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April 25, 1969

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Astros 8 9 3
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Astros 8 9 3
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Denis Menke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .373
OBP .600 .500
At Bats 4 59
Hits 2 22
• Singles 1 17
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 3
Walks 1 14
RBI’s 2 12

Joe Gibbon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 1
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Candlestick Park - April 25, 1969
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Out
Joe Gibbon
Jack Hiatt
Willie McCovey
Ron Hunt
Jim Davenport
Cesar Gutierrez
Jim Ray Hart
Willie Mays
Bobby Bonds
Denis Menke
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 13 Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibbon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Gibbon strikes out.
Bottom 12 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 12 That's a pickoff.
Bottom 12 Hunt hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Bryant fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 12 Hart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 12 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Miller is hit by the pitch.
Top 12 Schneider is called out on strikes.
Top 12 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibbon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Hiatt hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Dan Schneider now pitching. Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Bryant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Rader strikes out.
Top 11 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibbon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Bonds strikes out.
Bottom 10 Gibbon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 10 Gutierrez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 10 Blefary hits a popup towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Alou is walked intentionally.
Top 10 Morgan strikes out.
Top 10 Miller bunts towards the mound. Gibbon fields it and throws to first for the out. Dierker moves to third.
Top 10 Dierker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Dierker reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Hunt hits a popup towards short. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to home to get Mays. McCovey moves to third. Hiatt moves to second.
Bottom 9 Hiatt hits a ball on the ground for an out. Mays moves to third. McCovey moves to second.
Bottom 9 Larry Dierker now pitching. McCovey is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Mays hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Miller. Mays reaches second base with a double. Davenport moves to third.
Bottom 9 Don Bryant now catching. Davenport hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibbon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Joe Gibbon now pitching. Leon McFadden pinch hits for Johnny Edwards. McFadden hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Gutierrez. Alou scores. Blefary scores. Menke moves to third. McFadden moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Top 9 Rader strikes out.
Top 9 Menke takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Linzy juggles the ball. That's an error on Linzy. Morgan scores. Alou moves to third. Blefary moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Alou hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Morgan moves to second.
Top 9 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Linzy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Linzy takes first base on ball four. Hart scores. Hunt moves to third. Gutierrez moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Gutierrez is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Fred Gladding now pitching. Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blefary juggles the ball. That's an error on Blefary. Hiatt scores. Hart moves to third. Hunt moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Hart hits a line drive into right field. Alou picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Alou. McCovey scores. Hiatt moves to third.
Bottom 8 Hiatt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bonds scores. McCovey moves to third.
Bottom 8 McCovey is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Mays hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Davenport bunts towards first. Blefary scoops it up and throws to first, with Menke covering, for the out. Bonds moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jesus Alou now playing right field. Norm Miller now playing center field. Bonds takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Billingham hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Billingham for the out.
Top 8 Torres bunts towards the mound. Linzy fields it and throws to first for the out. Blefary scores. Menke moves to third. Edwards moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Edwards is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rader for the out.
Top 8 Menke bunts towards the mound. Linzy fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Linzy. Blefary moves to third. Menke moves to second.
Top 8 Ron Hunt now playing second base. Cesar Gutierrez now playing shortstop. Frank Linzy now pitching. Blefary hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Dave Marshall pinch hits for Bobby Bolin. Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jack Billingham now pitching. Lanier is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Ron Hunt pinch hits for Don Mason. Hunt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hart scores.
Bottom 7 Hart hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Morgan. Hart reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Hiatt hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Edwards fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Wynn is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 McCovey hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Davenport hits a fly ball into left field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lemaster hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Torres hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Edwards hits a popup towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bonds is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Bolin strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rader hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mason settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Menke hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bolin fields it and throws to first for the out. Morgan scores.
Top 5 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Morgan moves to third.
Top 5 Morgan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Mason hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hart hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hiatt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lemaster hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bolin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport throws to second for one, and Mason throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Torres moves to second.
Top 4 Edwards hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Davenport takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Menke hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blefary hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bolin strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lanier hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mason hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Torres moves to third.
Top 2 Lemaster bunts towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lemaster for the out. Torres moves to second.
Top 2 Torres hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hiatt hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 McCovey hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Davenport tags and scores. Mays tags and moves to third.
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Edwards for a passed ball. Davenport moves to third. Mays moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Davenport moves to second.
Bottom 1 Davenport takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Bonds hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Edwards strikes out.
Top 1 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Menke hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Wynn scores. Blefary moves to second.
Top 1 Blefary takes first base on ball four. Wynn moves to second.
Top 1 Wynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miller scores.
Top 1 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Miller takes first base on ball four. Miller moves to second.