Cubs @ Mets
May 5, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 1 4 0
Mets 0 4 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 1 4 0
Mets 0 4 2

Ed Kranepool Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .229
OBP .000 .260
At Bats 2 48
Hits 0 11
• Singles 0 9
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 0

Bill Hands Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 0
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Shea Stadium - May 5, 1968
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Strikeout
Bill Hands
Randy Hundley
Ernie Banks
Jose Arcia
Ron Santo
Don Kessinger
Billy Williams
Adolfo Phillips
Al Spangler
Ed Kranepool

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 1 4 0 6
New York Mets 0 4 2 5
Winning Pitcher Bill Hands
Losing Pitcher Don Cardwell
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jose Arcia
Attendance 38,488
Time of Game 2 hours 12 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Kranepool strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Swoboda strikes out.
Bottom 9 Shamsky is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Arcia hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hundley hits a popup towards third. Buchek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ron Taylor now pitching. Bud Harrelson now playing shortstop. Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Shamsky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 8 Boswell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Ed Charles pinch hits for Don Cardwell. Charles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams throws the ball in to Arcia who tags Charles, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 8 J.C. Martin pinch hits for Al Weis. Martin strikes out.
Top 8 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buchek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Spangler hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Buchek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Grote strikes out.
Bottom 7 Kranepool bunts towards the mound. Hands fields it and throws to first for the out. Swoboda moves to second.
Bottom 7 Swoboda takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Shamsky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hands hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buchek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Phillips hits a popup towards short. Weis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Shamsky is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Arcia reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Boswell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Arcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Arcia hits a fly ball into left field. Shamsky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buchek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cardwell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Weis is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Al Spangler now playing right field. Buchek hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Santo hits a line drive towards third. Buchek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Johnson strikes out.
Top 5 Kessinger hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Grote hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kranepool hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Swoboda strikes out.
Top 4 Hands hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Grote fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Phillips is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Arcia hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Shamsky. Arcia reaches second base with a double. Santo scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Hundley hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Santo moves to third.
Top 4 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Santo moves to second.
Top 4 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buchek juggles the ball. That's an error on Buchek.
Bottom 3 Shamsky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shamsky for the out.
Bottom 3 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 3 Boswell hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Williams hits a line drive into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Shamsky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hands strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cardwell strikes out.
Bottom 2 Weis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Buchek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Grote hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Arcia strikes out.
Top 2 Hundley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Banks hits a line drive towards third. Buchek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Swoboda takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Shamsky hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Jones. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Jones steals second.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Jose Arcia now playing second base. Boswell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buchek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Kessinger. The throw from Grote and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 1 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.