Astros @ Phillies
July 26, 1971

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Top 10 R H E
Astros 4 11 0
Phillies 2 7 0
Top 10 R H E
Astros 4 11 0
Phillies 2 7 0

Denis Menke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .252
OBP .750 .327
At Bats 4 322
Hits 3 81
• Singles 2 62
• Doubles 1 16
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 0 31

Joe Hoerner Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 3 7
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Veterans Stadium - July 26, 1971
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Joe Hoerner
Mike Ryan
Deron Johnson
Denny Doyle
Bobby Pfeil
Larry Bowa
Don Money
Willie Montanez
Oscar Gamble
Denis Menke
Doug Rader
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Menke hits a fly ball into center field. Montanez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cedeno scores.
Top 10 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Montanez. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Morgan goes all the way around to score.
Top 10 Wynn hits a popup towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Morgan bunts towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 10 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Metzger hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Byron Browne pinch hits for Bill Wilson. Browne hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Ryan strikes out.
Bottom 9 Pfeil bunts towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Money hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Culver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pfeil fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Hiatt takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gamble strikes out.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Culver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bill Wilson now pitching. Rader hits a popup, foul, towards the mound. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Montanez. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Metzger scores.
Top 8 Wynn hits a popup towards short. Bowa settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Morgan strikes out. There goes Metzger. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 8 Metzger is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Doyle hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lersch hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wynn. Lersch reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jack Hiatt now catching. George Culver now pitching. Pfeil hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rich Chiles pinch hits for Jack Billingham. Chiles hits a fly ball into left field. Money settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jack Hiatt pinch hits for Johnny Edwards. Hiatt hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Alou bunts towards third. Pfeil fields it and throws to first for the out. Menke moves to second.
Top 7 Menke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Money hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out. Montanez moves to third.
Bottom 6 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Montanez moves to second.
Bottom 6 Montanez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bowa strikes out.
Top 6 Rader hits a line drive into left field. Money settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Montanez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lersch bunts towards the mound. Billingham fields it and throws to first for the out. Pfeil moves to second.
Bottom 5 Ryan strikes out.
Bottom 5 Pfeil hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Metzger for the out.
Top 5 Billingham hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Ryan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Alou moves to third.
Top 5 There go the runners. The throw from Ryan to Pfeil. The throw back to home, and Menke is out at the plate.
Top 5 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Edwards for the out.
Top 5 Alou hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Montanez. Alou reaches second base with a double. Rader scores. Menke moves to third.
Top 5 Menke hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rader moves to second.
Top 5 Rader hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Money hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gamble hits a line drive into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a line drive into right field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cedeno hits a popup towards short. Bowa settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Montanez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Montanez hits a line drive into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Doyle strikes out.
Top 3 Metzger strikes out. Ryan drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Metzger out.
Top 3 Billingham strikes out.
Top 3 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pfeil fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lersch hits a ball on the ground towards first. Menke fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Ryan for the double play.
Bottom 2 Ryan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pfeil moves to second.
Bottom 2 Pfeil takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Money hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Alou hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Menke hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gamble. Menke reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pfeil fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gamble hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Montanez hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Doyle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pfeil fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.