Braves @ Giants
July 4, 1968

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Top 9 R H E
Braves 4 12 1
Giants 6 9 0
Top 9 R H E
Braves 4 12 1
Giants 6 9 0

Hank Aaron Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .232
OBP .250 .304
At Bats 4 280
Hits 1 65
• Singles 1 35
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 15
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 0 38

Frank Linzy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 6 6
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Candlestick Park - July 4, 1968
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Frank Linzy
Dick Dietz
Willie McCovey
Ron Hunt
Jim Davenport
Hal Lanier
Jesus Alou
Willie Mays
Bobby Bonds
Hank Aaron
Clete Boyer
Felipe Alou
Mike Page

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 4 12 1 8
San Francisco Giants 6 9 0 9
Winning Pitcher Frank Linzy
Losing Pitcher George Stone
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Dick Dietz
Attendance 14,249
Time of Game 2 hours 40 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Linzy fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Boyer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Page moves to third. Alou moves to second.
Top 9 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Page moves to second.
Top 9 Mike Page pinch hits for George Stone. Page takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Mays hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Alou for the out.
Bottom 8 Sonny Jackson now playing shortstop. Mike Lum now playing left field. Marty Martinez now playing second base. Hunt hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mike Lum pinch hits for Bob Johnson. Lum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Tito Francona pinch hits for Tommie Aaron. Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Jim Davenport now playing third base. Torre 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 7 Linzy strikes out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Bonds moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lanier hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bonds takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Dietz hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Hart hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Alou. Hart reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 McCovey hits a popup towards short. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Boyer hits a popup towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Alou takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Stone covering, for the out.
Top 6 Stone strikes out.
Top 6 Martinez hits a popup towards third. Hart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Frank Linzy now pitching. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jack Hiatt pinch hits for Lindy McDaniel. Hiatt strikes out.
Bottom 5 George Stone now pitching. Lanier strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bonds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mays scores. McCovey scores. Hart moves to second.
Bottom 5 Dietz strikes out.
Bottom 5 Hart takes first base on ball four. McCovey moves to second.
Bottom 5 McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mays moves to third.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Aaron strikes out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a line drive for a double play.
Top 5 Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Aaron scores.
Top 5 There goes Aaron. The throw from Dietz and he is safe. Aaron steals second.
Top 5 Jesus Alou now playing left field. Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Dick Kelley now pitching. Jesus Alou pinch hits for Ty Cline. Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kelley fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 Hunt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Lanier moves to third. Schroder moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bob Schroder pinch hits for Ron Herbel. Schroder takes first base on ball four. Lanier moves to second.
Bottom 4 Lanier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Alou hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Alou reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Britton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Martinez hits a popup towards third. Hart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dietz strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hart hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McCovey strikes out.
Top 3 Ron Herbel now pitching. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torre scores. Johnson moves to second.
Top 3 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aaron scores. Torre moves to second.
Top 3 Torre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Britton scores. Aaron moves to second.
Top 3 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and throws to second for the out. Britton moves to third.
Top 3 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Britton moves to second.
Top 3 Alou hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dietz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Britton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cline hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hunt hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Sadecki moves to second.
Bottom 2 Sadecki hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Lanier hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Johnson strikes out.
Top 2 Aaron hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Dietz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Dietz reaches second base with a double. Hunt scores. Mays scores. McCovey moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 1 Hart hits a popup towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McCovey takes first base on ball four. Mays moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. Hunt moves to third.
Bottom 1 Cline hits a fly ball towards left. Aaron settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Aaron. Hunt moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hunt takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Alou takes first base on ball four.