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September 20, 1968

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Alex Johnson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .316
OBP .500 .346
At Bats 3 567
Hits 1 179
• Singles 0 142
• Doubles 0 29
• Triples 1 6
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 1 54

Steve Shea Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 4 5
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Astrodome - September 20, 1968
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Steve Shea
Hal King
Bob Aspromonte
Denis Menke
Doug Rader
Leon McFadden
Jim Wynn
Nate Colbert
Rusty Staub
Alex Johnson
Pete Rose
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Steve Shea now pitching. Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rose moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Danny Coombs now pitching. Pinson bunts towards the mound. Coombs fields it and throws to first for the out. Rose moves to second.
Top 9 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Colbert strikes out.
Bottom 8 Menke hits a line drive into center field. Pinson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Pinson. Wynn scores. Rader goes all the way around to score. Menke moves to second.
Bottom 8 Rader hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wynn moves to third.
Bottom 8 Staub hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Wynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Nolan hits a line drive into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cardenas is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Ruiz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Perez moves to second.
Top 8 May hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 John Buzhardt now pitching. Hal King now catching. Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Dick Simpson pinch runs for Lee Thomas. McFadden is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Lee Thomas pinch hits for Larry Dierker. Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Menke moves to third.
Bottom 7 Hal King pinch hits for Dave Adlesh. King is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Colbert bunts towards the mound. Nolan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Bench hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. McFadden scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rose moves to third.
Top 7 Pinson hits a popup towards short. McFadden settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Rose moves to second.
Top 7 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Staub hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Aspromonte hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Nolan hits a fly ball into center field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cardenas is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Ruiz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wynn. Ruiz reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 5 McFadden hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Ruiz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dierker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Adlesh strikes out.
Bottom 5 Colbert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Pinson hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Dierker scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pinson for the out. Rose moves to third.
Top 5 Rose hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wynn. Rose reaches second base with a double. Ruiz scores. Cardenas scores.
Top 5 Nolan bunts towards first. Aspromonte scoops it up and throws to first, with Menke covering, for the out. Cardenas moves to second.
Top 5 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ruiz moves to third.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Ruiz moves to second.
Top 5 Ruiz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 The ball gets by Bench for a passed ball. Rader scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Rader hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose who is chasing the ball. Rader reaches third base with a triple. Wynn scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Staub hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. May juggles the ball. That's an error on May. Wynn moves to third.
Bottom 4 Aspromonte strikes out.
Top 4 May hits a line drive towards short. McFadden reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Perez strikes out.
Top 4 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Staub who is chasing the ball. Johnson reaches third base with a triple. Pinson goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Pinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 McFadden strikes out.
Bottom 3 Dierker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ruiz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Adlesh hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rose strikes out.
Top 3 Bob Aspromonte now playing first base. Rusty Staub now playing right field. Nolan strikes out.
Top 3 Cardenas hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is bouncing around. Miller is chasing the ball. Cardenas rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run.
Top 3 Ruiz strikes out.
Bottom 2 Colbert strikes out.
Bottom 2 Menke hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rader hits a line drive towards third. Perez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 May hits a fly ball into center field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Perez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bench is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wynn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Miller hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 McFadden is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. McFadden scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Pinson strikes out.
Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. McFadden scoops it up and throws to first for the out.