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August 24, 1968

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Red Sox 0 5 2
Orioles 5 10 0
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Red Sox 1 6 2
Orioles 5 10 0

Elston Howard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .245
OBP .000 .318
At Bats 2 192
Hits 0 47
• Singles 0 39
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 0 17

Jim Hardin Season Stats

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16 8 0
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Memorial Stadium - August 24, 1968
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Home Run
Jim Hardin
Curt Blefary
Boog Powell
Davey Johnson
Brooks Robinson
Mark Belanger
Don Buford
Paul Blair
Dave May
Elston Howard
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Howard hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Paul Blair now playing center field. Don Buford now playing left field. Scott hits a popup towards short. Belanger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Powell hits a line drive towards short. Adair reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Belanger moves to third. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Belanger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Buford scores.
Bottom 6 Buford hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Harrelson who is chasing the ball. Buford reaches third base with a triple. Hardin goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Hardin bunts towards the mound. Stephenson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 May takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Foy hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Top 6 Harrelson hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Jones hits a popup towards short. Belanger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Blefary hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jerry Stephenson now pitching. Powell hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Jones reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Adair hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hardin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Floyd Robinson pinch hits for Dave Morehead. Robinson is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Howard is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Belanger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops it up and throws to first, with Jones covering, for the out. May scores.
Bottom 4 Hardin bunts towards third. Foy fields it and throws to first for the out. May moves to third.
Bottom 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards second. Jones picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jones. May moves to second.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Scott strikes out.
Top 4 Foy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out. Yastrzemski moves to third. Harrelson moves to second.
Top 4 Harrelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Top 4 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Blefary hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Buford scores. Powell moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott juggles the ball. That's an error on Scott. Buford moves to third.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Belanger hits a popup towards short. Adair settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Buford. The throw from Howard and he is safe. Buford steals second.
Bottom 3 Buford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Adair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Morehead strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hardin strikes out.
Bottom 2 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blefary for the out.
Top 2 Howard strikes out.
Top 2 Scott hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Foy. The throw from Blefary and he is safe. Foy steals second.
Top 2 Foy takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Smith is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adair scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Powell strikes out.
Bottom 1 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Belanger. The throw from Howard and he is safe. Belanger steals second.
Bottom 1 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Buford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Adair strikes out.