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July 17, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 5 7 1
Pirates 4 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 5 7 1
Pirates 4 8 1

Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .000
OBP .000 .000
At Bats 0 0
Hits 0 0
• Singles 0 0
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Ron Taylor Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 7
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Forbes Field - July 17, 1968
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Strikeout
Ron Taylor
Jerry Grote
Ed Kranepool
Phil Linz
Ed Charles
Bud Harrelson
Cleon Jones
Don Bosch
Tommie Agee
Bill Virdon
Gary Kolb

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 5 7 1 5
Pittsburgh Pirates 4 8 1 5
Winning Pitcher Cal Koonce
Losing Pitcher Luke Walker
Save Ron Taylor
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 8,974
Time of Game 2 hours 54 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bill Virdon pinch hits for Roy Face. Virdon strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Maury Wills pinch hits for Jerry May. Wills hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Grote settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Ron Taylor now pitching. Pagan bunts towards first. Kranepool scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pagan for the out. Kolb moves to second.
Bottom 9 Tommie Agee now playing right field. Kolb hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Koonce strikes out.
Top 9 Bosch strikes out.
Bottom 8 Clendenon hits a fly ball into center field. Bosch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Linz fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Stargell hits a line drive into right field. Swoboda picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Swoboda. Alley goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Alley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Swoboda strikes out.
Top 8 Grote strikes out.
Top 8 Roy Face now pitching. Kranepool hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Manny Mota pinch hits for Dock Ellis. Mota hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Pagan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Charles strikes out.
Top 7 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Linz strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kolb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops it up and throws to first, with Koonce covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Linz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ron Swoboda now playing right field. Cleon Jones now playing left field. Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koonce fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Dock Ellis now pitching. Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards second. Alley fields it, throws to first for one, and over to second, with Pagan covering. It's a double play. Swoboda scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Koonce takes first base on ball four. Swoboda moves to third. Bosch moves to second.
Top 6 Bosch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan misplays the ball. That's an error on Pagan. Grote scores. Swoboda moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Ron Swoboda pinch hits for Art Shamsky. Swoboda hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Charles scores. Grote moves to second.
Top 6 Grote hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Charles moves to second.
Top 6 Kranepool hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kolb settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Luke Walker now pitching. Charles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Cal Koonce now pitching. Stargell hits a popup towards third. Charles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Alley hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. May scores. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 5 Al McBean pinch runs for Manny Jimenez. Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Linz fields it and throws to second for the out. May moves to third.
Bottom 5 Manny Jimenez pinch hits for Tommie Sisk. Jimenez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pagan scores. May moves to second.
Bottom 5 May bunts towards the mound. Cardwell fields it and throws to third for the out. Pagan moves to second.
Bottom 5 Pagan is hit by the pitch. Kolb moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kolb takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Linz hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards second. Linz scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Stargell hits a fly ball into center field. Bosch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cardwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Bosch takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Shamsky moves to third.
Top 4 Shamsky hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Shamsky reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Grote is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Alley strikes out.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Sisk is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 May strikes out.
Top 3 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Charles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jones scores. Charles moves to second.
Top 3 Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stargell. Jones reaches second base with a double. Harrelson scores.
Top 3 Linz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alley scoops it up and throws to first, with Sisk covering, for the out. Harrelson moves to second.
Top 3 Harrelson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Cardwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Pagan hits a line drive towards first. Kranepool reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kolb hits a fly ball into center field. Bosch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Linz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bosch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Shamsky strikes out.
Top 2 Grote takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Kranepool hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Stargell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Linz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Alou scores.
Bottom 1 Alley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Linz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Alou moves to third.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 1 Alou bunts towards the mound. Cardwell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 There goes Linz. The throw from May and he is out, Kolb applying the tag.
Top 1 Charles takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Jones strikes out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Linz moves to second.
Top 1 Linz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Harrelson hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.