Mets @ Giants
June 9, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 4 5 3
Giants 4 9 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 4 5 3
Giants 5 10 1

Willie Mays Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .278
OBP .500 .346
At Bats 4 187
Hits 2 52
• Singles 1 33
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 11
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 1 30

Cal Koonce Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 5
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Candlestick Park - June 9, 1968
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Single
Cal Koonce
Jerry Grote
Art Shamsky
Phil Linz
Kevin Collins
Al Weis
Cleon Jones
Tommie Agee
Ron Swoboda
Willie Mays
Willie McCovey
Ron Hunt

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 4 5 3 5
San Francisco Giants 5 10 1 9
Winning Pitcher Frank Linzy
Losing Pitcher Cal Koonce
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Willie Mays
Attendance
Time of Game 3 hours 20 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Mays hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Hunt scores. McCovey moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 McCovey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cline scores. Hunt moves to second.
Bottom 9 Dave Marshall pinch hits for Frank Johnson. Marshall strikes out.
Bottom 9 Hunt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cline moves to third.
Bottom 9 Jim Davenport pinch hits for Frank Linzy. Davenport strikes out.
Bottom 9 Ty Cline pinch hits for Bob Barton. Cline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Linz strikes out.
Top 9 Weis hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Agee strikes out.
Top 9 Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson misplays the ball. That's an error on Johnson.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 8 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mays moves to third.
Bottom 8 Jerry Grote now catching. Cal Koonce now pitching. Phil Linz now playing second base. Kevin Collins now playing third base. Mays hits a line drive into left field. Jones picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jones. Mays moves to second.
Top 8 Frank Linzy now pitching. Charles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Joe Gibbon now pitching. Jerry Grote pinch hits for J.C. Martin. Grote takes first base on ball four. Shamsky moves to second.
Top 8 Shamsky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Collins moves to third.
Top 8 Collins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Weis scores.
Top 8 Jones strikes out.
Top 8 Linz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Weis moves to third.
Top 8 Phil Linz pinch hits for Jerry Koosman. There's a wild pitch. Weis moves to second.
Top 8 Weis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 McCovey strikes out.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hunt strikes out.
Top 7 Agee strikes out.
Top 7 Swoboda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Charles hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Perry hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Barton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Martin hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Shamsky hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Collins hits a popup towards short. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 McCovey is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Koosman is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Weis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Hunt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Perry is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Barton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jones. Barton reaches second base with a double. Alou scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Charles. Brown goes all the way around to score. Alou moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Shamsky juggles the ball. That's an error on Shamsky.
Bottom 4 Hart is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Agee strikes out.
Top 4 Swoboda strikes out.
Top 4 Charles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McCovey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Swoboda. McCovey reaches second base with a double. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Hunt hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Perry strikes out.
Top 3 Martin strikes out.
Top 3 Shamsky hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown. Shamsky reaches second base with a double. Koosman scores.
Top 3 Collins hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jones strikes out.
Top 3 Koosman hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Koosman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Barton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Collins fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hart hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Collins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Weis hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Agee hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Swoboda strikes out.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis fields it and throws to second for the out. Hunt moves to third.
Bottom 1 Johnson is hit by the pitch. Hunt moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hunt takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Charles hits a fly ball towards center. Mays catches it and throws to first to double up Martin. Collins tags and scores.
Top 1 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt fields it and throws to second for the out. Jones scores. Collins moves to third.
Top 1 Shamsky takes first base on ball four. Collins moves to second.
Top 1 Collins takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 The ball gets by Barton for a passed ball. Jones moves to third.
Top 1 Jones hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Jones reaches second base with a double.