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August 24, 1969

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Merv Rettenmund Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .228
OBP .000 .324
At Bats 2 145
Hits 0 33
• Singles 0 21
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 0 20

Jim Roland Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 1
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - August 24, 1969
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Walk
Jim Roland
Gene Tenace
Tito Francona
Dick Green
Sal Bando
Ted Kubiak
Danny Cater
Jose Tartabull
Reggie Jackson
Merv Rettenmund
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Rettenmund takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 13 Roland strikes out.
Bottom 13 Tenace hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Pete Richert now pitching. Green strikes out.
Top 13 Salmon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubiak scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Buford bunts towards the mound. Roland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Mark Belanger pinch hits for Eddie Watt. Belanger hits a fly ball into center field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 12 Francona hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 12 Bando hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Floyd is called out on strikes.
Top 12 Etchebarren hits a fly ball into center field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Johnson hits a line drive towards short. Kubiak reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Tartabull hits a popup towards short. Floyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Kubiak hits a ball on the ground towards first. Salmon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kubiak for the out.
Top 11 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Roland hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Tenace hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson juggles the ball. That's an error on Robinson. Green moves to second.
Bottom 10 Green is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 10 Cater strikes out.
Bottom 10 Eddie Watt now pitching. Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Salmon hits a fly ball into center field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Buford takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Curt Motton pinch hits for Dick Hall. Motton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubiak scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Jim Roland now pitching. Floyd hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Bando hits a fly ball into center field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tartabull scores.
Bottom 9 Tartabull hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Buford. Tartabull reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Kubiak hits a fly ball into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Andy Etchebarren now catching. Tommie Reynolds pinch hits for Paul Lindblad. Reynolds hits a fly ball into center field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Paul Lindblad now pitching. Andy Etchebarren pinch hits for Clay Dalrymple. Etchebarren strikes out.
Top 9 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second.
Top 9 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Rettenmund hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Gene Tenace now catching. Salmon strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bob Johnson pinch hits for Larry Haney. Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dalrymple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Green bunts towards the mound. Hall fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bando scores.
Bottom 8 Cater hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bando moves to third.
Bottom 8 Francona bunts towards the mound. Hall fields it and throws to first for the out. Bando moves to second.
Bottom 8 Bando hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Buford strikes out.
Top 8 Hall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Floyd hits a line drive into right field. Jackson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jackson. Dalrymple moves to third. Floyd moves to second.
Top 8 Dalrymple takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blue fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Tartabull strikes out.
Bottom 7 Kubiak hits a ball on the ground towards first. Salmon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kubiak for the out.
Top 7 Blue fires to second, and they've got Robinson trapped. There's the throw to Francona who applies the tag for the out. Salmon scores.
Top 7 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Salmon moves to third.
Top 7 Robinson is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Rettenmund bunts towards the mound. Blue fields it and throws to first for the out. Salmon moves to second.
Top 7 Vida Blue now pitching. Larry Haney now catching. Salmon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bert Campaneris pinch runs for Phil Roof. Ramon Webster pinch hits for Rollie Fingers. Webster hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Roof takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Dick Hall now pitching. Green bunts towards first. Salmon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Green for the out.
Top 6 Buford strikes out.
Top 6 Boog Powell pinch hits for Dave Leonhard. Powell hits a fly ball into left field. Cater settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dalrymple tags and scores.
Top 6 Floyd bunts towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out. Dalrymple moves to third.
Top 6 Dalrymple hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Tartabull. Dalrymple reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonhard fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jackson scores. Bando moves to third.
Bottom 5 Bando takes first base on ball four. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Dave Leonhard now pitching. Merv Rettenmund now playing center field. Tartabull hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonhard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rollie Fingers now pitching. Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Salmon scores. Robinson scores.
Top 5 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Buford scores. Salmon moves to third. Robinson moves to second.
Top 5 Blair hits a fly ball into center field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Salmon takes first base on ball four. Buford moves to second.
Top 5 Buford takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Dave May pinch hits for Jim Hardin. May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona scoops it up and throws to first, with Odom covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Kubiak is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Odom hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Roof hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Green hits a popup, foul, towards first. Salmon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cater hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Floyd strikes out.
Top 4 Dalrymple hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubiak scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Salmon scoops it up and throws to first, with Hardin covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Bando hits a line drive towards the mound. Hardin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jackson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Tartabull hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Roof scores. Odom moves to third.
Bottom 3 Kubiak bunts towards the mound. Hardin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Odom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Roof moves to second.
Bottom 3 Roof hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Robinson strikes out.
Top 3 Blair hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Salmon hits a fly ball into left field. Cater settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Green is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards short. Floyd scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Francona hits a line drive into left field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Buford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona scoops it up and throws to first, with Odom covering, for the out.
Top 2 Hardin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Floyd hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bando fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Dalrymple takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Bando hits a fly ball into center field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Tartabull hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Kubiak hits a line drive towards short. Floyd reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Tartabull settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bando settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Buford scores. Salmon scores.
Top 1 The umpire calls a balk on Odom Buford moves to third. Salmon moves to second.
Top 1 Blair hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Salmon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Buford moves to second.
Top 1 Buford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.