Braves @ Cardinals
August 16, 1968

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Joe Torre Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .276
OBP .667 .338
At Bats 2 301
Hits 1 83
• Singles 0 65
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 10
Walks 1 25
RBI’s 3 43

Mel Nelson Season Stats

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2 1 1
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Busch Stadium - August 16, 1968
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Mel Nelson
Johnny Edwards
Orlando Cepeda
Dick Schofield
Mike Shannon
Dal Maxvill
Lou Brock
Bobby Tolan
Roger Maris
Joe Torre
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Bobby Tolan now playing center field. Mel Nelson now pitching. Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Maris strikes out.
Bottom 6 Flood takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bobby Tolan pinch hits for Wayne Granger. Tolan hits a popup towards short. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 6 Millan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Pappas moves to second.
Top 6 Wayne Granger now pitching. Alou is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Pappas takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Martinez hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a line drive into center field. Flood picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Flood. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Maxvill hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Schofield hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Shannon hits a popup towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson strikes out.
Top 5 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Torre hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 5 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alou moves to second.
Top 5 Millan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Pappas strikes out.
Bottom 4 Edwards hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cepeda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Flood scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Maris hits a popup towards short. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Flood. The throw from Torre and he is safe. Flood steals second.
Bottom 4 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez misplays the ball. That's an error on Martinez.
Bottom 4 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Johnson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Carlton strikes out.
Bottom 3 Maxvill strikes out. Torre drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Maxvill out.
Bottom 3 Schofield hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Torre takes first base on ball four. Millan moves to third. Aaron moves to second.
Top 3 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Millan moves to second.
Top 3 Millan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alou scores.
Top 3 Alou hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Alou reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Pappas is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Martinez hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Shannon hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Edwards hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cepeda hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Torre hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brock for the out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Alou is called out on strikes.