Dodgers @ Reds
September 6, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 6 9 4
Reds 4 12 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 6 9 4
Reds 4 12 2

Johnny Bench Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .283
OBP .750 .314
At Bats 4 480
Hits 3 136
• Singles 3 87
• Doubles 0 34
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 0 73

Mudcat Grant Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 1
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Crosley Field - September 6, 1968
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Out
Mudcat Grant
Jeff Torborg
Wes Parker
Jim Lefebvre
Bill Sudakis
Paul Popovich
Willie Crawford
Willie Davis
Ron Fairly
Johnny Bench

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Los Angeles Dodgers 6 9 4 6
Cincinnati Reds 4 12 2 10
Winning Pitcher Mudcat Grant
Losing Pitcher Ted Abernathy
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ron Fairly
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 44 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Perez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Fairly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Fairly hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Davis hits a fly ball towards center. Pinson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Pinson. Davis moves to second.
Top 9 Parker is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Woody Woodward now playing shortstop. Clay Carroll now pitching. Grant hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grant for the out.
Bottom 8 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grant fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Fred Whitfield pinch hits for Ted Abernathy. Whitfield hits a fly ball into right field. Fairly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Paul Popovich now playing shortstop. Alex Johnson pinch hits for Leo Cardenas. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Torborg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Len Gabrielson pinch hits for Bart Shirley. Gabrielson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Gabrielson reaches second base with a double. Pinson throws the ball in to Perez who tags Gabrielson trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Lefebvre goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Sudakis is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Lefebvre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sudakis fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 7 May is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Shirley misplays the ball. That's an error on Shirley.
Bottom 7 Ron Fairly now playing right field. Willie Crawford now playing left field. Wes Parker now playing first base. Jones strikes out.
Top 7 Willie Crawford pinch runs for Ken Boyer. Benchdrops the ball. It gets behind him. There goes Fairly. The throw to Abernathy covering the plate. The slide. Fairly is out.
Top 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas misplays the ball. That's an error on Cardenas. Fairly moves to third.
Top 7 Ron Fairly pinch hits for Ted Savage. Fairly hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Fairly reaches second base with a double. Davis scores.
Top 7 Davis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose who is chasing the ball. Davis reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Parker strikes out.
Top 7 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Grant hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grant fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Arrigo bunts in front of the plate. Torborg juggles the ball. That's an error on Torborg. Helms moves to second.
Bottom 6 Cardenas bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 6 Helms hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Torborg hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Shirley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Arrigo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Sudakis hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lefebvre hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Davis scores. Savage moves to second.
Top 6 Savage hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Davis moves to second.
Top 6 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 May hits a popup towards third. Sudakis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mudcat Grant now pitching. Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sudakis fields it and throws to first for the out. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 5 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pinson scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Singer fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Singer. Rose scores. Pinson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Savage settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Arrigo tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Pinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Arrigo moves to third. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Arrigo moves to second.
Bottom 5 Arrigo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Singer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Arrigo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Torborg bunts in front of the plate. Bench fields it and throws to first for the out. Sudakis moves to third. Shirley moves to second.
Top 5 Shirley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sudakis moves to second.
Top 5 Sudakis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lefebvre scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. May scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 May hits a fly ball towards right. Savage settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Savage. May moves to third.
Bottom 4 There goes Bench. The throw from Torborg and he is out, Lefebvre applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Shirley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lefebvre strikes out.
Top 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Savage strikes out.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a popup towards short. Shirley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first, with Singer covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lefebvre scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Davis hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Singer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Torborg hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Arrigo is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Cardenas strikes out.
Bottom 2 Helms strikes out.
Bottom 2 There goes Bench. The throw from Torborg and he is safe. Bench steals third.
Bottom 2 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bench moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bench hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Shirley hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sudakis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lefebvre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Perez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Savage takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Davis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Parker hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.