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July 28, 1968

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Red Sox 10 13 0
Senators 8 12 2
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Red Sox 10 13 0
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Elston Howard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .260
OBP .500 .330
At Bats 4 169
Hits 2 44
• Singles 2 37
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 1 16

Bob Humphreys Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 1
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Robert F. Kennedy Stadium - July 28, 1968
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Strikeout
Bob Humphreys
Paul Casanova
Mike Epstein
Bernie Allen
Ken McMullen
Ron Hansen
Frank Howard
Del Unser
Gary Holman
Elston Howard
Gary Bell
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Howard strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Foy hits a fly ball into right field. Holman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Adair bunts towards first. Epstein scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Adair for the out. Bell moves to second.
Top 9 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Harrelson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Casanova hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 McMullen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Jerry Adair now playing shortstop. Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jones is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards second. Allen scoops it up, tags the runner, and throws to first, with Humphreys covering, for the double play.
Top 8 Tartabull takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Holman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Humphreys bunts towards the mound. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. Unser moves to second.
Bottom 7 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Gary Bell now pitching. Epstein is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Allen fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Foy strikes out.
Top 7 Bob Humphreys now pitching. Petrocelli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski scores. Harrelson scores. Scott moves to second.
Top 7 George Scott pinch hits for Dave Morehead. Scott takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Harrelson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Harrelson reaches second base with a double. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Top 7 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Hansen strikes out.
Bottom 6 Casanova hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Allen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Holman scores. McMullen moves to second.
Bottom 6 McMullen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Holman moves to third.
Bottom 6 Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jose Tartabull now playing center field. Dave Morehead now pitching. Holman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Holman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Andrews hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mike Epstein now playing first base. Phil Ortega now pitching. Gary Holman now playing right field. Frank Howard now playing left field. Jose TarTartabull hits a fly ball into right field. Holman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Stroud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Unser hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Smith. Unser reaches second base with a double. Hansen scores. Epstein moves to third.
Bottom 5 Mike Epstein pinch hits for Bill Haywood. Epstein hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hansen moves to third.
Bottom 5 Hansen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Allen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Foy hits a fly ball towards center. Unser catches it and throws to first to double up Petrocelli. Harrelson tags and scores. Smith tags and moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen juggles the ball. That's an error on McMullen. Harrelson moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Top 5 Smith is hit by the pitch. Harrelson moves to second.
Top 5 Bill Haywood now pitching. Harrelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 McMullen hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Holman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Peterson scores. Unser scores. There goes Stroud trying to get to third. Smith throws the ball in to Foy, who tags Stroud for the out. Holman moves to second.
Bottom 4 Stroud takes first base on ball four. Hansen scores. Peterson moves to third. Unser moves to second.
Bottom 4 Gary Waslewski now pitching. Unser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Casanova scores. Hansen moves to third. Peterson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cap Peterson pinch hits for Dick Bosman. Peterson takes first base on ball four. Casanova moves to third. Hansen moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hansen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Casanova moves to second.
Bottom 4 Casanova hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Howard tags and scores. Andrews tags and moves to third.
Top 4 Andrews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howard moves to third. Andrews moves to second.
Top 4 Lonborg bunts towards first. Howard scoops it up and throws to first, with Allen covering, for the out. Howard moves to second.
Top 4 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Allen hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McMullen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Unser scores. Holman moves to second.
Bottom 3 Howard strikes out.
Bottom 3 Holman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Unser moves to second.
Bottom 3 Stroud hits a popup, foul, towards third. Foy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Unser takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Foy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hansen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Allen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Dick Bosman now pitching. Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Holman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gene Martin pinch hits for Camilo Pascual. Martin hits a popup, foul, towards third. Foy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. McMullen scores. Allen moves to third.
Bottom 2 Casanova takes first base on ball four. Allen moves to second.
Bottom 2 Allen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 McMullen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski who is chasing the ball. McMullen reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Casanova fires to third and picks off Jones. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Top 2 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Howard fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Howard. Andrews scores. Jones moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lonborg scores. Andrews moves to third. Jones moves to second.
Top 2 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pascual fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Howard scores. Lonborg moves to second.
Top 2 Lonborg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howard moves to third.
Top 2 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Foy scores.
Top 2 There goes Foy. The throw from Casanova and he is safe. Foy steals third.
Top 2 There goes Foy. The throw from Casanova and he is safe. Foy steals second.
Top 2 Foy takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Petrocelli is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Howard strikes out.
Bottom 1 Holman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Holman for the out. Stroud moves to second.
Bottom 1 Stroud takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Smith strikes out.
Top 1 Harrelson takes first base on ball four. Jones moves to second.
Top 1 Yastrzemski is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Andrews strikes out.