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October 2, 1969

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Cleon Jones Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .340
OBP .500 .423
At Bats 4 482
Hits 2 164
• Singles 2 123
• Doubles 0 25
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 0 64
RBI’s 1 75

Joe Decker Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Wrigley Field - October 2, 1969
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Joe Decker
Randy Hundley
Ernie Banks
Paul Popovich
Ron Santo
Don Kessinger
Billy Williams
Oscar Gamble
Jim Hickman
Cleon Jones
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger misplays the ball. That's an error on Kessinger.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Martin strikes out.
Top 8 Weis is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Kessinger hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kranepool settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Decker strikes out.
Bottom 7 Jack DiLauro now pitching. Hundley hits a fly ball into center field. Gaspar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Donn Clendenon pinch hits for Don Cardwell. Clendenon hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich fields it and throws to second for the out. Gaspar moves to third.
Top 7 Boswell hits a popup towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Swoboda takes first base on ball four. Gaspar moves to second.
Top 7 Gaspar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Gamble hits a fly ball into center field. Gaspar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hickman strikes out.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Santo is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garrett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Popovich moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ron Swoboda now playing right field. Al Weis now playing shortstop. Popovich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Garrett hits a fly ball into center field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Randy Hundley now catching. Joe Decker now pitching. Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Willie Smith pinch hits for Bill Hands. Smith hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. Jones chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Harrelson. Harrelson fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Harrelson. Hall goes all the way around to score. Smith moves to third.
Bottom 5 Jimmie Hall pinch hits for John Hairston. Hall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Don Cardwell now pitching. J.C. Martin now catching. Hickman takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Grote hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Kranepool hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Boswell trying to get to home. Hickman throws the ball in to Hairston who tags Boswell who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Top 5 Boswell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hickman. Boswell reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Shamsky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Santo hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.
Bottom 4 Rod Gaspar now playing center field. Popovich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Gentry, and towards Boswell, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Agee strikes out.
Top 4 The ball gets by Hairston for a passed ball. Jones moves to third. Garrett moves to second.
Top 4 Garrett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks has Harrelson trapped. There's the throw to Hairston and over to Santo, who tags Harrelson for the out. Jones moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Popovich fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Grote scores. Harrelson moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Gentry bunts towards the mound. Hands juggles the ball. That's an error on Hands. Grote moves to third. Harrelson moves to second.
Top 4 Harrelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grote moves to second.
Top 4 Grote hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich misplays the ball. That's an error on Popovich.
Bottom 3 Kessinger hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hands strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hairston strikes out.
Top 3 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kranepool for the out.
Top 3 Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops it up and throws to first, with Hands covering, for the out.
Top 3 Shamsky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shamsky for the out.
Bottom 2 Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garrett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hickman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boswell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Banks hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jones who is chasing the ball. Banks reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garrett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Agee hits a fly ball into center field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Garrett hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Gentry is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 1 Popovich hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kessinger strikes out.
Top 1 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Grote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kessinger. Boswell moves to third. Kranepool moves to second.
Top 1 Kranepool takes first base on ball four. Boswell moves to second.
Top 1 Boswell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garrett scores. Agee scores.
Top 1 Shamsky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shamsky for the out. Garrett moves to third. Agee moves to second.
Top 1 Agee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Garrett hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gamble. Garrett reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.