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May 12, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 3 8 2
Cubs 3 8 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 3 8 2
Cubs 4 9 0

Glenn Beckert Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .298
OBP .500 .321
At Bats 4 104
Hits 2 31
• Singles 1 24
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 2
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 1 8

Don Cardwell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 0
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Wrigley Field - May 12, 1968
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Single
Don Cardwell
Jerry Grote
Ed Kranepool
Ken Boswell
Ed Charles
Bud Harrelson
Cleon Jones
Tommie Agee
Ron Swoboda
Glenn Beckert
Don Kessinger

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 3 8 2 4
Chicago Cubs 4 9 0 8
Winning Pitcher Rich Nye
Losing Pitcher Don Cardwell
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Glenn Beckert
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 21 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Beckert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kessinger scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 There goes Kessinger. The throw from Grote and he is safe. Kessinger steals second.
Bottom 9 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Nye hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Ed Kranepool now playing first base. Phillips hits a popup towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Charles hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Grote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Goossen hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Dick Nen now playing first base. Swoboda is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Hundley is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Jose Arcia pinch runs for Ernie Banks. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Arcia moves to second.
Bottom 8 Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jones is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Boswell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cardwell hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles juggles the ball. That's an error on Charles.
Bottom 7 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Nye hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goossen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nye for the out.
Top 7 Agee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Charles hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Grote hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Goossen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hundley hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cardwell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nye fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Boswell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Harrelson hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goossen scoops it up and throws to first, with Cardwell covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Beckert hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Cardwell hits a popup towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Agee is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Charles hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Hundley fields it and throws to first for the out. Grote moves to third.
Top 5 Grote hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnson. Grote reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Nye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Phillips hits a popup towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Goossen hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Swoboda for the out.
Top 4 Jones is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Hundley hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Bottom 3 Johnson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Banks bunts towards first. Goossen scoops it up and throws to first, with Boswell covering, for the out. Williams moves to third. Santo moves to second.
Bottom 3 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles juggles the ball. That's an error on Charles. Beckert scores. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Beckert moves to third.
Bottom 3 Beckert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Harrelson hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cardwell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kessinger hits a line drive into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nye hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goossen scoops it up and throws to first, with Cardwell covering, for the out. Hundley moves to third. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 2 Phillips is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Hundley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Swoboda. Hundley reaches second base with a double. Johnson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Banks is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Agee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Charles hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Swoboda tags and scores. Goossen tags and moves to third.
Top 2 Grote bunts towards the mound. Nye fields it and throws to first for the out. Swoboda moves to third. Goossen moves to second.
Top 2 Goossen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Swoboda moves to second.
Top 2 Swoboda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Santo is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Beckert hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.