Yankees @ Orioles
September 2, 1968

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Bottom 10 R H E
Yankees 3 6 0
Orioles 3 7 0
Bottom 10 R H E
Yankees 3 6 0
Orioles 4 8 0

Frank Robinson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .261
OBP .500 .381
At Bats 2 356
Hits 0 93
• Singles 0 57
• Doubles 0 22
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 2 60
RBI’s 0 45

Lindy McDaniel Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 8
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Memorial Stadium - September 2, 1968
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Home Run
Lindy McDaniel
Frank Fernandez
Andy Kosco
Dick Howser
Bobby Cox
Tom Tresh
Roy White
Joe Pepitone
Rocky Colavito
Frank Robinson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 3 6 0 11
Baltimore Orioles 4 8 0 7
Winning Pitcher Moe Drabowsky
Losing Pitcher Lindy McDaniel
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Frank Robinson
Attendance 17,965
Time of Game 3 hours 9 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tresh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Buford scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Moe Drabowsky now pitching. Elrod Hendricks now catching. Colavito hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Buford bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 9 Dave May pinch hits for Eddie Watt. May hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Pepitone who is chasing the ball. May reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 9 Elrod Hendricks pinch hits for Larry Haney. Hendricks strikes out.
Bottom 9 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Kosco strikes out.
Top 9 White is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Pepitone hits a fly ball into left field. Blefary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cox moves to second.
Top 9 Cox takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Curt Blefary now playing left field. Merv Rettenmund now playing center field. Frank Robinson now playing right field. Howser hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Curt Blefary pinch hits for Paul Blair. Blefary strikes out.
Bottom 8 Robinson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Powell strikes out.
Bottom 8 There goes Robinson. The throw from Fernandez and he is safe. Robinson steals second.
Bottom 8 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Rettenmund hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McDaniel is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Tresh hits a fly ball into right field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Fernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Colavito hits a line drive towards third. Robinson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Buford hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Watt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Tom Tresh now playing shortstop. Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Haney hits a fly ball into center field. Pepitone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Eddie Watt now pitching. Kosco strikes out.
Top 7 White takes first base on ball four. Clarke scores. Cox moves to third. Pepitone moves to second.
Top 7 Pete Richert now pitching. Pepitone takes first base on ball four. Clarke moves to third. Cox moves to second.
Top 7 Cox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fernandez scores. Tresh scores. Clarke moves to second.
Top 7 Horace Clarke pinch runs for Mickey Mantle. Howser hits a popup towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mickey Mantle pinch hits for Steve Barber. Gene Brabender now pitching. Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brabender fields it and throws to home to get Colavito. Fernandez moves to third. Tresh moves to second.
Top 7 Tom Tresh pinch hits for Gene Michael. Tresh takes first base on ball four. Colavito moves to third. Fernandez moves to second.
Top 7 Fernandez takes first base on ball four. Colavito moves to second.
Top 7 Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Blair strikes out.
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Powell hits a popup towards first. Kosco settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kosco hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 White hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cox moves to second.
Top 6 Pepitone hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nelson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Howser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a line drive towards third. Cox reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rettenmund hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Buford takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Nelson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Haney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Barber is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Michael hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Buford scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Fernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Pepitone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blair hits a line drive towards the mound. Barber catches it and throws to second to double up Powell.
Bottom 4 Robinson takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to third. Powell moves to second.
Bottom 4 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kosco hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 White hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pepitone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Rettenmund strikes out.
Bottom 3 Buford bunts towards the mound. Barber fields it and throws to first for the out. Haney moves to third.
Bottom 3 Nelson bunts in front of the plate. Fernandez fields it and throws to first for the out. Haney moves to second.
Bottom 3 Haney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cox hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Howser hits a popup, foul, towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Barber strikes out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Pepitone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Blair. The throw from Fernandez and he is out, Michael applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Blair hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Powell scores.
Bottom 2 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Powell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Powell reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Michael hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Colavito hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rettenmund who is chasing the ball. Colavito reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Kosco hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 White strikes out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Rettenmund is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Buford hits a popup towards short. Michael settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pepitone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Buford scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Howser is called out on strikes.