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July 4, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 7 9 2
Astros 4 7 0
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Reds 7 9 2
Astros 4 7 0

Doug Rader Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .241
OBP .250 .315
At Bats 3 112
Hits 0 27
• Singles 0 21
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 13
RBI’s 0 12

Ted Abernathy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 1 7
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Astrodome - July 4, 1968
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Out
Ted Abernathy
Johnny Bench
Lee May
Tommy Helms
Tony Perez
Woody Woodward
Alex Johnson
Mack Jones
Pete Rose
Doug Rader
Jim Wynn
Rusty Staub

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 7 9 2 6
Houston Astros 4 7 0 11
Winning Pitcher Gary Nolan
Losing Pitcher Don Wilson
Save Ted Abernathy
Game Winning RBI Alex Johnson
Attendance 22,827
Time of Game 2 hours 50 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rader hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bob Aspromonte pinch hits for Wade Blasingame. Aspromonte hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Torres tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Wynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torres moves to third. Staub moves to second.
Bottom 9 Staub takes first base on ball four. Torres moves to second.
Bottom 9 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward misplays the ball. That's an error on Woodward.
Bottom 9 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gotay scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 9 Wade Blasingame now pitching. Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Woodward scores. Rose scores. Johnson moves to third.
Top 9 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Helms scores. Woodward moves to third. Rose moves to second.
Top 9 Rose is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Abernathy strikes out.
Top 9 Woodward hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Helms moves to third. Woodward moves to second.
Top 9 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Gotay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Bateman hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Rader strikes out.
Top 8 May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gotay settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Julio Gotay now playing second base. Tom Dukes now pitching. Perez strikes out.
Bottom 7 Lee Thomas pinch hits for Denis Menke. Thomas hits a popup towards short. Woodward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wynn hits a popup towards short. Woodward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Staub hits a line drive into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Colbert tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Torres takes first base on ball four. Colbert moves to third. Miller moves to second.
Bottom 7 Nate Colbert pinch runs for Ron Brand. Miller takes first base on ball four. Colbert moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Ron Brand pinch hits for Don Wilson. Brand hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy juggles the ball. That's an error on Abernathy.
Top 7 Jones hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Wilson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jones for the out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bateman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Watson hits a line drive towards short. Woodward reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rader hits a popup towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Nolan strikes out.
Top 6 Woodward hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bench scores. Helms moves to third. Woodward moves to second.
Top 6 Helms is walked intentionally.
Top 6 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. Bench moves to second.
Top 6 Bench hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Wynn strikes out.
Bottom 5 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rose scores.
Top 5 There goes Rose. The throw from Bateman and he is safe. Rose steals second.
Top 5 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Nolan takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Woodward hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rader moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bateman hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Watson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Rader takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 May hits a popup, foul, towards first. Staub settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bench is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Menke is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Wynn hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Staub hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Perez strikes out.
Top 3 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rose scores.
Top 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Nolan scores. Rose moves to third.
Top 3 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nolan moves to third. Rose moves to second.
Top 3 Nolan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Torres hits a fly ball towards right. Rose catches it and throws to first to double up Miller.
Bottom 2 Miller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bateman scores.
Bottom 2 Wilson bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 2 Bateman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Bateman reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Woodward is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. May moves to second.
Top 2 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Bench strikes out.
Bottom 1 Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rader strikes out.
Bottom 1 Menke strikes out.
Bottom 1 Wynn takes first base on ball four. Miller scores. Torres moves to third. Staub moves to second.
Bottom 1 Staub takes first base on ball four. Torres moves to second.
Bottom 1 Torres hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miller moves to third.
Bottom 1 Miller hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Miller reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Perez hits a popup towards first. Staub settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out.