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July 22, 1968

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Bottom 5	R	H	E
Cubs	2	9	0
Giants	2	5	0

Bottom 5	R	H	E
Cubs	2	9	0
Giants	2	5	0

Ron Hunt Season Stats

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OBP
At Bats
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• Doubles
• Triples
• Home Runs
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Joe Niekro Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
8	6	1

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Candlestick Park - July 22, 1968

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Wild Pitch

Joe Niekro

Randy Hundley

Ernie Banks

Glenn Beckert

Ron Santo

Don Kessinger

Billy Williams

Adolfo Phillips

Al Spangler

Ron Hunt

Bobby Bonds

Count: - , 2 Outs

There's a wild pitch. Bonds moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 5 Bonds hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Dave Marshall pinch hits for Ron Herbel. Marshall hits a fly ball into right field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Barton tags and scores.

Bottom 5 Lanier bunts towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lanier for the out. Barton moves to third.

Bottom 5 Barton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Spangler. Barton reaches second base with a double.

Top 5 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Herbel fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Spangler hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spangler for the out. Santo moves to third. Banks moves to second.

Top 5 Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Santo moves to second.

Top 5 Santo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 5 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Hart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Davenport is called out on strikes.

Bottom 4 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Niekro, and towards Kessinger, who fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Kessinger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 4 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Hunt hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 There goes Bonds. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Bonds steals second.

Bottom 3 Bonds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Herbel strikes out.

Top 3 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Herbel, and towards Hunt, who fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Spangler hits a fly ball into right field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Beckert tags and scores.

Top 3 Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kessinger scores. Beckert moves to third. Santo moves to second.

Top 3 Santo is walked intentionally.

Top 3 Williams hits a popup towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Beckert hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mays. Beckert reaches second base with a double. Kessinger moves to third.

Top 3 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 2 Lanier hits a fly ball into right field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Barton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Davenport hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Niekro hits a popup towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hundley moves to second.

Top 2 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Hunt fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

Top 2 Spangler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 2 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Hart hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 McCovey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mays scores.

Bottom 1 Mays hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Mays reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 1 Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 1 Bonds takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Santo hits a fly ball into right field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Beckert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Kessinger strikes out.

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