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June 9, 1968

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Reds 6 14 1

Ed Spiezio Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .174
OBP .200 .231
At Bats 4 23
Hits 1 4
• Singles 1 4
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 1 2

George Culver Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 5 2
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Crosley Field - June 9, 1968
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Out
George Culver
Johnny Bench
Don Pavletich
Tommy Helms
Tony Perez
Leo Cardenas
Lee May
Vada Pinson
Pete Rose
Ed Spiezio
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

George Culver now pitching. Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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Bottom 11 Bob Johnson pinch hits for Gerry Arrigo. Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Pinson strikes out.
Bottom 11 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Mike Shannon now playing third base. Helms hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Edwards settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Edwards.
Top 11 Tim McCarver pinch hits for Phil Gagliano. Gerry Arrigo now pitching. McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Cardenas fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 11 Cepeda is walked intentionally.
Top 11 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Maris moves to third.
Top 11 Javier bunts towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out. Maris moves to second.
Top 11 Maris is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 10 Rose hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Pavletich strikes out.
Bottom 10 Cardenas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Steve Carlton now pitching. Bench strikes out.
Top 10 Dave Ricketts pinch hits for Ron Willis. Ricketts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Edwards bunts towards first. Pavletich scoops it up and throws to first, with Helms covering, for the out. Spiezio moves to second.
Top 10 Spiezio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 9 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Abernathy strikes out.
Bottom 9 Pinson hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Gagliano hits a popup, foul, towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Don Pavletich now playing first base. Flood hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pavletich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rose takes first base on ball four. Cardenas moves to second.
Bottom 8 Don Pavletich pinch hits for Fred Whitfield. Ron Willis now pitching. Pavletich hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Perez moves to third.
Bottom 8 Cardenas is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Bench hits a fly ball into left field. Spiezio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. May tags and scores.
Bottom 8 Perez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Perez reaches second base with a double. May moves to third.
Bottom 8 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gagliano fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitfield scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Javier for the out.
Top 8 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out. Maxvill moves to second.
Top 8 Hoerner bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 8 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Lee May now playing left field. Fred Whitfield now playing first base. Maxvill takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 7 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Spiezio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whitfield moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Spiezio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fred Whitfield pinch hits for Milt Pappas. Whitfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Spiezio hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gagliano hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cardenas 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 6 Bench hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Bench reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Granger, and towards Gagliano, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Wayne Granger now pitching. May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gagliano fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Pinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rose scores. Helms scores.
Bottom 6 Helms hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Helms reaches second base with a double. Rose moves to third.
Bottom 6 Rose hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Flood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Javier hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pappas strikes out.
Bottom 5 Cardenas strikes out.
Bottom 5 Roger Maris now playing right field. Ed Spiezio now playing left field. Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Washburn strikes out.
Top 5 Maxvill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Edwards hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Helms reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Spiezio hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a line drive into right field. Spiezio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 May hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pinson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Gagliano hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cepeda hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brock tags and scores.
Top 4 Flood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brock moves to third.
Top 4 Javier hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Brock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rose hits a popup, foul, towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pappas strikes out.
Top 3 Washburn is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Maxvill hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pappas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cardenas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bench strikes out.
Bottom 2 Perez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Spiezio hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gagliano strikes out.
Top 2 Cepeda is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pappas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Milt Pappas now pitching. Javier hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jones. Javier reaches second base with a double. Brock moves to third.
Top 2 Mack Jones now playing left field. Brock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Mack Jones pinch hits for Alex Johnson. Jones hits a line drive towards short. Maxvill catches it and steps on second to double up Pinson.
Bottom 1 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier misplays the ball. That's an error on Javier. Helms moves to third. Pinson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Helms hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rose for the out.
Top 1 Washburn strikes out.
Top 1 Maxvill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gagliano scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gagliano moves to third.
Top 1 Bob Lee now pitching. Spiezio hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cepeda tags and scores.
Top 1 Gagliano hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Gagliano reaches second base with a double. Flood scores. Cepeda moves to third.
Top 1 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Javier scores. Flood moves to second.
Top 1 Flood takes first base on ball four. Javier moves to second.
Top 1 Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brock scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Brock hits a fly ball towards left. Johnson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Johnson. Brock moves to second.