Reds @ Cardinals
August 7, 1968

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Top 9 R H E
Reds 1 8 0
Cardinals 3 7 0
Top 9 R H E
Reds 1 8 0
Cardinals 3 7 0

Johnny Bench Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .280
OBP .000 .311
At Bats 3 393
Hits 0 110
• Singles 0 72
• Doubles 0 28
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 55

Dick Hughes Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 3
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Busch Stadium - August 7, 1968
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Dick Hughes
Tim McCarver
Orlando Cepeda
Dick Schofield
Phil Gagliano
Dal Maxvill
Lou Brock
Ron Davis
Roger Maris
Johnny Bench
Alex Johnson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 1 8 0 4
St. Louis Cardinals 3 7 0 9
Winning Pitcher Mel Nelson
Losing Pitcher George Culver
Save Dick Hughes
Game Winning RBI Tim McCarver
Attendance 24,995
Time of Game 1 hour 56 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Ron Davis now playing center field. Pinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Clay Carroll now pitching. Schofield hits a line drive towards the mound. Carroll reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jim Beauchamp pinch hits for Jay Ritchie. Dick Hughes now pitching. Mack Jones pinch hits for Jim Beauchamp. Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Cardenas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Gagliano hits a line drive towards first. May reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McCarver hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cepeda hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bench is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Maris hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Tolan hits a popup towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nelson for the out.
Top 6 May hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gagliano fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pinson for the out.
Top 6 Rose hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Maxvill hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Schofield is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Gagliano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maris scores. Cepeda moves to third.
Bottom 5 Jay Ritchie now pitching. McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Cepeda reaches second base with a double. Tolan scores. Maris moves to third.
Bottom 5 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Tolan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Tolan reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Culver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Cardenas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Nelson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Schofield 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 4 Bench hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 May hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Pinson hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gagliano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 McCarver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Culver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cardenas hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tolan. Cardenas reaches second base with a double. Tolan throws the ball in to Gagliano who tags Cardenas trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 2 Tolan strikes out.
Bottom 2 Brock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Nelson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Schofield hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Schofield reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Helms hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bench hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gagliano hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tolan scores. Cepeda moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cepeda takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Maris hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Tolan. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Tolan steals second.
Bottom 1 Tolan is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 May strikes out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Pinson strikes out.
Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gagliano fields it and throws to first for the out.