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August 14, 1968

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Russ Nixon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .141
OBP .333 .197
At Bats 3 71
Hits 1 10
• Singles 1 9
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 1 4

Wilbur Wood Season Stats

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8 8 14
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Fenway Park - August 14, 1968
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Walk
Wilbur Wood
Duane Josephson
Tommy McCraw
Sandy Alomar
Ron Hansen
Luis Aparicio
Leon Wagner
Ken Berry
Buddy Bradford
Russ Nixon
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Wilbur Wood now pitching. Nixon takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Dick Kenworthy pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm. Kenworthy hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Alomar hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Berry hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Andrews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bradford hits a fly ball into right field. Harrelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Foy hits a popup towards third. Hansen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Smith hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCraw settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Petrocelli strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. There goes Harrelson. The throw from Josephson and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Harrelson scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Harrelson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Berry. Harrelson reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Hansen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Josephson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McCraw scores.
Top 7 Wagner 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 7 Sparky Lyle now pitching. The umpire calls a balk on Lyle McCraw moves to second.
Top 7 Gary Waslewski now pitching. McCraw hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Peters scores. Aparicio scores.
Top 7 Aparicio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Smith. Aparicio reaches second base with a double. Berry scores. Peters moves to third.
Top 7 Peters hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Berry moves to second.
Top 7 Alomar strikes out.
Top 7 Berry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into right field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground into right field. Bradford picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bradford. Andrews goes all the way around to score. Jones moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Andrews hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Stephenson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alomar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Nixon is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Bradford strikes out.
Top 6 Hansen strikes out.
Top 6 Josephson hits a line drive towards first. Jones reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wagner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Smith. Wagner reaches second base with a double. McCraw scores.
Top 6 McCraw hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Smith. McCraw reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Foy strikes out.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Petrocelli hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Berry. Petrocelli reaches second base with a double. Harrelson scores.
Bottom 5 Harrelson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Berry who is chasing the ball. Harrelson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 Gary Peters now pitching. Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCraw scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out.
Top 5 Aparicio hits a popup towards third. Foy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gary Peters pinch hits for Dennis Ribant. Peters strikes out.
Top 5 Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Petrocelli fields it and throws to second for the out. Bradford moves to third.
Top 5 Berry takes first base on ball four. Bradford moves to second.
Top 5 Bradford takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCraw scoops it up and throws to first, with Ribant covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Andrews hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Berry. Andrews reaches second base with a double. Stephenson moves to third.
Bottom 4 Stephenson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ribant fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Foy strikes out.
Top 4 Hansen is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Josephson hits a line drive towards short. Petrocelli reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wagner 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 3 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Bradford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Buddy Bradford now playing right field. Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCraw juggles the ball. That's an error on McCraw.
Top 3 McCraw hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Aparicio hits a line drive towards short. Petrocelli reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ribant 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 2 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jones is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Andrews hits a fly ball into left field. Wagner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dennis Ribant now pitching. Stephenson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Foy scores. Nixon moves to third.
Bottom 2 Nixon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Smith scores. Foy moves to third.
Bottom 2 Foy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Smith moves to third.
Bottom 2 Leon Wagner now playing left field. Smith hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Berry. Smith reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Alomar is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Berry hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Andrews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Stephenson, and towards Andrews, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Petrocelli hits a fly ball into center field. Berry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Harrelson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a popup towards third. Hansen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Andrews hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Josephson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hansen strikes out.
Top 1 Josephson is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Foy fields it and throws to first for the out. McCraw moves to second.
Top 1 McCraw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews misplays the ball. That's an error on Andrews. Aparicio moves to third.
Top 1 Aparicio takes first base on ball four.