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May 18, 1969

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Don Kessinger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .329
OBP .750 .408
At Bats 4 152
Hits 3 50
• Singles 3 34
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 2 16

Fred Gladding Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 5
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Astrodome - May 18, 1969
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Single
Fred Gladding
Johnny Edwards
Curt Blefary
Denis Menke
Doug Rader
Hector Torres
Jesus Alou
Jim Wynn
Norm Miller
Don Kessinger
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Kessinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Fred Gladding now pitching. Willie Smith pinch hits for Phil Regan. Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gladding fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Torres hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Julio Gotay pinch hits for Jim Ray. Gotay takes first base on ball four. Menke scores. Rader moves to third. Edwards moves to second.
Bottom 8 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Regan fields it and throws to home to get Blefary. Menke moves to third. Rader moves to second.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Beckert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rader takes first base on ball four. Menke moves to second.
Bottom 8 Menke hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blefary moves to third.
Bottom 8 Blefary takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Spangler hits a fly ball towards center. Wynn catches it and throws to first to double up Hundley.
Top 8 Jim Ray now pitching. Hundley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo juggles the ball. That's an error on Santo. Geiger scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks fields it and throws to home to get Edwards. Geiger moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Phil Regan now pitching. Torres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gary Geiger pinch hits for Jack Billingham. Geiger hits a line drive into right field. Spangler picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Spangler. Alou scores. Edwards moves to third. Geiger moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Edwards hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alou moves to third.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo juggles the ball. That's an error on Santo.
Top 7 Banks hits a line drive towards third. Rader reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Santo takes first base on ball four. Beckert moves to second.
Top 7 Williams is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Jack Billingham now pitching. Beckert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kessinger scores.
Top 7 Kessinger hits a line drive to right field. Miller throws towards first. Blefary fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Blefary. Abernathy scores. Kessinger moves to third.
Top 7 Abernathy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alou. Abernathy reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Dooley Womack now pitching. Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Menke takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Blefary hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Young. Blefary reaches second base with a double. Miller scores. Wynn goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Miller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Miller reaches second base with a double. Torres goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Marty Martinez pinch hits for Tom Griffin. Martinez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Spangler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to home to get Williams. Santo moves to third. Banks moves to second.
Top 6 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to home to get Beckert. Williams moves to third. Santo moves to second.
Top 6 Santo takes first base on ball four. Beckert moves to third. Williams moves to second.
Top 6 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Beckert moves to second.
Top 6 Beckert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes Kessinger. The throw from Edwards and he is out, Menke applying the tag.
Top 5 Kessinger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Young scores.
Top 5 Selma strikes out.
Top 5 The umpire calls a balk on Griffin Young moves to second.
Top 5 Young takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Spangler is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Selma fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Wynn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Selma fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hundley hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blefary settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Banks strikes out.
Top 4 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Griffin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Torres hits a line drive towards first. Banks catches it and steps on first to double up Griffin.
Bottom 3 Griffin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blefary scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.
Top 3 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rader strikes out.
Bottom 2 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops it up and throws to first, with Selma covering, for the out.
Top 2 Selma strikes out.
Top 2 Young is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Denis Menke now playing second base. Hector Torres now playing shortstop. Spangler hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blefary scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spangler for the out.
Bottom 1 Blefary hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Miller is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hundley hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Beckert scores. Williams scores.
Top 1 Santo strikes out.
Top 1 Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Beckert moves to third. Williams moves to second.
Top 1 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Kessinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.