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September 20, 1968

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Rick Monday Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .272
OBP .500 .366
At Bats 3 463
Hits 1 126
• Singles 1 92
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 1 67
RBI’s 0 45

Jim Merritt Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 16 0
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Metropolitan Stadium - September 20, 1968
Out
Jim Merritt
John Roseboro
Bob Allison
Rod Carew
Frank Quilici
Ron Clark
Graig Nettles
Cesar Tovar
Jim Holt
Rick Monday
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Monday hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Bando hits a fly ball into left field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cater hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Frank Quilici now playing third base. Jackson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jim Kaat pinch runs for Harmon Killebrew. Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 8 Jim Gosger now playing left field. Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hunter strikes out.
Top 8 Jim Holt now playing right field. Ron Clark now playing shortstop. Jim Merritt now pitching. Duncan strikes out.
Bottom 7 Jim Holt pinch hits for Pat Kelly. Holt hits a fly ball into left field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tovar hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ted Uhlaender pinch runs for Bruce Look. Rich Reese pinch hits for Bob Miller. Reese strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bruce Look pinch hits for Jackie Hernandez. Look hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hunter fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Green hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cater scores. Bando moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Monday hits a fly ball into left field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bando hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez misplays the ball. That's an error on Hernandez. Jackson scores. Cater moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Bob Miller now pitching. Cater hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez misplays the ball. That's an error on Hernandez. Jackson moves to third.
Top 7 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Campaneris scores.
Top 7 Stephen fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Stephen. Campaneris moves to second.
Top 7 Campaneris takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Hunter hits a fly ball into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Roseboro hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Allison strikes out.
Bottom 6 Carew hits a fly ball into left field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Keough takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Green hits a line drive towards short. Hernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kelly hits a fly ball into left field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Monday hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Cater trying to get to home. Kelly throws the ball in to Roseboro who tags Cater who's trying to score from second, for the out. Bando moves to second.
Top 5 Bando takes first base on ball four. Cater moves to second.
Top 5 Cater hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Jackson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Roseboro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Campaneris hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Stephen hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bando settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hernandez bunts in front of the plate. Duncan fields it and throws to first for the out. Allison moves to third. Roseboro moves to second.
Bottom 4 Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hunter juggles the ball. That's an error on Hunter.
Bottom 4 Allison hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Keough. Allison reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Hunter strikes out.
Top 4 Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Allison fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 4 Keough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Green scores.
Top 4 There goes Green. The throw from Roseboro and he is safe. Green steals second.
Top 4 Green hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Carew hits a fly ball into left field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Nettles hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Nettles reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Killebrew strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Monday hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bando hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cater hits a line drive into right field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jackson moves to third.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Jackson moves to second.
Top 3 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Tovar hits a fly ball into left field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Stephen hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cater settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Roseboro hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Duncan hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jackie Hernandez now playing shortstop. Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stephen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Allison hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Green settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green misplays the ball. That's an error on Green. Killebrew moves to third. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 1 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hunter fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Killebrew moves to second.
Bottom 1 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Kelly hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Tovar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Green hits a line drive into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Monday takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Bando hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jackson tags and scores.
Top 1 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renick scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Campaneris scores. Jackson moves to third.
Top 1 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 1 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Campaneris. The throw from Roseboro and he is safe. Campaneris steals second.
Top 1 Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.