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July 3, 1968

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Reds 7 11 2
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Johnny Bench Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .269
OBP .500 .299
At Bats 3 283
Hits 1 76
• Singles 0 48
• Doubles 1 20
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 1 15
RBI’s 0 42

John Buzhardt Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 2
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Astrodome - July 3, 1968
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Single
John Buzhardt
John Bateman
Rusty Staub
Denis Menke
Doug Rader
Hector Torres
Bob Watson
Jim Wynn
Lee Thomas
Johnny Bench
Tony Perez
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Bench hits a line drive into left field. Watson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Watson. Watson fumbles the ball. That's an error on Watson. Perez scores. Bench moves all the way to home.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Perez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thomas who is chasing the ball. Perez reaches third base with a triple. Jones goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Johnson hits a popup towards first. Staub settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards first. Staub scoops it up and throws to first, with Buzhardt covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Menke hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Bench fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Wynn hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Leo Cardenas now playing shortstop. Ted Abernathy now pitching. Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Don Pavletich pinch hits for Clay Carroll. John Buzhardt now pitching. Pavletich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Vada Pinson pinch hits for Woody Woodward. Wade Blasingame now pitching. Pinson hits a fly ball into right field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tom Dukes now pitching. Helms hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dukes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bench moves to third. May moves to second.
Top 8 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bench moves to second.
Top 8 Lee Thomas now playing right field. Bench takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Torres strikes out.
Bottom 7 Watson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ray hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carroll fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Rose hits a line drive towards short. Torres reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bateman strikes out.
Bottom 6 Colbert strikes out.
Bottom 6 Rader is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Menke strikes out.
Bottom 6 Carroll fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Carroll. Staub moves to third. Wynn moves to second.
Bottom 6 Wynn bunts towards third. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Staub moves to second.
Bottom 6 Clay Carroll now pitching. Staub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Fred Whitfield pinch hits for Jay Ritchie. Whitfield strikes out.
Top 6 Jim Ray now pitching. Woodward hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 May hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Bench moves to third.
Top 6 Bench hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Watson. Bench reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dierker moves to second.
Bottom 5 Dierker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Colbert scores.
Bottom 5 Bateman bunts towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rader scores. Colbert moves to second.
Bottom 5 Jay Ritchie now pitching. Colbert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wynn scores. Menke scores. Rader moves to third.
Bottom 5 Rader takes first base on ball four. Torres scores. Wynn moves to third. Menke moves to second.
Bottom 5 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Watson scores. Torres moves to third. Wynn moves to second.
Bottom 5 Wynn takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to third. Torres moves to second.
Bottom 5 Staub hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Torres takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dierker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Bateman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms misplays the ball. That's an error on Helms. Colbert moves to second.
Bottom 4 Colbert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Rader takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Menke hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cloninger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Woodward hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Menke reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Helms hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Colbert. Helms reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 May hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Cloninger covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Torres 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 3 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cloninger scores. Johnson scores. There goes Jones trying to get to home. Colbert throws the ball in to Bateman, who tags Jones, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 3 Jones takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second.
Top 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke fields it and throws to second for the out. Cloninger moves to third.
Top 3 Rose takes first base on ball four. Cloninger moves to second.
Top 3 Cloninger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dierker bunts towards the mound. Cloninger fields it and throws to first for the out. Bateman moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bateman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Colbert 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 2 Woodward hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 May strikes out.
Bottom 1 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Staub scores. Wynn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Staub hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Staub reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Torres hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Watson is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Bench strikes out.
Top 1 Perez hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first, with Dierker covering, for the out.