Cardinals @ Cubs
June 29, 1968

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Cardinals 7 9 0
Cubs 10 14 1
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Cardinals 7 9 0
Cubs 10 14 1

Ernie Banks Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .243
OBP .250 .288
At Bats 4 255
Hits 1 62
• Singles 1 36
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 1 38

Joe Hoerner Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 1 6
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Wrigley Field - June 29, 1968
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Joe Hoerner
Tim McCarver
Orlando Cepeda
Julian Javier
Mike Shannon
Dick Schofield
Lou Brock
Curt Flood
Bobby Tolan
Ernie Banks
Ron Santo
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Banks hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Santo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Dick Schofield now playing shortstop. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Flood hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Beckert reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brock takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Johnny Edwards pinch hits for Wayne Granger. Edwards strikes out.
Top 8 Roger Maris pinch hits for Dal Maxvill. Maris hits a fly ball into right field. Spangler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Beckert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Spangler trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Bottom 7 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Spangler moves to second.
Bottom 7 Spangler is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Phillips strikes out.
Top 7 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Shannon takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Tolan 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 7 Al Spangler now playing right field. Phil Regan now pitching. Billy Williams now playing left field. Cepeda hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hundley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tolan who is chasing the ball. Smith reaches third base with a triple. Banks scores.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Banks moves to second.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Wayne Granger now pitching. Santo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Mel Nelson now pitching. Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spangler scores. Beckert moves to third.
Bottom 6 Beckert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spangler moves to second.
Bottom 6 Kessinger hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Spangler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Phillips scores.
Bottom 6 Al Spangler pinch hits for Darcy Fast. There's a wild pitch. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 6 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Hundley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Darcy Fast now pitching. McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops it up and throws to first, with Fast covering, for the out.
Top 6 Flood takes first base on ball four. Brock moves to second.
Top 6 Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maxvill scores. There goes Willis trying to get to second. Smith throws the ball in to Santo who relays the ball to Kessinger who tags Willis for the out. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Willis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stoneman juggles the ball. That's an error on Stoneman. Maxvill moves to second.
Top 6 Maxvill takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Ron Willis now pitching. Banks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Santo takes first base on ball four. Beckert moves to second.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Beckert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Tolan hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cepeda moves to third.
Top 5 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Smith. Cepeda reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 McCarver hits a popup towards first. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Stoneman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Phillips is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Brock strikes out.
Top 4 Mikkelsen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hundley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Santo scores. There goes Smith trying to get to home. Flood throws the ball in to Maxvill who relays the ball to McCarver, who tags Smith, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 3 Smith takes first base on ball four. Santo moves to second.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Santo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Pete Mikkelsen now pitching. Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bill Stoneman now pitching. Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Kessinger fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 3 Javier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cepeda scores. Shannon scores.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. McCarver scores. Cepeda moves to third. Shannon moves to second.
Top 3 Shannon is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Tolan strikes out.
Top 3 Jack Lamabe now pitching. There goes Cepeda. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Cepeda steals second.
Top 3 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Flood scores. McCarver moves to third.
Top 3 McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flood moves to third.
Top 3 Flood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wicker scores. Brock scores.
Top 3 Brock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Smith. Brock reaches second base with a double. Wicker moves to third.
Top 3 Floyd Wicker pinch hits for Ray Washburn. Wicker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Maxvill strikes out.
Bottom 2 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Kessinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hundley scores.
Bottom 2 Niekro is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Flood throws the ball in to Javier who tags Phillips trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Hundley moves to third.
Bottom 2 Hundley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Javier hits a popup towards first. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Shannon hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tolan takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it and throws to second for the out. Beckert scores.
Bottom 1 Santo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kessinger scores. Beckert moves to third.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Beckert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kessinger moves to third.
Bottom 1 Kessinger takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Flood bunts towards third. Santo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Brock strikes out.