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September 21, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 5 6 0
Astros 0 4 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 5 6 0
Astros 0 4 1

Bob Aspromonte Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .223
OBP .000 .288
At Bats 3 367
Hits 0 82
• Singles 0 70
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 0 40

Jim Maloney Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 10 0
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Astrodome - September 21, 1968
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Strikeout
Jim Maloney
Johnny Bench
Lee May
Chico Ruiz
Tony Perez
Leo Cardenas
Alex Johnson
Vada Pinson
Pete Rose
Bob Aspromonte
Denis Menke
Jim Wynn

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 5 6 0 4
Houston Astros 0 4 1 6
Winning Pitcher Jim Maloney
Losing Pitcher Don Wilson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Lee May
Attendance 5,664
Time of Game 2 hours 26 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Aspromonte is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 There's a wild pitch. Wynn moves to third. Menke moves to second.
Bottom 9 Menke takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Staub for the out. Wynn moves to second.
Bottom 9 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 McFadden strikes out.
Top 9 Maloney strikes out.
Top 9 Cardenas hits a fly ball into center field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ruiz moves to third.
Top 9 There goes Ruiz. The throw from Adlesh and he is safe. Ruiz steals second.
Top 9 Ruiz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Jim Ray now pitching. May hits a ball on the ground towards short. McFadden scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Herrera strikes out.
Bottom 8 Lee Thomas pinch hits for Don Wilson. Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 8 Adlesh strikes out.
Bottom 8 Colbert hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Colbert reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bench strikes out.
Top 8 There goes Johnson. The throw from Adlesh and he is safe. Johnson steals third.
Top 8 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wynn. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Cardenas scores. Rose scores. Pinson goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Staub juggles the ball. That's an error on Staub. Ruiz scores. Cardenas moves to third. Rose moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Rose takes first base on ball four. Cardenas moves to second.
Top 8 Maloney hits a fly ball into center field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ruiz moves to third.
Top 8 Cardenas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ruiz moves to second.
Top 8 Ruiz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards second. Ruiz scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 7 Menke takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Staub hits a popup towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wynn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Wynn reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 May hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. McFadden scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bench hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Adlesh settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McFadden hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Herrera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Wilson hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. McFadden scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Pinson strikes out.
Top 6 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Adlesh strikes out.
Bottom 5 Colbert strikes out.
Bottom 5 Aspromonte hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Maloney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Staub scoops it up and throws to first, with Wilson covering, for the out.
Top 5 Cardenas hits a fly ball into center field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ruiz strikes out.
Top 5 May hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Menke hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ruiz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wynn strikes out.
Top 4 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. McFadden scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Johnson strikes out.
Top 4 Pinson strikes out.
Bottom 3 McFadden hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Herrera hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Herrera reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ruiz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Adlesh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rose strikes out.
Top 3 Maloney strikes out.
Top 3 Cardenas hits a fly ball into right field. Herrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Colbert strikes out.
Bottom 2 Aspromonte strikes out.
Bottom 2 Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ruiz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ruiz hits a popup towards third. Aspromonte catches it and steps on third to double up Perez.
Top 2 May strikes out. Adlesh drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws May out. There goes Perez. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Perez moves to second.
Top 2 Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Wynn hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McFadden hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maloney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Herrera hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maloney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bench strikes out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Staub scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pinson for the out.
Top 1 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.