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September 16, 1968

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Don Buford Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .284
OBP .750 .367
At Bats 4 388
Hits 3 110
• Singles 2 80
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 1 15
Walks 0 51
RBI’s 4 43

Bucky Brandon Season Stats

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Fenway Park - September 16, 1968
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Out
Bucky Brandon
Jerry Moses
George Scott
Dalton Jones
Joe Foy
Luis Alvarado
George Thomas
Reggie Smith
Ken Harrelson
Don Buford
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Bucky Brandon now pitching. Buford hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Thomas is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Phoebus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Russ Nixon pinch hits for Bill Landis. Nixon hits a fly ball into right field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Alvarado hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Alvarado reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Phoebus strikes out.
Top 7 Belanger hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Blefary is called out on strikes.
Top 7 George Scott now playing first base. Dalton Jones now playing second base. Hendricks takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Foy hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blefary settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Blair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alvarado fields it and throws to second for the out. Buford moves to third.
Top 6 Robinson strikes out.
Top 6 Rettenmund hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Buford moves to second.
Top 6 George Thomas now playing left field. Buford hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Bottom 5 Paul Blair now playing center field. Curt Blefary now playing first base. Merv Rettenmund now playing right field. Frank Robinson now playing leftJones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blefary scoops it up and throws to first, with Phoebus covering, for the out.
Top 5 Bill Landis now pitching. Phoebus is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Belanger hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Smith. Belanger reaches second base with a double. Robinson scores. There goes Blefary trying to get to home. Smith throws the ball in to Andrews who relays the ball to Moses who tags Blefary, who came all the way from first, for the out. Belanger moves to third.
Top 5 Blefary takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Hendricks strikes out.
Top 5 Robinson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Robinson reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Gary Waslewski now pitching. Powell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Jose Tartabull pinch hits for Jim Lonborg. Tartabull hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alvarado moves to third.
Bottom 4 Alvarado hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Bottom 4 Moses hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Phoebus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Robinson strikes out.
Top 4 Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Buford hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 4 Phoebus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hendricks scores. Blefary moves to third. Belanger moves to second.
Top 4 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foy fields it and throws to home to get Robinson. Hendricks moves to third. Blefary moves to second.
Top 4 Blefary takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Hendricks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson moves to third. Hendricks moves to second.
Top 4 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Foy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Harrelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 3 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Rettenmund hits a popup, foul, towards third. Foy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lonborg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Alvarado hits a popup, foul, towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Moses hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Phoebus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blefary moves to second.
Top 2 Belanger is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Blefary takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hendricks hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Foy strikes out.
Bottom 1 Harrelson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Andrews goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a popup, foul, towards first. Powell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Andrews takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Powell hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Robinson strikes out.
Top 1 Rettenmund is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Buford bunts towards the mound. Lonborg fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.