Astros @ Giants
September 9, 1970

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Top 9 R H E
Astros 5 13 1
Giants 9 12 3
Top 9 R H E
Astros 5 13 1
Giants 9 12 3

Denis Menke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .310
OBP .750 .396
At Bats 2 493
Hits 1 153
• Singles 1 114
• Doubles 0 23
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 2 71
RBI’s 0 81

Don McMahon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 4 14
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Candlestick Park - September 9, 1970
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Strikeout
Don McMahon
Dick Dietz
Frank Johnson
Tito Fuentes
Al Gallagher
Hal Lanier
Ken Henderson
Willie Mays
Bobby Bonds
Denis Menke
Jim Wynn
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Menke strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Wynn moves to third.
Top 9 There goes Wynn. The throw from Dietz and he is safe. Wynn steals second.
Top 9 Watson strikes out.
Top 9 Wynn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Henderson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke misplays the ball. That's an error on Menke.
Bottom 8 Mays strikes out.
Bottom 8 George Culver now pitching. Fuentes is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Morgan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gallagher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Frank Johnson now playing first base. Al Gallagher now playing third base. Don McMahon now pitching. Keith Lampard pinch hits for Jim Ray. Lampard hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gallagher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bonds hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wynn. Bonds reaches second base with a double. There goes Lanier trying to get to home. Wynn throws the ball in to Menke who relays the ball to Howard, who tags Lanier, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 7 Ron Hunt pinch hits for Jerry Johnson. Hunt hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Frank Johnson pinch runs for Willie McCovey. Lanier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson scores.
Bottom 7 Willie McCovey pinch hits for Ed Goodson. McCovey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. McCovey reaches second base with a double. Dietz scores. Henderson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Jim Ray now pitching. Hart strikes out.
Bottom 7 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dietz moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dietz takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Cedeno trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 7 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Dietz and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Top 7 Cedeno takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Menke takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fuentes for the out.
Bottom 6 Bonds hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou who is chasing the ball. Bonds reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wynn hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Wynn reaches second base with a double. Alou scores.
Top 6 Morgan strikes out.
Top 6 The ball gets by Dietz for a passed ball. Alou moves to third.
Top 6 Alou hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Alou reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Dierker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lanier hits a fly ball into left field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Goodson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 5 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Menke moves to second.
Top 5 Rader strikes out.
Top 5 Menke hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Watson strikes out.
Top 5 Watson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Goodson settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Goodson.
Bottom 4 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Henderson for the out.
Bottom 4 Dietz hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 4 Fuentes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lanier moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bonds strikes out.
Bottom 4 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Lanier takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Jerry Johnson now pitching. Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Howard scores. Alou moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes misplays the ball. That's an error on Fuentes. Howard moves to third.
Top 4 Dierker bunts in front of the plate. Dietz fields it and throws to first for the out. Howard moves to second.
Top 4 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Menke scores. Cedeno scores.
Top 4 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Menke moves to third.
Top 4 Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Menke takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Goodson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodson for the out.
Bottom 3 Hart takes first base on ball four. Dietz moves to second.
Bottom 3 Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mays moves to third.
Bottom 3 Dietz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fuentes scores. Mays moves to second.
Bottom 3 Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fuentes moves to third.
Bottom 3 Fuentes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Watson hits a popup towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wynn strikes out.
Top 3 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bryant hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lanier for the out.
Bottom 2 Goodson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodson for the out.
Top 2 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodson scoops it up and throws to first, with Bryant covering, for the out.
Top 2 Dierker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cedeno scores. Howard moves to second.
Top 2 Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cedeno moves to third.
Top 2 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Menke strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hart hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Fuentes hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Bonds. The throw from Howard and he is safe. Bonds steals second.
Bottom 1 Bonds takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Hart. Wynn moves to second.
Top 1 Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.