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September 19, 1968

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Cardinals 5 8 0
Giants 11 14 0
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Giants 11 15 0

Willie McCovey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .288
OBP .500 .374
At Bats 3 490
Hits 1 141
• Singles 0 89
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 1 4
• Home Runs 0 34
Walks 1 67
RBI’s 0 97

Joe Hoerner Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 2 15
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Candlestick Park - September 19, 1968
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Single
Joe Hoerner
Johnny Edwards
Orlando Cepeda
Phil Gagliano
Mike Shannon
Dick Schofield
Lou Brock
Curt Flood
Roger Maris
Willie McCovey
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Schofield. McCovey moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Tim McCarver pinch hits for Dick Hughes. McCarver hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Linzy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ty Cline now playing left field. Gagliano is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Hunt hits a popup towards short. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bonds hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Linzy bunts towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Linzy for the out. Lanier moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lanier bunts towards the mound. Hughes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Roger Maris now playing right field. Dick Hughes now pitching. Marshall strikes out.
Top 7 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Edwards takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Cepeda is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Ron Davis pinch hits for Bobby Tolan. Frank Linzy now pitching. Roger Maris pinch hits for Ron Davis. Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hague scores. Brock moves to third. Flood moves to second.
Top 7 Flood takes first base on ball four. Schofield scores. Hague moves to third. Brock moves to second.
Top 7 Mike McCormick now pitching. Brock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gagliano scores. Schofield moves to third. Hague moves to second.
Top 7 Joe Hague pinch hits for Nelson Briles. Hague takes first base on ball four. Gagliano moves to third. Schofield moves to second.
Top 7 Schofield takes first base on ball four. Gagliano moves to second.
Top 7 Gagliano hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Dietz hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hart hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 6 McCovey is walked intentionally. Hunt moves to second.
Bottom 6 Mays hits a popup, foul, towards third. Shannon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hunt hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bonds moves to third.
Bottom 6 There goes Bonds. The throw from Edwards and he is safe. Bonds steals second.
Bottom 6 Bonds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Robertson strikes out.
Top 6 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Robertson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Cepeda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Lanier hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Marshall is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Dietz hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hart hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Hart reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 McCovey hits a popup towards third. Shannon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Tolan strikes out.
Top 5 Flood hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 There goes Brock. The throw from Dietz and he is out, Hart applying the tag.
Top 5 There goes Brock. The throw from Dietz and he is safe. Brock steals second.
Top 5 Brock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Briles is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Mays strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hunt hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bonds bunts towards the mound. Briles fields it and throws to first for the out. Robertson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Robertson hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Schofield is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Gagliano hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Gagliano reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Shannon is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Edwards strikes out.
Bottom 3 Lanier hits a popup, foul, towards third. Shannon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Marshall is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 McCovey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock who is chasing the ball. McCovey reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Cepeda hits a fly ball into left field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Tolan hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hunt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lanier scores. Bonds scores.
Bottom 2 Bonds takes first base on ball four. Marshall scores. Lanier moves to third. Bonds moves to second.
Bottom 2 Robertson bunts towards the mound. Briles fields it and throws to first for the out. Marshall moves to third. Lanier moves to second.
Bottom 2 Lanier hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Marshall moves to second.
Bottom 2 Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Briles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Robertson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Schofield takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Gagliano hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gagliano for the out.
Bottom 1 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Briles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gagliano fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Hunt scores.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hunt moves to third.
Bottom 1 Hunt hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bonds hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Shannon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hunt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brock scores. Tolan scores. Edwards moves to second.
Top 1 Cepeda hits a popup, foul, towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Tolan moves to second.
Top 1 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Flood strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Brock. The throw from Dietz and he is safe. Brock steals third.
Top 1 There goes Brock. The throw from Dietz and he is safe. Brock steals second.
Top 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.