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July 3, 1968

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

Denis Menke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .252
OBP .500 .344
At Bats 2 230
Hits 1 58
• Singles 1 45
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 32
RBI’s 1 21

Tony Cloninger Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 4 0
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Astrodome - July 3, 1968
Tony Cloninger
Johnny Bench
Lee May
Tommy Helms
Tony Perez
Woody Woodward
Alex Johnson
Mack Jones
Pete Rose
Denis Menke
Jim Wynn
Hector Torres
Bob Watson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Watson scores. Torres moves to third. Wynn moves to second.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 5 Wynn takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to third. Torres moves to second.
Bottom 5 Staub hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Torres takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dierker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Bateman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms misplays the ball. That's an error on Helms. Colbert moves to second.
Bottom 4 Colbert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Rader takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Menke hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cloninger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Woodward hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Menke reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Helms hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Colbert. Helms reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 May hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Cloninger covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Torres 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 3 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cloninger scores. Johnson scores. There goes Jones trying to get to home. Colbert throws the ball in to Bateman, who tags Jones, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 3 Jones takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second.
Top 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke fields it and throws to second for the out. Cloninger moves to third.
Top 3 Rose takes first base on ball four. Cloninger moves to second.
Top 3 Cloninger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dierker bunts towards the mound. Cloninger fields it and throws to first for the out. Bateman moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bateman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Colbert 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 2 Woodward hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 May strikes out.
Bottom 1 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Staub scores. Wynn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Staub hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Staub reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Torres hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Watson is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Bench strikes out.
Top 1 Perez hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first, with Dierker covering, for the out.