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Cubs
@ Reds
Crosley Field
June 23, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs, played on June 23, 1968 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | June 23, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
|
| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 23, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ken Holtzman |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tony Cloninger |
| Ballpark | Crosley Field |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ed Sudol 1B: Lee Weyer 2B: Bill Williams 3B: Paul Pryor |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Kessinger | Shortstop |
| Glenn Beckert | Second Baseman |
| Al Spangler | Right Fielder |
| Billy Williams | Left Fielder |
| Dick Nen | First Baseman |
| Ron Santo | Third Baseman |
| Randy Hundley | Catcher |
| Adolfo Phillips | Center Fielder |
| Ken Holtzman | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Rose | Right Fielder |
| Alex Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Vada Pinson | Center Fielder |
| Tony Perez | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Bench | Catcher |
| Lee May | First Baseman |
| Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
| Leo Cardenas | Shortstop |
| Tony Cloninger | Pitcher |
| Dave Bristol | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Reds
Crosley Field
June 23, 1968
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Cloninger
Kessinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Beckert vs. Cloninger
Beckert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kessinger moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Spangler vs. Cloninger
Spangler strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Williams vs. Cloninger
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cardenas. Kessinger scores. Beckert moves to third. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Nen vs. Cloninger
There's a wild pitch. Beckert scores. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Nen vs. Cloninger
Nen strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Santo vs. Cloninger
Santo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Hundley vs. Cloninger
Hundley hits a line drive to center field. Pinson throws towards Cardenas. Cardenas fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cardenas. Williams scores. Santo moves to third. Hundley moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Phillips vs. Cloninger
Phillips is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Holtzman vs. Cloninger
Holtzman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Holtzman
Rose hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Phillips. Rose reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Holtzman
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Beckert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pinson vs. Holtzman
Pinson bunts towards the mound. Holtzman fields it and throws to first for the out. Rose moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Perez vs. Holtzman
Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose scores. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Bench vs. Holtzman
Bench strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Cloninger
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kessinger for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Cloninger
Beckert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Spangler vs. Cloninger
Spangler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Beckert moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Cloninger
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Beckert moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Nen vs. Cloninger
Nen hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
May vs. Holtzman
May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Beckert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Holtzman
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Holtzman
Cardenas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Cloninger vs. Holtzman
Cloninger hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Holtzman
Rose strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Santo vs. Cloninger
Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, 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 -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Cloninger
Phillips hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holtzman vs. Cloninger
Holtzman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
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
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Holtzman
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Holtzman
Pinson hits a fly ball for a double play. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Holtzman
Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Cloninger
Beckert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Spangler vs. Cloninger
Spangler hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Cloninger
Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Nen vs. Cloninger
Nen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Beckert moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Santo vs. Ritchie
Jay Ritchie now pitching.
Santo takes first base on ball four. Beckert moves to third. Nen moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hundley vs. Ritchie
Hundley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Beckert scores. Nen scores. Santo moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Phillips vs. Ritchie
Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Holtzman
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
May vs. Holtzman
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Holtzman
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
Top 5
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Cubs, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holtzman vs. Ritchie
Holtzman 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 -
Cubs, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Ritchie
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Ritchie
Beckert hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cardenas vs. Holtzman
Cardenas hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaffer vs. Holtzman
Jimmie Schaffer pinch hits for Jay Ritchie.
Schaffer hits a fly ball into right field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Holtzman
Rose hits a popup, foul, towards first. Nen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Spangler vs. Carroll
Clay Carroll now pitching.
Spangler hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Spangler reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Carroll
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. Spangler moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Nen vs. Carroll
Nen hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Spangler tags and scores. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santo vs. Carroll
Santo hits a popup, foul, towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 7 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Holtzman
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Holtzman
Pinson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Holtzman
Perez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Spangler. Perez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Bench vs. Holtzman
Bench is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 7 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hundley vs. Carroll
Hundley hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Carroll
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Holtzman vs. Carroll
Holtzman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Kessinger vs. Carroll
Kessinger 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
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 7 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
May vs. Holtzman
May takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Helms vs. Holtzman
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. May moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Regan
Phil Regan now pitching. Mack Jones pinch hits for Leo Cardenas.
