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August 4, 1968

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Reds 4 13 2
Braves 4 10 0
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Reds 4 13 2
Braves 4 10 0

Hank Aaron Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .400 .259
OBP .400 .321
At Bats 5 379
Hits 2 98
• Singles 1 58
• Doubles 1 16
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 20
Walks 0 35
RBI’s 0 54

Jay Ritchie Season Stats

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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - August 4, 1968
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Out
Jay Ritchie
Johnny Bench
Lee May
Tommy Helms
Tony Perez
Leo Cardenas
Alex Johnson
Vada Pinson
Pete Rose
Hank Aaron
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Jay Ritchie now pitching. Aaron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 11 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Don Pavletich pinch hits for Bob Lee. Pavletich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Helms moves to third.
Top 11 Cardenas bunts for an out with unknown description. Helms moves to second.
Top 11 Felix Millan now playing second base. Cecil Upshaw now pitching. Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Lum hits a popup in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Causey hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Felix Millan pinch hits for Jim Britton. Millan is walked intentionally.
Bottom 10 Martinez bunts for an out with unknown description. Francona moves to second.
Bottom 10 Francona takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Jim Britton now pitching. May hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Alou is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lum scores. Aaron scores. Torre moves to second.
Bottom 9 Aaron hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Pinson. Aaron reaches second base with a double. Lum moves to third.
Bottom 9 Lum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Causey hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bob Lee now pitching. Tommie Aaron pinch hits for Dick Kelley. Aaron strikes out.
Top 9 Johnson strikes out.
Top 9 Dick Kelley now pitching. Pinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Alou who is chasing the ball. Pinson reaches third base with a triple. Rose scores.
Top 9 Rose hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Rose reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Helms scores.
Top 9 Fred Whitfield pinch hits for Clay Carroll. Whitfield hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Helms moves to third.
Top 9 Cardenas bunts towards the mound. Raymond fields it and throws to first for the out. Helms moves to second.
Top 9 Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Martinez hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Francona hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Perez hits a popup towards first. Francona settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 May hits a popup towards first. Francona settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Torre hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Clay Carroll now pitching. Causey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carroll fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Claude Raymond now pitching. Pinson hits a popup towards short. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Helms scores. Cardenas moves to third.
Top 7 Mack Jones pinch hits for Tony Cloninger. Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cardenas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Helms moves to second.
Top 7 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Causey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Tito Francona now playing first base. Joe Torre now catching. Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Niekro hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Martinez hits a ball on the ground for an out. Johnson moves to third. Francona moves to second.
Bottom 6 Tito Francona pinch hits for Bob Tillman. Francona takes first base on ball four. Alou moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Johnson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Alou reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Torre is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pinson scores.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pinson moves to third.
Top 6 Pinson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Pinson reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lum hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Causey hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cloninger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cardenas for the out.
Top 5 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Niekro strikes out.
Bottom 4 Martinez strikes out.
Bottom 4 Tillman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cloninger has Alou trapped. He runs over and tags Alou for the out. Johnson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alou moves to third.
Bottom 4 Alou takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 May strikes out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Johnson moves to second.
Top 4 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Torre strikes out.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lum strikes out.
Bottom 3 Causey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Pinson strikes out. There goes Rose. The throw from Tillman to Martinez, and Rose is out.
Top 3 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Causey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Cloninger strikes out.
Bottom 2 Niekro strikes out.
Bottom 2 Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tillman hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cardenas strikes out.
Top 2 Helms hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Bench hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Torre 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 1 Aaron strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Lum. The throw from Bench and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Lum goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Lum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Causey is called out on strikes.
Top 1 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Causey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rose moves to second.
Top 1 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.