Astros @ Reds
May 1, 1969

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Top 5 R H E
Astros 1 3 0
Reds 0 0 2
Top 5 R H E
Astros 3 4 0
Reds 0 0 2

Denis Menke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .321
OBP .500 .450
At Bats 1 81
Hits 0 26
• Singles 0 21
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 18
RBI’s 0 12

Jim Merritt Season Stats

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1 1 0
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Crosley Field - May 1, 1969
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Double
Jim Merritt
Johnny Bench
Fred Whitfield
Tommy Helms
Tony Perez
Darrel Chaney
Alex Johnson
Pete Rose
Bobby Tolan
Denis Menke
Jim Wynn
Joe Morgan
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Menke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Menke reaches second base with a double. Morgan scores. Wynn goes all the way around to score.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 5 Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morgan moves to second.
Top 5 Alou hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blefary settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Tolan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wilson hits a popup towards short. Chaney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bryant strikes out.
Top 4 Blefary hits a line drive into right field. Tolan picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Tolan. Menke moves to third.
Top 4 Miller hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Helms reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Menke takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Rader hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Rose hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bryant settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Merritt strikes out.
Bottom 3 Chaney hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wynn strikes out.
Top 3 Alou hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Morgan bunts towards the mound. Merritt fields it and throws to first for the out. Wilson moves to second.
Top 3 Wilson is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Helms strikes out.
Bottom 2 Whitfield strikes out.
Bottom 2 There goes Bench. The throw from Bryant and he is safe. Bench steals second.
Bottom 2 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bryant hits a fly ball into center field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Blefary takes first base on ball four. Miller moves to second.
Top 2 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms misplays the ball. That's an error on Helms.
Top 2 Menke hits a fly ball into center field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Tolan strikes out.
Bottom 1 Rose strikes out.
Top 1 Wynn strikes out.
Top 1 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.