Reds @ Braves
June 18, 1968

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Reds 5 11 1
Braves 5 7 1
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Reds 5 11 1
Braves 5 7 1

Joe Torre Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .270
OBP .333 .333
At Bats 2 100
Hits 0 27
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 1 8
RBI’s 1 14

Ted Abernathy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 6
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - June 18, 1968
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Strikeout
Ted Abernathy
Johnny Bench
Lee May
Tommy Helms
Chico Ruiz
Leo Cardenas
Mack Jones
Vada Pinson
Pete Rose
Joe Torre
Hank Aaron
Felix Millan
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Torre strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Lee May now playing first base. Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alou scores. Millan moves to second.
Bottom 7 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Alou moves to third.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Alou reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Mike Lum pinch hits for Jim Britton. Lum hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carroll fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ruiz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bench hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Bench reaches second base with a double. Aaron throws the ball in to Millan who relays the ball to Jackson who tags Bench trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Whitfield goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Whitfield takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ruiz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Francona takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Clay Carroll now pitching. Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Helms hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rose hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Francona. Rose reaches second base with a double. Pavletich moves to third.
Top 6 Don Pavletich pinch hits for Tony Cloninger. Pavletich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Aaron is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Millan 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 5 Alou is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Ruiz strikes out.
Top 5 Bench hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jones is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Britton bunts, foul, towards first. Whitfield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Martinez. The throw from Bench and he is out, Helms applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Martinez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jackson scores.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson who is chasing the ball. Jackson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Johnson strikes out.
Top 4 Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Pinson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Francona. Pinson reaches second base with a double. Helms moves to third.
Top 4 Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rose scores.
Top 4 Rose hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Alou. Rose reaches second base with a double. Cardenas scores.
Top 4 Jim Britton now pitching. Cloninger bunts in front of the plate. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out. Cardenas moves to second.
Top 4 Cardenas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Ruiz hits a popup towards third. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bench hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Torre takes first base on ball four. Johnson scores. Alou moves to third. Aaron moves to second.
Bottom 3 Aaron is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Millan bunts towards first. Whitfield scoops it up and throws to first, with Helms covering, for the out. Johnson moves to third. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Martinez scores. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Johnson bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Martinez moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Martinez takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan has Helms trapped. There's the throw to Torre and over to Martinez, who tags Helms for the out. Whitfield moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pinson for the out.
Top 3 Helms hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Alou who is chasing the ball. Helms reaches third base with a triple. Rose scores.
Top 3 Rose hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Francona. Rose reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards second. Helms scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Francona hits a line drive towards third. Ruiz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cloninger hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cardenas strikes out.
Top 2 Ruiz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Torre strikes out.
Bottom 1 Cloninger fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Cloninger. Aaron goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Alou is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Jones takes first base on ball four. Rose moves to third. Helms moves to second.
Top 1 Whitfield hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pinson hits a popup towards third. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson misplays the ball. That's an error on Jackson. Rose moves to second.
Top 1 Rose hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.