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August 23, 1968

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Top 9	R	H	E
Mets	2	6	3
Reds	4	10	1

Top 9	R	H	E
Mets	2	6	3
Reds	4	10	1

Ron Swoboda Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.333	.244
OBP	.333	.329
At Bats	3	369
Hits	1	90
• Singles	1	65
• Doubles	0	10
• Triples	0	4
• Home Runs	0	11
Walks	0	43
RBI’s	0	54

Clay Carroll Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
5	5	11

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Crosley Field - August 23, 1968

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Out

Clay Carroll

Johnny Bench

Chico Ruiz

Tommy Helms

Tony Perez

Leo Cardenas

Alex Johnson

Pete Rose

Lee May

Ron Swoboda

Larry Stahl

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
New York Mets	2	6	3	4
Cincinnati Reds	4	10	1	10
Winning Pitcher	Gary Nolan
Losing Pitcher	Don Cardwell
Save	Clay Carroll
Game Winning RBI	Mack Jones
Attendance	10,489
Time of Game	2 hours 28 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Swoboda hits a fly ball into right field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stahl moves to third.

Top 9 J.C. Martin pinch hits for Tommie Agee. Martin hits a popup, foul, towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Lee May now playing right field. Pete Rose now playing center field. Tommy Helms now playing second base. Chico Ruiz now playing first base. Stahl hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Stahl reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 8 Bill Short now pitching. Lee May pinch hits for Mack Jones. May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.

Bottom 8 Rose takes first base on ball four. Cardenas moves to third. Carroll moves to second.

Bottom 8 Carroll hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bench scores. Cardenas moves to second.

Bottom 8 Cardenas is walked intentionally.

Bottom 8 Ruiz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bench moves to third.

Bottom 8 Bench hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Agee. Bench reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 8 Ron Taylor now pitching. Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ruiz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Charles scores.

Top 8 Art Shamsky pinch hits for Dick Selma. Clay Carroll now pitching. Shamsky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ruiz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Charles moves to third.

Top 8 Charles hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Charles reaches second base with a double. Swoboda goes all the way around to score.

Top 8 Grote hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Swoboda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Perez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kranepool settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Tommie Agee now playing center field. Larry Stahl now playing left field. Jones strikes out.

Top 7 Kranepool hits a popup, foul, towards first. Whitfield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Stahl hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ruiz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Boswell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Boswell reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 6 Rose strikes out.

Bottom 6 Nolan takes first base on ball four. Ruiz moves to third. Cardenas moves to second.

Bottom 6 Cardenas is walked intentionally.

Bottom 6 Ruiz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles throws to second for one, and Boswell throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Ruiz moves to second.

Bottom 6 Bench strikes out.

Bottom 6 Dick Selma now pitching. Whitfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 6 Harrelson is called out on strikes.

Top 6 Jerry Buchek pinch hits for Don Cardwell. Buchek hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Charles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ruiz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Perez hits a popup towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rose scores.

Bottom 5 Jones hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boswell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Rose moves to second.

Bottom 5 Rose hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Nolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Grote hits a line drive into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Swoboda strikes out.

Top 5 Kranepool hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Ruiz takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Bench hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Ed Charles now playing third base. Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first, with Cardwell covering, for the out.

Top 4 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Stahl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ruiz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Boswell moves to third.

Top 4 Boswell hits a line drive into left field. Johnson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Johnson. Boswell moves to second.

Top 4 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ruiz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Johnson hits a ball on the groundJones throws the ball in to Harrelson who relays the ball to Boswell who tags Johnson trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Jones moves to third.

Bottom 3 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nolan scores. Rose scores.

Bottom 3 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nolan moves to third. Rose moves to second.

Bottom 3 Nolan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Cardenas strikes out.

Top 3 Cardwell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 3 Collins takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Grote hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 There goes Ruiz. The throw from Grote and he is out, Boswell applying the tag.

Bottom 2 Ruiz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell misplays the ball. That's an error on Boswell.

Bottom 2 Bench hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Whitfield strikes out.

Top 2 Swoboda strikes out.

Top 2 Kranepool hits a popup, foul, towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 There goes Jones. The throw from Bench and he is out, Cardenas applying the tag.

Top 2 Jones is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 1 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Collins fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 1 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rose moves to third.

Bottom 1 Jones strikes out.

Bottom 1 Rose takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Stahl hits a popup towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitfield scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boswell for the out.

Top 1 Harrelson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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