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September 7, 1968

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Willie McCovey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .298
OBP .250 .387
At Bats 4 447
Hits 1 133
• Singles 1 86
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 32
Walks 0 65
RBI’s 0 89

Mel Nelson Season Stats

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Busch Stadium - September 7, 1968
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Mel Nelson
Johnny Edwards
Orlando Cepeda
Phil Gagliano
Ed Spiezio
Dick Schofield
Lou Brock
Curt Flood
Roger Maris
Willie McCovey
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

McCovey hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Mays hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Edwards strikes out.
Bottom 8 Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brock hits a fly ball towards center. Mays settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Mays.
Top 8 Hunt strikes out.
Top 8 Bonds takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Perry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to first for the out. Dietz moves to third.
Top 8 Lanier bunts towards the mound. Nelson fields it and throws to first for the out. Dietz moves to second.
Top 8 Mel Nelson now pitching. Dietz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Bobby Tolan pinch hits for Dick Hughes. Tolan strikes out.
Bottom 7 Spiezio hits a popup towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Schofield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cepeda moves to second.
Bottom 7 Cepeda takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Jim Davenport now playing third base. Gagliano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Alou hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 McCovey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 6 Maris hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Flood moves to second.
Bottom 6 Flood takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Brock 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 6 Hunt hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bonds hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris who is chasing the ball. Bonds reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Perry hits a popup towards short. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ed Spiezio now playing third base. Dick Schofield now playing shortstop. Phil Gagliano now playing second base. Dick Hughes now pitching. Lanier hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tim McCarver pinch hits for Ron Willis. McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ed Spiezio pinch hits for Dal Maxvill. Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Perry covering, for the out.
Top 5 Ron Willis now pitching. Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gagliano fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 5 Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hart moves to second.
Top 5 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out. Mays scores.
Top 5 McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mays moves to third.
Top 5 Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cepeda hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gagliano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Perry covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Maris hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bonds 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 4 Perry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Washburn covering. It's a double play. Alou scores. Dietz moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Lanier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hart scores. Alou moves to third. Dietz moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Dietz takes first base on ball four. Hart moves to third. Alou moves to second.
Top 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Hart moves to second.
Top 4 Hart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Flood strikes out.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Washburn strikes out.
Top 3 McCovey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bonds scores. Hunt moves to third.
Top 3 Hunt takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Bonds. The throw from Edwards and he is safe. Bonds steals second.
Top 3 Bonds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lanier scores.
Top 3 Perry bunts in front of the plate. Edwards fields it and throws to first for the out. Lanier moves to second.
Top 3 Lanier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cepeda hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Alou strikes out.
Top 2 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gagliano fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 McCovey hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gagliano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Maris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Flood scores.
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Dietz for a passed ball. Flood moves to second.
Bottom 1 Flood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mays strikes out.
Top 1 Hunt is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Bonds is called out on strikes.