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Reds
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
August 17, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds, played on August 17, 1968 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 17, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 17, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tony Cloninger |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Fergie Jenkins |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 23,134 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 47 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Shag Crawford 1B: Chris Pelekoudas 2B: Doug Harvey 3B: John Kibler |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Rose | Right Fielder |
| Alex Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Mack Jones | Center Fielder |
| Tony Perez | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
| Fred Whitfield | First Baseman |
| Pat Corrales | Catcher |
| Leo Cardenas | Shortstop |
| Tony Cloninger | Pitcher |
| Dave Bristol | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Kessinger | Shortstop |
| Glenn Beckert | Second Baseman |
| Billy Williams | Left Fielder |
| Ron Santo | Third Baseman |
| Ernie Banks | First Baseman |
| Al Spangler | Right Fielder |
| Randy Hundley | Catcher |
| Adolfo Phillips | Center Fielder |
| Fergie Jenkins | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
August 17, 1968
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Jenkins
Rose bunts towards third. Santo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Jenkins
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Jenkins
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out. Rose moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Perez vs. Jenkins
Perez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Perez reaches second base with a double. Rose scores. Jones moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Helms vs. Jenkins
Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jones tags and scores. Perez tags and moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Whitfield vs. Jenkins
Whitfield strikes out. Hundley drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Whitfield out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Cloninger
Kessinger strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Cloninger
Beckert hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Cloninger
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Corrales vs. Jenkins
Corrales hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Cardenas vs. Jenkins
Cardenas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Corrales moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cloninger vs. Jenkins
Cloninger bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Corrales moves to third. Cardenas moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Rose vs. Jenkins
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jenkins fields it and throws to home to get Corrales. Cardenas moves to third. Cloninger moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Johnson vs. Jenkins
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cardenas scores. Cloninger moves to third. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Jones vs. Jenkins
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Perez vs. Jenkins
Perez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santo vs. Cloninger
Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Cloninger
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Spangler vs. Cloninger
Spangler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Cloninger, and towards Cardenas, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Jenkins
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Jenkins
Whitfield takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Corrales vs. Jenkins
Corrales strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cardenas vs. Jenkins
Cardenas hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hundley vs. Cloninger
Hundley hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Cloninger
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Jenkins vs. Cloninger
There goes Phillips. The throw from Corrales and he is safe. Phillips steals second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Jenkins vs. Cloninger
Jenkins is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Kessinger vs. Cloninger
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitfield scoops it up and throws to first, with Cloninger covering, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Cloninger vs. Jenkins
Cloninger strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Jenkins
Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Jenkins
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Jenkins
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jenkins fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Cloninger
Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas misplays the ball. That's an error on Cardenas. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Cloninger
Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Beckert moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Santo vs. Cloninger
Santo strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Banks vs. Cloninger
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Jenkins
Perez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Jenkins
Helms hits a fly ball into right field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Jenkins
Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert misplays the ball. That's an error on Beckert. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Corrales vs. Jenkins
Corrales strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Cardenas vs. Jenkins
There goes Whitfield. The throw from Hundley and he is out, Beckert applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spangler vs. Cloninger
Spangler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hundley vs. Cloninger
Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Cloninger
Phillips hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Jenkins
Cardenas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Cardenas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Cloninger vs. Jenkins
Cloninger bunts towards first. Banks fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rose vs. Jenkins
Rose hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Spangler. Rose reaches second base with a double. Cloninger moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Jenkins
Hundleydrops the ball. It gets behind him. There goes Cloninger. The throw to Jenkins covering the plate. The slide. Cloninger is out. Rose moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Johnson vs. Jenkins
Johnson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Upham vs. Cloninger
John Upham pinch hits for Fergie Jenkins.
Upham is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Cloninger
Kessinger hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Cloninger
Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cloninger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Stoneman
Bill Stoneman now pitching.
Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Stoneman
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger misplays the ball. That's an error on Kessinger. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Helms vs. Stoneman
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitfield vs. Stoneman
Whitfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Helms moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Corrales vs. Stoneman
Corrales is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Cloninger
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santo vs. Cloninger
Santo hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Cloninger
Banks hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Stoneman
Cardenas hits a fly ball into right field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cloninger vs. Stoneman
Cloninger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Stoneman
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rose for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Spangler vs. Cloninger
Spangler hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hundley vs. Cloninger
Hundley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Cloninger
Phillips takes first base on ball four. Hundley moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Cloninger
Willie Smith pinch hits for Bill Stoneman.
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Kessinger vs. Cloninger
Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Lamabe
Jack Lamabe now pitching.
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Lamabe
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Lamabe
Perez takes first base on ball four. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Helms vs. Lamabe
Helms hits a line drive towards short. Kessinger reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitfield vs. Lamabe
Whitfield hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Lamabe scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Whitfield for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Cloninger
Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Cloninger
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Santo vs. Cloninger
Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/17/1968 -- Cincinnati at Chicago (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Rose P, rf 5 1 3 0 Kessinger D, ss 4 0 0 0
Johnson A, lf 5 0 3 1 Beckert G, 2b 4 0 0 0
Jones M, cf 5 1 1 0 Williams B, lf 4 0 1 0
Perez T, 3b 4 1 2 2 Santo R, 3b 4 0 0 0
Helms T, 2b 4 0 0 1 Banks E, 1b 3 0 0 0
Whitfield F, 1b 4 0 1 0 Spangler A, rf 3 0 0 0
Corrales P, c 4 0 1 0 Hundley R, c 3 0 1 0
Cardenas L, ss 4 1 2 0 Phillips A, cf 2 0 1 0
Cloninger T, p 3 0 0 0 Jenkins F, p 1 0 0 0
Upham J, ph 1 0 0 0
Stoneman B, p 0 0 0 0
Smith W, ph 1 0 0 0
Lamabe J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 4 13 4 30 0 3 0
Cincinnati 210 010 000 -- 4
Chicago 000 000 000 -- 0
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger T (W) 9.0 3 0 0 1 5
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins F (L) 6.0 11 4 4 1 7
Stoneman B 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Lamabe J 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
E -- Cardenas L, Beckert G, Kessinger D
DP -- Cincinnati 1, Chicago 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 11, Chicago 4
2B -- Perez T, Cardenas L, Rose P
HR -- Perez T
SB -- Phillips A
CS -- Whitfield F
SH -- Cloninger T
SF -- Helms T
T -- 2:47
A -- 23134
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