Jones takes first base on ball four. May moves to third. Helms moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Whitfield vs. Regan
Fred Whitfield pinch hits for Clay Carroll.
Whitfield strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Rose vs. Regan
Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. May tags and scores. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Regan
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Helms scores. Jones moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pinson vs. Regan
Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Phillips throws the ball in to Kessinger who relays the ball to Beckert who tags Pinson trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Jones scores. Johnson moves to third. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 7 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Abernathy
Mack Jones now playing left field. Woody Woodward now playing shortstop. Ted Abernathy now pitching.
Beckert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spangler vs. Abernathy
Spangler bunts towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out. Beckert moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Abernathy
Williams is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nen vs. Abernathy
Nen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Beckert scores. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Santo vs. Abernathy
Santo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hundley vs. Abernathy
Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 8 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Regan
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Nen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Perez for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Regan
Bench hits a fly ball into right field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
May vs. Regan
May hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Regan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 8 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Abernathy
Phillips bunts towards third. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Regan vs. Abernathy
Regan bunts towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out. Phillips moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Kessinger vs. Abernathy
There goes Phillips. The throw from Bench and he is out, Perez applying the tag. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Abernathy
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. May juggles the ball. That's an error on May. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Beckert vs. Abernathy
Beckert hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 8 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Regan
Helms hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Regan
Jones takes first base on ball four. Helms moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Reds, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Ruiz vs. Regan
Chico Ruiz pinch hits for Woody Woodward.
Ruiz hits a popup towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rose vs. Regan
Rose hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Spangler. Rose reaches second base with a double. Helms scores. Jones moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -23
Pavletich vs. Regan
Don Pavletich pinch hits for Ted Abernathy.
Pavletich hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Spangler. Pavletich reaches second base with a double. Jones scores. Rose scores. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/23/1968, game 1 -- Chicago at Cincinnati (D)
Chicago AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Kessinger D, ss 6 1 1 0 Rose P, rf 4 2 2 2
Beckert G, 2b 5 3 3 0 Johnson A, lf 4 0 2 1
Spangler A, rf 4 1 2 0 Abernathy T, p 0 0 0 0
Williams B, lf 4 1 1 1 Pavletich D, ph 1 0 1 2
Nen D, 1b 4 1 2 2 Pinson V, cf 4 0 1 1
Santo R, 3b 3 0 0 0 Perez T, 3b 4 0 2 1
Hundley R, c 5 0 2 3 Bench J, c 4 0 1 0
Phillips A, cf 4 1 2 1 May L, 1b 3 1 0 0
Holtzman K, p 4 0 2 0 Helms T, 2b 4 2 2 0
Regan P, p 0 0 0 0 Cardenas L, ss 1 1 0 0
Jones M, ph-lf 0 2 0 0
Cloninger T, p 1 1 1 2
Ritchie J, p 0 0 0 0
Schaffer J, ph 1 0 0 0
Carroll C, p 0 0 0 0
Whitfield F, ph 1 0 0 0
Woodward W, ss 0 0 0 0
Ruiz C, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 8 15 7 33 9 12 9
Chicago 301 201 010 -- 8
Cincinnati 120 000 303 -- 9
1 out when winning run was scored.
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman K* 6.0 7 5 5 2 3
Regan P (L) 2.1 5 4 4 2 1
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger T 3.2 9 6 6 4 3
Ritchie J 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Carroll C 2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Abernathy T (W) 2.0 3 1 1 1 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
E -- Cardenas L 2, May L
DP -- Chicago 2
LOB -- Chicago 12, Cincinnati 4
2B -- Rose P 2, Spangler A, Perez T, Pavletich D
HR -- Cloninger T, Phillips A
CS -- Phillips A
SH -- Spangler A, Regan P
SF -- Nen D, Rose P
WP -- Cloninger T
T -- 2:55
A -- 0
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