Giants @ Cardinals
September 8, 1968

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Willie McCovey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .294
OBP .000 .383
At Bats 4 452
Hits 0 133
• Singles 0 86
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 32
Walks 0 65
RBI’s 0 89

Joe Hoerner Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 2 15
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Busch Stadium - September 8, 1968
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Out
Joe Hoerner
Tim McCarver
Orlando Cepeda
Dick Schofield
Mike Shannon
Dal Maxvill
Lou Brock
Curt Flood
Bobby Tolan
Willie McCovey
Ty Cline
Bob Schroder
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

McCovey hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Cline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schroder moves to second.
Top 10 Schroder hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 10 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Dick Schofield now playing second base. Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Oliver scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Oliver misplays the ball. That's an error on Oliver.
Bottom 9 Johnny Edwards pinch hits for Julian Javier. Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Cline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gibson tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Bob Gibson pinch runs for Roger Maris. Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gibson moves to third.
Bottom 9 Roger Maris pinch hits for Nelson Briles. Maris hits a fly ball towards center. Mays settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Mays. Maris moves to second.
Top 9 Linzy hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mays takes first base on ball four. Hart moves to third. Dietz moves to second.
Top 9 Dietz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cline scores. Hart moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Oliver strikes out.
Top 9 Hart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cline moves to third.
Top 9 McCovey hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bobby Tolan now playing right field. Cline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier misplays the ball. That's an error on Javier.
Bottom 8 Maxvill strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bobby Tolan pinch hits for Ron Davis. Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schroder scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 McCarver bunts towards the mound. Linzy fields it and throws to first for the out. Shannon moves to second.
Bottom 8 Shannon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Schroder hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schroder for the out.
Top 8 Bonds strikes out.
Top 8 Linzy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cepeda hits a popup towards short. Oliver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Frank Linzy now pitching. Flood strikes out.
Bottom 7 Javier takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There goes Brock. The throw from Dietz and he is safe. Brock steals second.
Bottom 7 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schroder fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Briles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Dietz takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Maxvill hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Nate Oliver now playing shortstop. McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schroder scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCovey for the out.
Top 6 Cline hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Schroder hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schroder scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart juggles the ball. That's an error on Hart. Javier moves to third. Flood moves to second.
Bottom 5 Flood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Javier moves to second.
Bottom 5 Javier takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Cline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Willie Mays now playing center field. Bobby Bonds now playing right field. Jim Davenport now playing shortstop. Joe Gibbon now pitching. Briles strikes out.
Top 5 Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dave Marshall pinch hits for Mike McCormick. Marshall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mays moves to second.
Top 5 Willie Mays pinch hits for Hal Lanier. Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dietz scores.
Top 5 Dietz hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Flood, who is chasing the ball. Dietz reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 Alou 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 5 Hart hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Maxvill hits a line drive towards first. McCovey catches it and steps on first to double up Davis.
Bottom 4 Davis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCarver moves to third.
Bottom 4 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Hart. McCarver moves to second.
Bottom 4 Shannon hits a fly ball into center field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cepeda hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 McCovey hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cline hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Schroder 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 4 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Flood hits a fly ball into left field. Cline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Javier hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Dietz fields it and throws to first for the out. Brock moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Brock. The throw from Dietz and he is safe. Brock steals second.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Briles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 McCormick strikes out.
Top 3 Lanier 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 3 Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Maxvill hits a fly ball into center field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Cline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schroder scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Hart hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 2 McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Shannon hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Javier. The throw from Dietz and he is safe. Javier steals second.
Bottom 1 Cepeda hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Flood hits a popup towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Javier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brock moves to third.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Brock reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Cline hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Schroder hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Briles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Bonds. The throw from McCarver and he is out, Maxvill applying the tag.
Top 1 Bonds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.