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June 8, 1968

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Bottom 8 R H E
Cardinals 7 11 1
Reds 2 7 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Cardinals 7 11 1
Reds 2 7 0

Vada Pinson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .290
OBP .667 .333
At Bats 3 200
Hits 2 58
• Singles 2 42
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 0 21

Nelson Briles Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 4 0
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Crosley Field - June 8, 1968
Out
Nelson Briles
Tim McCarver
Orlando Cepeda
Julian Javier
Mike Shannon
Dal Maxvill
Lou Brock
Curt Flood
Roger Maris
Vada Pinson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Pinson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Flood hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Briles bunts towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out. Maxvill moves to second.
Top 8 Maxvill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Javier scores.
Top 8 There goes Javier. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Javier steals second.
Top 8 Ted Abernathy now pitching. Javier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Chico Ruiz pinch hits for Bob Lee. Ruiz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Flood. Ruiz reaches second base with a double. There goes Cardenas trying to get to home. Flood throws the ball in to Javier who relays the ball to McCarver who tags Cardenas, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 7 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon juggles the ball. That's an error on Shannon.
Top 7 Shannon strikes out.
Top 7 The ball gets by Bench for a passed ball. McCarver moves to third.
Top 7 McCarver hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. McCarver reaches second base with a double. Cepeda goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Cepeda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Lee covering, for the out.
Top 7 Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 6 May hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Briles hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Maxvill hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Maxvill reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Bob Lee now pitching. Javier hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Fred Whitfield pinch hits for Bill Kelso. Whitfield hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cardenas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kelso fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McCarver hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cepeda hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bench hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 May is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Bill Kelso now pitching. Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Flood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maxvill scores. Briles moves to third.
Top 4 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Javier scores. Maxvill moves to third. Briles moves to second.
Top 4 Briles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to home to get Shannon. Javier moves to third. Maxvill moves to second.
Top 4 Maxvill takes first base on ball four. Shannon moves to third. Javier moves to second.
Top 4 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McCarver scores. Shannon moves to second.
Top 4 Shannon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cepeda scores. McCarver moves to third.
Top 4 McCarver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cepeda moves to second.
Top 4 Cepeda is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Briles fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Briles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Culver hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Briles covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Cardenas hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bench hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Briles hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Maxvill hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Helms reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Javier hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Shannon tags and scores.
Top 2 Shannon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose who is chasing the ball. Shannon reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 1 May hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pinson tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose scores. Pinson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rose moves to third.
Bottom 1 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Flood is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Brock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Brock reaches second base with a double.