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May 24, 1968

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Elston Howard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .279
OBP .500 .380
At Bats 3 68
Hits 1 19
• Singles 0 16
• Doubles 1 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 11
RBI’s 0 6

Al Worthington Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 9
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Metropolitan Stadium - May 24, 1968
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Single
Al Worthington
John Roseboro
Harmon Killebrew
Rod Carew
Rich Rollins
Cesar Tovar
Rich Reese
Ted Uhlaender
Tony Oliva
Elston Howard
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Oliva hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Killebrew hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Howard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Reese hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Andrews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ken Harrelson now playing first base. Carew takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Dalton Jones pinch hits for George Scott. Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Foy hits a line drive into right field. Oliva picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Oliva. Petrocelli moves to third. Foy moves to second.
Top 8 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Al Worthington now pitching. Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Frank Kostro pinch hits for Ron Perranoski. Kostro hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tovar tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Uhlaender hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tovar moves to third.
Bottom 7 Tovar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Rollins hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Andrews hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tartabull hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Howard scores. Stange moves to third.
Top 7 Stange hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Foy scores. Howard moves to third.
Top 7 Howard is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Scott strikes out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Foy moves to second.
Top 7 Foy takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Petrocelli strikes out.
Bottom 6 Oliva hits a popup, foul, towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foy juggles the ball. That's an error on Foy.
Bottom 6 Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Roseboro tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Carew hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Roseboro moves to third.
Bottom 6 Roseboro hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Roseboro reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Andrews is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Ron Perranoski now pitching. Tartabull hits a line drive into left field. Reese settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bob Allison pinch hits for Bob Miller. Lee Stange now pitching. Allison strikes out.
Bottom 5 Uhlaender hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rollins scores.
Bottom 5 Tovar hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rollins hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Rollins reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Oliva hits a popup towards short. Petrocelli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Culp is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Howard strikes out.
Top 5 Bob Miller now pitching. Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Roseboro moves to second.
Bottom 4 Carew hits a fly ball into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Jim Holt pinch hits for Jim Roland. Holt is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Foy hits a line drive towards short. Tovar reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground that hits Smith. Smith is out and Petrocelli is safe at first. Yastrzemski moves to third. There goes Smith trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 4 Smith takes first base on ball four. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Top 4 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tartabull scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Andrews hits a fly ball into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards second. Carew picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Carew. Tartabull moves to second.
Bottom 3 Uhlaender hits a popup, foul, towards third. Foy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Tovar strikes out.
Bottom 3 Rollins hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Oliva hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott juggles the ball. That's an error on Scott.
Bottom 3 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Culp hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Carew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Howard hits a popup towards short. Tovar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Scott is called out on strikes.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Foy moves to third.
Top 3 The umpire calls a balk on Roland Foy moves to second.
Top 3 Foy takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Petrocelli hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Carew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rollins scores. Tovar scores. Roseboro moves to second.
Bottom 2 Roseboro takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Roland strikes out.
Bottom 2 Uhlaender hits a line drive into right field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 The ball gets by Howard for a passed ball. Rollins moves to third. Tovar moves to second.
Bottom 2 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott fields the ball and throws to Culp covering. Safe. Rollins moves to second.
Bottom 2 Rollins is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Jim Roland now pitching. Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tovar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Andrews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tartabull scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Boswell juggles the ball. That's an error on Boswell. Howard scores. Tartabull moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Culp is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Howard hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oliva. Howard reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Scott strikes out.
Bottom 1 Oliva hits a line drive towards third. Foy reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to second.
Bottom 1 Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carew for the out.
Bottom 1 Roseboro hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Foy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rollins fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Petrocelli hits a fly ball into center field. Uhlaender settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Andrews hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Roseboro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Tartabull takes first base on ball four.