Pirates @ Reds
August 19, 1968

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Pirates 3 6 1
Reds 8 10 1
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Pirates 3 6 1
Reds 8 10 1

Alex Johnson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .328
OBP .750 .357
At Bats 4 467
Hits 3 153
• Singles 2 120
• Doubles 1 27
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 2 46

Roy Face Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 4 11
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Crosley Field - August 19, 1968
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Walk
Roy Face
Carl Taylor
Donn Clendenon
Bill Mazeroski
Maury Wills
Freddie Patek
Manny Mota
Matty Alou
Willie Stargell
Alex Johnson
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Johnson takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Carl Taylor now catching. Roy Face now pitching. Arrigo hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Stargell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitfield fields the ball and throws to Arrigo covering. Safe.
Top 8 Clendenon hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mota hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Taylor scores.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Taylor moves to third.
Top 8 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Arrigo fields it and throws to first for the out. Taylor moves to second.
Top 8 Carl Taylor pinch hits for Luke Walker. Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Cardenas strikes out.
Bottom 7 Corrales hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Whitfield hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Whitfield hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Cannizzaro settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Cannizzaro.
Bottom 7 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cannizzaro hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Arrigo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Stargell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Mota settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Mota settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Stargell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Clendenon is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Mota hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Arrigo bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 5 Cardenas takes first base on ball four. Corrales moves to second.
Bottom 5 Corrales takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Luke Walker now pitching. Whitfield strikes out.
Top 5 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Jose Pagan pinch hits for Tommie Sisk. Pagan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cannizzaro moves to second.
Top 5 Cannizzaro takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wills fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rose scores. Johnson scores. Jones moves to third.
Bottom 4 Tommie Sisk now pitching. Jones is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mota. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Arrigo scores. Rose moves to third.
Bottom 4 Rose is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Arrigo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stargell. Arrigo reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Cardenas strikes out.
Bottom 4 Corrales hits a popup towards first. Clendenon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Whitfield hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 4 Helms is hit by the pitch. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Stargell is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Clendenon takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Mota moves to second.
Top 4 Mota hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bunning fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stargell throws the ball in to Mazeroski who tags Rose trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 3 Arrigo is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Wills hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bunning hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cannizzaro is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Corrales strikes out. There goes Whitfield. The throw from Cannizzaro to second, and Whitfield is out.
Bottom 2 Whitfield is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stargell hits a popup in front of the plate. Corrales settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose scores.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Alou who is chasing the ball. Rose reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Arrigo fields it and has Wills trapped. Arrigo throws to third, and Perez tags Wills for the out. Alou moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Mota bunts towards the mound. Arrigo fields it and throws to first for the out. Wills moves to third.
Top 1 There goes Wills. The throw from Corrales and he is safe. Wills steals second.
Top 1 Wills hits a fly ball towards left. Johnson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Johnson.