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July 18, 1969

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Denis Menke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .302
OBP .500 .397
At Bats 4 321
Hits 2 97
• Singles 1 68
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 6
Walks 0 50
RBI’s 2 56

Wayne Granger Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 12
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Crosley Field - July 18, 1969
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Out
Wayne Granger
Johnny Bench
Lee May
Tommy Helms
Tony Perez
Woody Woodward
Jimmy Stewart
Bobby Tolan
Pete Rose
Denis Menke
Jim Wynn
Gary Geiger
Julio Gotay
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Wayne Granger now pitching. Woody Woodward now playing shortstop. Menke hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gotay tags and scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Gary Geiger pinch runs for Joe Morgan. Wynn is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Al Jackson now pitching. Morgan bunts towards the mound. Jackson fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Jackson. Edwards scores. Valdespino scores. Gotay moves to third. Morgan moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 Gotay is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Sandy Valdespino pinch hits for Jim Ray. Valdespino hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Valdespino reaches second base with a double. Alou scores. Edwards moves to third.
Top 9 Edwards hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alou moves to third.
Top 9 Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Chaney strikes out.
Bottom 8 Helms hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 May hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pedro Ramos now pitching. Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wynn moves to second.
Top 8 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gotay hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim Ray now pitching. Perez hits a line drive into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tolan strikes out.
Bottom 7 Wade Blasingame now pitching. Stewart takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Arrigo moves to third. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 7 Arrigo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Chaney hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Griffin is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Alou strikes out.
Bottom 6 Helms hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gotay reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gotay scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 May strikes out.
Top 6 Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards first. May fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 6 Rader takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Menke hits a line drive into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 5 Tolan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blefary scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stewart for the out.
Top 5 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gotay takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Griffin hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Griffin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Arrigo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blefary settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Chaney hits a popup towards short. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Alou takes first base on ball four. Blefary moves to second.
Top 4 Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards first. May fields the ball and throws to Arrigo covering. Safe.
Top 4 Rader hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gotay fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Bench hits a line drive towards the mound. Griffin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke misplays the ball. That's an error on Menke.
Bottom 3 Perez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Morgan who is chasing the ball. Perez reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Menke hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wynn is called out on strikes.
Top 3 There goes Morgan. The throw from Bench to Helms and they have Morgan trapped. The throw over to May, who applies the tag for the out.
Top 3 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Stewart hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rose takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Arrigo strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Gotay. The throw from Bench and he is out, Chaney applying the tag.
Top 2 Gotay hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Griffin strikes out.
Top 2 Edwards strikes out.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Alou scores.
Top 2 There goes Alou. The throw from Bench and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 2 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Chaney strikes out.
Bottom 1 Helms hits a popup towards first. Blefary settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 May hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Perez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Tolan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stewart moves to second.
Bottom 1 Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gotay fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Blefary hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tolan. Blefary reaches second base with a double. There goes Rader trying to get to second. Tolan throws the ball in to Helms who relays the ball to Chaney who tags Rader for the out.
Top 1 Rader takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Menke hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Wynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Morgan for the out.
Top 1 Gotay hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.