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May 24, 1970

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Reds 7 8 2
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Denis Menke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .345
OBP .750 .399
At Bats 4 165
Hits 3 57
• Singles 3 43
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 0 32

Wayne Granger Season Stats

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1 1 9
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Astrodome - May 24, 1970
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Single
Wayne Granger
Johnny Bench
Lee May
Tommy Helms
Tony Perez
Dave Concepcion
Jimmy Stewart
Bobby Tolan
Pete Rose
Denis Menke
Tommy Davis
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Menke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Davis scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Davis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spinks scores. Alou scores. There goes Miller trying to get to third. Bench throws to Perez who tags Miller for the out. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 8 Miller is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Scipio Spinks pinch runs for Jim Wynn. Wayne Granger now pitching. Alou hits a line drive into center field. Tolan picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Tolan. Martinez scores. Edwards scores. Spinks moves to third. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 8 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Jim Wynn pinch hits for Fred Gladding. The ball gets by Bench for a passed ball. Martinez moves to third. Edwards moves to second.
Bottom 8 Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Martinez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion misplays the ball. That's an error on Concepcion. Pepitone scores.
Bottom 8 Rader hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Clay Carroll now pitching. Pepitone hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tolan who is chasing the ball. Pepitone reaches third base with a triple. Menke goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Nolan strikes out.
Top 8 Fred Gladding now pitching. Concepcion hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Davis hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Miller hits a ball on the ground for an out. Lampard moves to third. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Edwards scores. Lampard moves to second.
Bottom 7 Keith Lampard pinch hits for Jack Billingham. Lampard takes first base on ball four. Edwards moves to second.
Bottom 7 Edwards hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Jimmy Stewart now playing left field. Martinez hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Helms strikes out.
Top 7 Carbo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Jack Billingham now pitching. May strikes out.
Bottom 6 Rader strikes out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Menke scores. Pepitone moves to second.
Bottom 6 Pepitone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Davis scores. Menke moves to third.
Bottom 6 Menke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 6 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nolan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Miller for the out.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bench hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Perez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Tolan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rose moves to second.
Top 6 Rose hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Concepcion scores.
Top 6 Nolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Concepcion moves to second.
Top 6 Concepcion takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cook strikes out.
Bottom 5 Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first, with Nolan covering, for the out.
Top 5 Carbo hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 May hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bench hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pepitone hits a ball on the ground towards first. May fields it and throws to second for the out. Miller moves to third.
Bottom 4 Menke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miller moves to second.
Bottom 4 Davis hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Miller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Perez hits a popup towards first. Pepitone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tolan takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Nolan bunts towards first. Pepitone scoops it up and throws to first, with Martinez covering, for the out. Concepcion moves to second.
Top 4 Concepcion takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Helms fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 3 Cook strikes out.
Bottom 3 Edwards hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Carbo takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 May hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Miller. May reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Bench hits a popup towards short. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cook fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rader 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 2 Pepitone hits a fly ball into left field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Menke hits a fly ball into left field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cook fires to first and has Rose trapped. There's the throw to Martinez who tags Rose for the out.
Top 2 Tolan hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Concepcion scores.
Top 2 Nolan bunts towards first. Pepitone scoops it up and throws to first, with Martinez covering, for the out. Concepcion moves to second.
Top 2 Concepcion takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Bench fires to first and picks off Miller.
Bottom 1 Davis hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Miller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Carbo takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Ron Cook now pitching. May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Perez moves to third.
Top 1 Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tolan scores. Perez moves to second.
Top 1 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Tolan. The throw from Edwards and he is safe. Tolan steals second.
Top 1 Tolan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose scores.
Top 1 There goes Rose. The throw from Edwards and he is safe. Rose steals second.
Top 1 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.