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September 21, 1968

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Tigers 4 12 1
Senators 3 8 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 4 12 1
Senators 3 8 2

Ed Stroud Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .241
OBP .250 .287
At Bats 3 290
Hits 0 70
• Singles 0 46
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 10
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 1 19
RBI’s 0 23

Joe Sparma Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 10 0
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Robert F. Kennedy Stadium - September 21, 1968
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Joe Sparma
Jim Price
Norm Cash
Dick Tracewski
Don Wert
Ray Oyler
Jim Northrup
Mickey Stanley
Al Kaline
Ed Stroud
Gary Holman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 4 12 1 10
Washington Senators 3 8 2 8
Winning Pitcher Joe Sparma
Losing Pitcher Casey Cox
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Al Kaline
Attendance 4,075
Time of Game 2 hours 33 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Stroud hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Northrup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Unser hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Price fields it and throws to first for the out. Holman moves to second.
Bottom 9 Gary Holman pinch hits for Dennis Higgins. Holman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 McMullen hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Northrup hits a popup towards short. McMullen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cash hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Kaline hits a popup, foul, towards third. Billings settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 French hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Allen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Epstein moves to third.
Bottom 8 Epstein hits a ball on the ground towards short. Oyler fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Howard strikes out.
Bottom 8 Billings strikes out. Price drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Billings out.
Top 8 Tracewski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Sparma hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Wert hits a fly ball into right field. Stroud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ken McMullen now playing shortstop. Dennis Higgins now pitching. Price hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Allen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Stroud hits a popup, foul, towards third. Wert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Unser hits a popup towards short. Oyler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Frank Coggins pinch hits for Casey Cox. Coggins bunts towards third. Wert fields it and throws to first for the out. McMullen moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ray Oyler now playing shortstop. Don Wert now playing third base. Dick Tracewski now playing second base. Ken McMullen pinch hits for Ed Brinkman.McMullen takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Allen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There goes Kaline. The throw from French and he is safe. Kaline steals second.
Top 7 Northrup is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stanley moves to third.
Top 7 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McAuliffe scores. Stanley moves to second.
Top 7 Stanley hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. McAuliffe moves to third.
Top 7 McAuliffe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 French hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Allen hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Epstein hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Howard hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Jim Price now catching. Joe Sparma now pitching. Billings hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sparma fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brinkman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Wert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Billings fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Casey Cox now pitching. Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Stroud hits a fly ball into center field. Stanley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cap Peterson pinch hits for Dick Bosman. Peterson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Northrup hits a line drive towards first. Epstein reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cash hits a popup in front of the plate. French settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cash hits a popup, foul, towards first. Epstein settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Epstein.
Top 5 Ed Brinkman now playing shortstop. Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Billings fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Brant Alyea pinch hits for Tim Cullen. Alyea hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Howard scores. Allen moves to second.
Bottom 4 French hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Allen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howard moves to third.
Bottom 4 Epstein hits a popup towards short. Wert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Don Wert now playing shortstop. Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Stanley hits a fly ball into right field. Stroud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dick Bosman now pitching. McAuliffe hits a popup towards third. Billings settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Don Wert pinch runs for Tommy Matchick. Wilson takes first base on ball four. Mathews moves to third. Wert moves to second.
Top 4 Matchick is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mathews hits a line drive into right field. Stroud picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Stroud. Cash scores. Northrup goes all the way around to score. Mathews moves to second.
Top 4 Northrup hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cash moves to third.
Top 4 Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Billings strikes out.
Bottom 3 Stroud hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cash scoops it up and throws to first, with Wilson covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Unser hits a popup towards short. Matchick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kaline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Allen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stanley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stroud throws the ball in to Allen who tags Stanley trying to catch an extra base, for the out. McAuliffe moves to third.
Top 3 McAuliffe takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Coleman strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cullen strikes out.
Bottom 2 French bunts towards first. Cash scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats French for the out. Allen moves to third.
Bottom 2 Allen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Northrup. Allen reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Epstein hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Matchick hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cullen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mathews strikes out.
Bottom 1 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Matchick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Billings hits a line drive towards second. McAuliffe catches it and steps on second to double up Unser. towards second. McAuliffe catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on McAuliffe. Stroud moves to third.
Bottom 1 Stroud takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Unser. The throw from Freehan and he is safe. Unser steals second.
Bottom 1 Unser takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Northrup hits a ball on the ground towards third. Billings fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cash strikes out.
Top 1 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 1 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stanley moves to third.
Top 1 Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 McAuliffe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Allen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.