Pirates @ Cardinals
August 25, 1968

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Pirates 1 7 4
Cardinals 4 3 0
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Pirates 2 8 4
Cardinals 4 3 0

Manny Mota Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .292
OBP .000 .327
At Bats 0 267
Hits 0 78
• Singles 0 67
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 27

Joe Hoerner Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 2 13
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Busch Stadium - August 25, 1968
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Home Run
Joe Hoerner
Johnny Edwards
Orlando Cepeda
Julian Javier
Mike Shannon
Dal Maxvill
Lou Brock
Curt Flood
Bobby Tolan
Manny Mota
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Manny Mota pinch hits for Gary Kolb. Mota hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Mazeroski hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Javier strikes out.
Bottom 8 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Roy Face now pitching. Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Clendenon is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Stargell strikes out.
Top 8 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jimenez scores. Patek moves to third. Wills moves to second.
Top 8 Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jimenez moves to third. Patek moves to second.
Top 8 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jimenez moves to second.
Top 8 Manny Jimenez pinch hits for Dock Ellis. Jimenez is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 Cannizzaro strikes out.
Bottom 7 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wills fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Tolan hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wills fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kolb hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Clendenon strikes out.
Bottom 6 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Briles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ellis fields it and throws to second for the out. Javier moves to third.
Bottom 6 Maxvill takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Javier hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stargell. Javier reaches second base with a double. Shannon goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Shannon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Edwards hits a popup towards first. Clendenon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Stargell hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Patek is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Cepeda hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clendenon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon juggles the ball. That's an error on Clendenon. Brock scores. Tolan moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Flood for the out. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 5 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Briles takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Ellis is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Cannizzaro is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Kolb hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Flood. Kolb reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Maxvill is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Javier hits a line drive into right field. Kolb picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kolb. Shannon goes all the way around to score. Javier moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wills juggles the ball. That's an error on Wills.
Bottom 4 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cepeda strikes out.
Top 4 Clendenon hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Stargell strikes out.
Top 4 Alou strikes out.
Bottom 3 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wills hits a popup towards the mound. Briles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Briles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ellis bunts towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out. Cannizzaro moves to second.
Top 3 Cannizzaro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Briles strikes out.
Bottom 2 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wills fields it and throws to second for the out. Shannon moves to third.
Bottom 2 Javier takes first base on ball four. Shannon moves to second.
Bottom 2 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek. Cepeda scores.
Bottom 2 Edwards hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Cannizzaro fields it and throws to first for the out. Cepeda moves to third.
Bottom 2 There goes Cepeda. The throw from Cannizzaro and he is safe. Cepeda steals second.
Bottom 2 Cepeda takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Kolb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Clendenon is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Stargell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Kolb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Stargell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Alou hits a fly ball towards center. Flood catches it and throws to first to double up Wills.
Top 1 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Patek hits a popup, foul, towards third. Shannon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.