plate. Gibson fields it and throws to first for the out. Green moves to second.
Top 4 Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Duncan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Foy is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Adair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Jack Aker now pitching. Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Yastrzemski scores. Harrelson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Harrelson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hershberger. Harrelson reaches second base with a double. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Bottom 3 Mike Hershberger now playing left field. Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cater hits a line drive towards center. Smith catches it and throws to third to double up Hershberger.
Top 3 Mike Hershberger pinch hits for Joe Keough. Hershberger hits a line drive to right field. Harrelson throws towards the plate. Gibson fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Gibson. Jackson scores. Bando goes all the way around to score. Hershberger moves to second.
Top 3 Bando hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foy juggles the ball. That's an error on Foy. Jackson moves to second.
Top 3 Monday strikes out.
Top 3 Jackson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Andrews strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ellsworth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Gibson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Campaneris hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Nash takes first base on ball four. Cater moves to second.
Top 2 Green is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Duncan hits a popup towards first. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dick Ellsworth now pitching. Cater hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Foy is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Adair hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Green reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Yastrzemski scores. Smith moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 There goes Smith. The throw from Duncan and he is safe. Smith steals second.
Bottom 1 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Harrelson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 There goes Yastrzemski. The throw from Duncan and he is safe. Yastrzemski steals third.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field. Monday picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Monday. Jones scores. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a line drive into right field. Jackson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jackson. Andrews scores. Jones moves to second.
Bottom 1 Andrews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Andrews reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Keough is called out on strikes.
Top 1 There goes Bando. The throw from Gibson and he is safe. Bando steals second.
Top 1 Bando hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Monday moves to third.
Top 1 Monday takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adair fields it, throws to first for one, and the throw to the plate - double play.
Top 1 There goes Campaneris. The throw from Gibson and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 1 Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.