Braves @ Mets
September 2, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 3 9 1
Mets 1 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 3 9 1
Mets 1 8 1

Art Shamsky Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .222
OBP .000 .277
At Bats 0 284
Hits 0 63
• Singles 0 38
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 17
RBI’s 0 40

Cecil Upshaw Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 6 7
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Shea Stadium - September 2, 1968
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Out
Cecil Upshaw
Joe Torre
Deron Johnson
Felix Millan
Bob Johnson
Gil Garrido
Tommie Aaron
Mike Lum
Hank Aaron
Art Shamsky
Larry Stahl

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 3 9 1 7
New York Mets 1 8 1 6
Winning Pitcher George Stone
Losing Pitcher Jerry Koosman
Save Cecil Upshaw
Game Winning RBI Mike Lum
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 17 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Art Shamsky pinch hits for Al Weis. Shamsky hits a line drive towards first. Johnson catches it and steps on first to double up Stahl.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Grote hits a fly ball into left field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Larry Stahl pinch hits for Ron Swoboda. Stahl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Garrido hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Upshaw hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Charles strikes out.
Bottom 8 Cecil Upshaw now pitching. Jones hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Linz hits a fly ball into center field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Agee hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Agee reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Aaron strikes out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Millan scores. Aaron moves to second.
Top 8 Aaron is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Weis. Millan moves to second.
Top 8 Garrido hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Koosman strikes out.
Bottom 7 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Weis hits a fly ball into left field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stone for the out.
Top 7 Lum hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Top 7 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Aaron hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Grote hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garrido scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Charles hits a fly ball into center field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Torre hits a line drive towards third. Charles reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Aaron hits a popup towards short. Weis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Millan hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Garrido hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Linz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Kranepool trying to get to home. Lum throws the ball in to Torre who tags Kranepool who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Bottom 5 Agee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Koosman bunts towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Millan covering, for the out. Kranepool moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kranepool hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Stone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koosman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lum hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Linz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Weis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 Grote is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Swoboda hits a popup towards short. Garrido settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 4 Charles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jones moves to second.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Millan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Linz hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Agee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson juggles the ball. That's an error on Johnson. Weis moves to third.
Bottom 3 Koosman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Kranepool is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Weis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Aaron. Weis reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Garrido hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koosman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Grote is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Swoboda strikes out.
Bottom 2 Charles is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Aaron hits a popup towards short. Weis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a popup towards third. Charles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Linz strikes out.
Bottom 1 Agee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a popup towards first. Kranepool settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Millan hits a line drive into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Garrido hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.