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September 20, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 6 11 2
Astros 6 10 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 6 11 2
Astros 7 11 0

Rusty Staub Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .303
OBP .000 .390
At Bats 4 518
Hits 0 157
• Singles 0 118
• Doubles 0 32
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 68
RBI’s 0 64

Dan McGinn Season Stats

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Astrodome - September 20, 1968
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Single
Dan McGinn
Johnny Bench
Lee May
Chico Ruiz
Tony Perez
Leo Cardenas
Alex Johnson
Vada Pinson
Pete Rose
Rusty Staub
Jim Wynn
Hector Torres

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 6 11 2 9
Houston Astros 7 11 0 7
Winning Pitcher Steve Shea
Losing Pitcher Ted Abernathy
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Rusty Staub
Attendance 7,175
Time of Game 2 hours 54 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Dan McGinn now pitching. Staub hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Torres scores. Wynn moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Wynn is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Hector Torres pinch runs for Julio Gotay. Aspromonte hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Herrera tags and scores. Torres tags and moves to second.
Bottom 9 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Julio Gotay pinch hits for Leon McFadden. Gotay hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Herrera moves to third.
Bottom 9 Jose Herrera pinch hits for Steve Shea. Herrera hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Herrera reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 King strikes out.
Top 9 May hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shea fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bench scores.
Top 9 Bench hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wynn. Bench reaches second base with a double. Rose scores.
Top 9 Steve Shea now pitching. Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rose moves to third.
Top 9 Danny Coombs now pitching. Pinson bunts towards the mound. Coombs fields it and throws to first for the out. Rose moves to second.
Top 9 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Colbert strikes out.
Bottom 8 Menke hits a line drive into center field. Pinson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Pinson. Wynn scores. Rader goes all the way around to score. Menke moves to second.
Bottom 8 Rader hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wynn moves to third.
Bottom 8 Staub hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Wynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Nolan hits a line drive into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cardenas is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Ruiz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Perez moves to second.
Top 8 May hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 John Buzhardt now pitching. Hal King now catching. Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Dick Simpson pinch runs for Lee Thomas. McFadden is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Lee Thomas pinch hits for Larry Dierker. Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Menke moves to third.
Bottom 7 Hal King pinch hits for Dave Adlesh. King is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Colbert bunts towards the mound. Nolan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Bench hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. McFadden scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rose moves to third.
Top 7 Pinson hits a popup towards short. McFadden settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Rose moves to second.
Top 7 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Staub hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Aspromonte hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Nolan hits a fly ball into center field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cardenas is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Ruiz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wynn. Ruiz reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 5 McFadden hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Ruiz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dierker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Adlesh strikes out.
Bottom 5 Colbert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Pinson hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Dierker scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pinson for the out. Rose moves to third.
Top 5 Rose hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wynn. Rose reaches second base with a double. Ruiz scores. Cardenas scores.
Top 5 Nolan bunts towards first. Aspromonte scoops it up and throws to first, with Menke covering, for the out. Cardenas moves to second.
Top 5 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ruiz moves to third.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Ruiz moves to second.
Top 5 Ruiz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 The ball gets by Bench for a passed ball. Rader scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Rader hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose who is chasing the ball. Rader reaches third base with a triple. Wynn scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Staub hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. May juggles the ball. That's an error on May. Wynn moves to third.
Bottom 4 Aspromonte strikes out.
Top 4 May hits a line drive towards short. McFadden reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Perez strikes out.
Top 4 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Staub who is chasing the ball. Johnson reaches third base with a triple. Pinson goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Pinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 McFadden strikes out.
Bottom 3 Dierker 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 Adlesh hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rose strikes out.
Top 3 Bob Aspromonte now playing first base. Rusty Staub now playing right field. Nolan strikes out.
Top 3 Cardenas hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is bouncing around. Miller is chasing the ball. Cardenas rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run.
Top 3 Ruiz strikes out.
Bottom 2 Colbert strikes out.
Bottom 2 Menke hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rader hits a line drive towards third. Perez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 May hits a fly ball into center field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Perez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bench is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wynn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Miller hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 McFadden is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. McFadden scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Pinson strikes out.
Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. McFadden scoops it up and throws to first for the out.