Reds @ Giants
May 2, 1968

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Johnny Bench Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .182
OBP .000 .207
At Bats 4 55
Hits 0 10
• Singles 0 4
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 5

Frank Linzy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 1
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Candlestick Park - May 2, 1968
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Strikeout
Frank Linzy
Bob Barton
Willie McCovey
Ron Hunt
Jim Ray Hart
Hal Lanier
Ty Cline
Willie Mays
Ollie Brown
Johnny Bench
Tony Perez
Alex Johnson
Pete Rose
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Frank Linzy now pitching. Bench strikes out. Barton drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Bench out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Whitfield hits a popup into left field. Cline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Perez is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Pinson bunts in front of the plate. Barton fields it and throws to first for the out. Rose moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Top 9 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Rose moves to second.
Top 9 Joe Gibbon now pitching. Rose takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Hunt strikes out.
Bottom 8 Jesus Alou pinch hits for Gaylord Perry. Alou hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Cardenas fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 8 Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Brown takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Lee strikes out.
Top 8 Cardenas is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Helms hits a line drive into left field. Cline picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cline. Helms moves to second.
Top 8 Bench is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Whitfield hits a popup towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mays hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Lee now pitching. Hart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ted Davidson now pitching. McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitfield scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCovey for the out.
Top 7 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 7 Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose scores. Johnson moves to third.
Top 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rose moves to second.
Top 7 Rose takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Mack Jones pinch hits for George Culver. Jones hits a popup towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Willie Mays now playing center field. Ty Cline now playing left field. Bob Barton now catching. Cardenas is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Marshall strikes out.
Bottom 6 Cline takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Perry hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Helms hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bench hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Whitfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lanier hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 5 Hiatt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Hart hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 McCovey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Whitfield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pinson for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rose strikes out.
Top 5 Culver hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown. Culver reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Marshall strikes out.
Bottom 4 Cline strikes out. Bench drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Cline out.
Bottom 4 Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Whitfield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Perry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitfield scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Perry for the out.
Bottom 3 Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Culver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pinson strikes out.
Top 3 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose moves to second.
Top 3 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Culver is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Hiatt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Culver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 McCovey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cardenas strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Helms. The throw from Hiatt and he is out, Lanier applying the tag.
Top 2 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Cline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Marshall is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Cline hits a line drive towards short. Cardenas catches it and throws to first to double up Hunt.
Bottom 1 Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas misplays the ball. That's an error on Cardenas.
Top 1 Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pinson moves to second.
Top 1 Pinson strikes out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rose is called out on strikes.