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April 28, 1966

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Jim Gentile Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .238
OBP 1.000 .333
At Bats 1 42
Hits 1 10
• Singles 0 6
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 3
Walks 2 6
RBI’s 1 6

Joe Hoerner Season Stats

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Astrodome - April 28, 1966
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Single
Joe Hoerner
Tim McCarver
George Kernek
Julian Javier
Charley Smith
Jerry Buchek
Alex Johnson
Curt Flood
Lou Brock
Jim Gentile
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Gentile hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Kernek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gentile scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kernek for the out.
Top 8 Smith hits a popup towards short. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan misplays the ball. That's an error on Morgan. Johnson moves to second.
Top 8 Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Claude Raymond now pitching. Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Wynn hits a popup towards first. Kernek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Morgan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Chuck Harrison pinch hits for Frank Carpin. Harrison strikes out.
Top 7 Ray Sadecki pinch runs for Tito Francona. Brock strikes out.
Top 7 Frank Carpin now pitching. Rusty Staub now playing left field. Dave Nicholson now playing right field. Tito Francona pinch hits for Art Mahaffey. Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gentile fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Buchek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Javier hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Kernek hits a popup towards third. Aspromonte settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Smith hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Bateman strikes out.
Bottom 6 Maye is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Aspromonte hits a line drive into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Aspromonte hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. McCarver settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on McCarver.
Bottom 6 Staub bunts towards the mound. Mahaffey fields it and throws to first for the out. Gentile moves to second.
Bottom 6 Gentile takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 McCarver hits a popup towards short. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Brock hits a line drive towards short. Jackson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wynn strikes out.
Bottom 5 Jackson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Mahaffey, and towards Buchek, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mahaffey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Buchek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kernek hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Roberts strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bateman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson throws the ball in to Javier who tags Bateman, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 4 Maye hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McCarver hits a fly ball into left field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Flood hits a fly ball into left field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Wynn moves to third.
Bottom 3 Gentile takes first base on ball four. Wynn moves to second.
Bottom 3 Art Mahaffey now pitching. Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek misplays the ball. That's an error on Buchek.
Top 3 Johnson hits a popup towards third. Aspromonte settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brock hits a fly ball into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bob Skinner pinch hits for Hal Woodeshick. Skinner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Buchek strikes out.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kernek scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jackson for the out.
Bottom 2 Hal Woodeshick now pitching. Morgan takes first base on ball four. Roberts moves to second.
Bottom 2 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Bateman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Bateman reaches second base with a double. Aspromonte scores. Maye goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Maye takes first base on ball four. Aspromonte moves to second.
Bottom 2 Aspromonte hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Staub is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Gentile hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Javier hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bateman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kernek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Smith is called out on strikes.
Top 2 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan misplays the ball. That's an error on Morgan.
Bottom 1 There goes Wynn. The throw from McCarver and he is out, Buchek applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aspromonte fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Brock hits a popup towards third. Aspromonte settles under it and makes the catch for the out.