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April 21, 1969

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 11 13 1
Astros 5 9 4
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Reds 11 13 1
Astros 5 9 4

Denis Menke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .400
OBP .750 .518
At Bats 3 45
Hits 2 18
• Singles 2 15
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 1 9

Wayne Granger Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 1
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Astrodome - April 21, 1969
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Out
Wayne Granger
Johnny Bench
Lee May
Tommy Helms
Chico Ruiz
Darrel Chaney
Alex Johnson
Pete Rose
Bobby Tolan
Denis Menke
Doug Rader

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 11 13 1 6
Houston Astros 5 9 4 9
Winning Pitcher Jim Merritt
Losing Pitcher Wade Blasingame
Save Wayne Granger
Game Winning RBI Darrel Chaney
Attendance 8,513
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Menke hits a fly ball into center field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Rader hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tolan. Rader reaches second base with a double. Wynn scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ruiz juggles the ball. That's an error on Ruiz. Geronimo scores. Wynn moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Morgan for the out. Geronimo moves to third.
Bottom 9 Alou 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 9 Chico Ruiz now playing third base. Cesar Geronimo pinch hits for Jack Billingham. Geronimo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tolan. Geronimo reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Chaney strikes out.
Top 9 Helms takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Ruiz scores.
Top 9 Jack Billingham now pitching. Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Johnson scores. Ruiz moves to third.
Top 9 Chico Ruiz pinch runs for Tony Perez. May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third. Ruiz moves to second.
Top 9 Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tolan scores. Johnson moves to second.
Top 9 Johnson hits a line drive into right field. Alou picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Alou. Tolan moves to third.
Top 9 Johnny Edwards now catching. Tolan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Wayne Granger now pitching. Johnny Edwards pinch hits for Don Bryant. Edwards 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 8 Miller takes first base on ball four. Menke moves to third. Blefary moves to second.
Bottom 8 Blefary takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Menke moves to second.
Bottom 8 Menke is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Rader strikes out.
Bottom 8 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Culver bunts towards the mound. Schneider fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Dan Schneider now pitching. Chaney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Morgan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Culver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gary Geiger pinch hits for Dooley Womack. Geiger hits a popup towards short. Chaney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bench hits a fly ball into left field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Denis Menke now playing shortstop. Joe Morgan now playing second base. Norm Miller now playing left field. May hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bryant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 George Culver now pitching. Norm Miller pinch hits for Hector Torres. Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Menke moves to third.
Bottom 6 Blefary hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Menke moves to second.
Bottom 6 Menke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wynn hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. May fields the ball and throws to Merritt covering. Safe.
Top 6 Perez strikes out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blefary scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out.
Top 6 Dooley Womack now pitching. Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Womack, and towards Torres, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Leon McFadden pinch hits for Jim Ray. McFadden hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bryant hits a line drive into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Torres hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jim Ray now pitching. Rose hits a popup towards short. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Merritt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bench scores. Helms scores. Chaney moves to second.
Top 5 Chaney takes first base on ball four. Bench moves to third. Helms moves to second.
Top 5 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bench moves to second.
Top 5 Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Merritt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alou scores. Morgan moves to second.
Bottom 4 Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Alou moves to third.
Bottom 4 Wynn hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Morgan takes first base on ball four. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blasingame fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Tolan hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Merritt 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 3 Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bryant hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Merritt, and towards Chaney, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Helms is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blasingame fields it and throws to first for the out. May moves to second.
Top 3 May takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Blefary hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Menke strikes out.
Bottom 2 Rader strikes out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tolan hits a line drive into right field. Alou picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Alou. Chaney scores. Rose scores. Tolan moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Top 2 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bench scores. Helms scores. Chaney moves to third. Rose moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Top 2 Merritt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader juggles the ball. That's an error on Rader. Perez scores. Bench moves to third. Helms moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Helms hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Perez moves to third. Bench moves to second.
Top 2 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres misplays the ball. That's an error on Torres. Perez moves to second.
Top 2 May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Wynn hits a popup towards short. Chaney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Helms reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a line drive towards short. Chaney reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame fires to first and has Johnson trapped. There's the throw to Menke who tags Johnson for the out.
Top 1 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blefary scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tolan for the out.
Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.