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July 30, 1968

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Orlando Cepeda Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .262
OBP .500 .328
At Bats 4 389
Hits 2 102
• Singles 2 72
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 1 48

Bill Short Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 2 1
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Shea Stadium - July 30, 1968
Bill Short
Jerry Grote
Ed Kranepool
Jerry Buchek
Ed Charles
Bud Harrelson
Art Shamsky
Larry Stahl
Cleon Jones
Orlando Cepeda
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Cepeda is called out on strikes.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Maris hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kranepool hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Charles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes Jones. The throw from McCarver and he is safe. Jones steals second.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Stahl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Brock strikes out.
Top 8 Gibson takes first base on ball four. Maxvill moves to second.
Top 8 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Javier strikes out.
Top 8 Bill Short now pitching. Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Swoboda is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Ron Swoboda pinch hits for Bill Connors. The ball gets by McCarver for a passed ball. Buchek moves to second.
Bottom 7 Buchek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Shamsky moves to third.
Bottom 7 Grote hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibson fields it and throws to first for the out. Shamsky moves to second.
Bottom 7 Shamsky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda juggles the ball. That's an error on Cepeda.
Top 7 McCarver strikes out.
Top 7 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Flood scores. Maris moves to third.
Top 7 Maris takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Flood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Shamsky. Flood reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Gibson is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Kranepool hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Charles strikes out.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Javier strikes out.
Top 6 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Stahl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Harrelson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Connors moves to second.
Bottom 5 Connors takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Buchek strikes out.
Bottom 5 Grote is called out on strikes.
Top 5 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Buchek scoops it up and throws to first, with Connors covering, for the out.
Top 5 Cepeda hits a line drive towards short. Harrelson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bill Connors now pitching. Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Stahl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Shamsky hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kranepool hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Kranepool reaches second base with a double. Charles goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Charles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stahl hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Selma, and towards Buchek, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Maxvill scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Gibson hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Javier tags and scores. Maxvill tags and moves to third.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Javier moves to third. Maxvill moves to second.
Top 4 Maxvill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Shannon scores. Javier moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Javier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cepeda scores. McCarver scores. Shannon moves to second.
Top 4 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles juggles the ball. That's an error on Charles. Cepeda moves to third. McCarver moves to second.
Top 4 McCarver takes first base on ball four. Cepeda moves to second.
Top 4 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Harrelson hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Selma strikes out.
Bottom 3 Buchek hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Maris strikes out.
Top 3 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to second for the out. Maxvill scores.
Top 3 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Selma fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Gibson is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Maxvill hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jones who is chasing the ball. Maxvill reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Grote strikes out.
Bottom 2 Shamsky hits a popup, foul, towards third. Shannon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Javier hits a fly ball into center field. Stahl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 McCarver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cepeda hits a fly ball into center field. Stahl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Charles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Jones is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Stahl strikes out.
Bottom 1 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Selma fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Stahl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brock for the out.