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August 9, 1968

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Rod Carew Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .293
OBP .250 .338
At Bats 4 297
Hits 1 87
• Singles 1 67
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 26

Fritz Peterson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 7 0
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Yankee Stadium - August 9, 1968
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Double
Fritz Peterson
Jake Gibbs
Ruben Amaro
Dick Howser
Bobby Cox
Tom Tresh
Roy White
Bill Robinson
Rocky Colavito
Rod Carew
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Carew hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Carew reaches second base with a double.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Ruben Amaro now playing first base. Fritz Peterson now pitching. Reese hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Colavito hits a popup towards short. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tovar fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 White bunts towards the mound. Roland fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Jim Roland now pitching. Howser hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Rich Rollins pinch hits for Ron Perranoski. Rollins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Allison scores. Clark moves to third.
Top 9 Clark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Allison moves to third. Clark moves to second.
Top 9 Allison takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Jake Gibbs now catching. Roseboro hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 McDaniel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes Pepitone. The throw from Roseboro and he is safe. Pepitone steals second.
Bottom 8 Joe Pepitone pinch hits for Frank Fernandez. Ron Perranoski now pitching. Pepitone hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Carew fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Tresh moves to third.
Bottom 8 Cox takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 8 There goes Tresh. The throw from Roseboro and he is safe. Tresh steals second.
Bottom 8 Tresh takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Uhlaender strikes out.
Top 8 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mantle scoops it up and throws to first, with McDaniel covering, for the out.
Top 8 Carew hits a fly ball into center field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mantle bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 7 Al Worthington now pitching. White hits a line drive into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Tovar is hit by the pitch. Clark moves to second.
Top 7 Jim Holt pinch hits for Bob Miller. Holt hits a fly ball into center field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Clark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Allison hits a line drive into center field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Miller fires to first and has Howser trapped. There's the throw to Clark who tags Howser for the out.
Bottom 6 Howser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Verbanic hits a popup towards first. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tovar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Oliva hits a fly ball into center field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cox strikes out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tresh for the out.
Top 5 Carew is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Reese hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bob Miller now pitching. Colavito hits a line drive towards short. Clark reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Howser hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Clark hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Allison hits a fly ball into center field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Roseboro hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Robinson. Roseboro reaches second base with a double. Uhlaender goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Uhlaender takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Verbanic strikes out.
Bottom 3 Fernandez is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Cox hits a popup towards short. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Robinson bunts in front of the plate. Roseboro fields it and throws to first for the out. Colavito moves to third. Tresh moves to second.
Bottom 3 Tresh takes first base on ball four. Colavito moves to second.
Bottom 3 Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tovar moves to third.
Top 3 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 There goes Tovar. The throw from Fernandez and he is safe. Tovar steals second.
Top 3 Tovar takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Boswell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mantle for the out.
Bottom 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Howser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tovar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Clark strikes out.
Top 2 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Verbanic strikes out.
Bottom 1 Fernandez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Dave Boswell now pitching. Cox hits a line drive into left field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson takes first base on ball four. Mantle scores. Colavito moves to third. Tresh moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clark misplays the ball. That's an error on Clark. White scores. Mantle moves to third. Colavito moves to second.
Bottom 1 Colavito takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 1 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howser scores. White moves to second.
Bottom 1 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howser moves to second.
Bottom 1 Howser takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There go the runners. The throw from Fernandez to Tresh covering second. The throw back to home, and Carew is out at the plate.
Top 1 There goes Uhlaender. The throw from Fernandez and he is safe. Uhlaender steals second.
Top 1 Uhlaender hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Carew moves to third.
Top 1 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Carew moves to second.
Top 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tovar scores.
Top 1 There goes Tovar. The throw from Fernandez and he is safe. Tovar steals second.
Top 1 Tovar takes first base on ball four.