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May 5, 1968

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Willie Mays Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .316
OBP .500 .372
At Bats 4 79
Hits 2 25
• Singles 1 14
• Doubles 1 4
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 0 14

Joe Hoerner Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 5
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Candlestick Park - May 5, 1968
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Single
Joe Hoerner
Tim McCarver
Orlando Cepeda
Julian Javier
Mike Shannon
Dick Schofield
Lou Brock
Curt Flood
Dick Simpson
Willie Mays
Jesus Alou
Ron Hunt
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Jesus Alou pinch runs for Jack Hiatt. Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hunt scores. Alou moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Jack Hiatt pinch hits for Ty Cline. Hiatt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Joe Hoerner now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Lanier scores. Hunt moves to third.
Bottom 8 Hunt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lanier moves to third.
Bottom 8 McCormick hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lanier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Ron Willis now pitching. Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Brock hits a line drive towards short. Lanier reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ed Spiezio pinch hits for Hal Gilson. Spiezio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Simpson scores. Schofield moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt misplays the ball. That's an error on Hunt. Cepeda scores. Simpson moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Simpson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cepeda moves to second.
Top 8 McCarver strikes out.
Top 8 Shannon hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cepeda takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Marshall is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Davenport takes first base on ball four. McCovey moves to second.
Bottom 7 McCovey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Mays strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hal Gilson now pitching. Cline is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simpson scores. Schofield moves to second.
Top 7 Brock hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Phil Gagliano pinch hits for Ray Washburn. Gagliano hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McCarver tags and scores.
Top 7 Schofield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCarver moves to third. Simpson moves to second.
Top 7 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 McCarver hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cline. McCarver reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 McCormick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCovey scores. Davenport scores. Dietz moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 6 Lanier hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dietz is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Marshall for the out. McCovey moves to third. Davenport moves to second.
Bottom 6 Davenport hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mays scores. McCovey moves to second.
Bottom 6 McCovey hits a line drive to right field. Simpson throws towards first. Cepeda fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cepeda. Simpson throws the ball in to Schofield who tags McCovey trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Mays moves to third.
Bottom 6 Mays hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Mays reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cepeda hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Cline. The throw from McCarver and he is out, Javier applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Cline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lanier scores.
Bottom 5 Hunt hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McCormick bunts towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCormick for the out. Lanier moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lanier takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Javier strikes out.
Top 5 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Washburn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Washburn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Marshall hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out. Mays moves to third.
Bottom 4 McCovey strikes out.
Bottom 4 There goes Mays. The throw from McCarver and he is safe. Mays steals second.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Schofield hits a popup towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cepeda moves to second.
Top 4 McCarver hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Shannon strikes out.
Top 4 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport juggles the ball. That's an error on Davenport.
Bottom 3 Cline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hunt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Washburn covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Lanier hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Javier hits a fly ball into right field. Cline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Marshall strikes out.
Bottom 2 Davenport hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McCovey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Washburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Schofield hits a popup towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. McCarver moves to second.
Top 2 McCarver takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Mays is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Cline strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Shannon hits a fly ball for a double play.
Top 1 Cepeda hits a popup, foul, towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Flood takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Javier hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cline. Javier reaches second base with a double. Brock moves to third.
Top 1 Brock hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cline. Brock reaches second base with a double.