Braves @ Giants
September 22, 1968

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Braves 2 4 1
Giants 10 13 0
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Braves 2 4 1
Giants 10 13 0

Willie McCovey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .291
OBP .500 .377
At Bats 4 501
Hits 2 146
• Singles 0 92
• Doubles 1 15
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 1 35
Walks 0 69
RBI’s 4 102

Rick Kester Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Candlestick Park - September 22, 1968
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Out
Rick Kester
Walt Hriniak
Tommie Aaron
Felix Millan
Marty Martinez
Sonny Jackson
Tito Francona
Dusty Baker
Mike Lum
Willie McCovey
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

McCovey hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 8 Rick Kester now pitching. Mason strikes out.
Top 8 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bob Johnson pinch hits for Dick Kelley. Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mason settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Martinez hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Martinez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bolin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Martinez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lanier hits a fly ball into left field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hriniak hits a fly ball into center field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ollie Brown now playing right field. Bobby Bonds now playing center field. Jim Davenport now playing third base. Lum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bolin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kelley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hart hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lum who is chasing the ball. Hart reaches third base with a triple. Mason scores. Mays goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 McCovey hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mays takes first base on ball four. Mason moves to second.
Bottom 6 Tommie Aaron now playing first base. Mason hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Francona hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bonds hits a popup towards short. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bolin bunts between the mound and first base. Kelley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bolin for the out. Lanier moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lanier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Dick Kelley now pitching. Dusty Baker now playing center field. Marshall is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Alou strikes out.
Top 5 Ralph Garr pinch hits for Jim Britton. Garr hits a fly ball into left field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Martinez hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dietz strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCovey scores. Hart moves to second.
Bottom 4 McCovey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lum. McCovey reaches second base with a double. Mays goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mason scores.
Bottom 4 Jim Britton now pitching. There goes Mason. The throw from Hriniak and he is safe. Mason steals second.
Bottom 4 Mason hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lanier scores.
Bottom 4 Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bolin is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 There goes Lanier. The throw from Hriniak and he is safe. Lanier steals second.
Bottom 4 Lanier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hriniak hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lum hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Francona hits a fly ball into left field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Marshall strikes out.
Bottom 3 Dietz strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Martinez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 McCovey hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bonds scores. Mason moves to second.
Bottom 3 Mason takes first base on ball four. Bonds moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bonds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Aaron hits a popup towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bolin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bolin hits a popup towards short. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lanier hits a line drive into center field. Alou picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Alou. Marshall moves to third. Lanier moves to second.
Bottom 2 Marshall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Dietz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Hart strikes out.
Top 2 Jarvis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hriniak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lum scores.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Lum moves to third.
Top 2 Lum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 McCovey hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Francona. Mays reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Mason hits a popup towards first. Aaron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Francona hits a popup towards third. Hart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Millan for the out.
Top 1 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bolin fields it and throws to first for the out.