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July 17, 1968

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Top 9 R H E
Mets 2 8 4
Pirates 8 15 1
Top 9 R H E
Mets 2 8 4
Pirates 8 15 1

Al Weis Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .193
OBP .333 .248
At Bats 3 197
Hits 1 38
• Singles 1 34
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 11

Steve Blass Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 2 0
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Forbes Field - July 17, 1968
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Steve Blass
Jerry May
Donn Clendenon
Bill Mazeroski
Maury Wills
Gene Alley
Manny Mota
Matty Alou
Bill Virdon
Al Weis
Ron Swoboda
Ed Kranepool

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 2 8 4 6
Pittsburgh Pirates 8 15 1 11
Winning Pitcher Steve Blass
Losing Pitcher Jerry Koosman
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gene Alley
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 44 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Weis hits a fly ball into right field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Swoboda hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kranepool moves to second.
Top 9 Shamsky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kranepool hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Bill Virdon now playing right field. Matty Alou now playing center field. Manny Mota now playing left field. Martin hits a popup towards short. Alley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mazeroski hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Linz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mota 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. Clemente scores. Mota moves to second.
Bottom 8 Clendenon strikes out.
Bottom 8 Stargell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Alley scores. Clemente moves to second.
Bottom 8 Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wills scores. Alley moves to third.
Bottom 8 The ball gets by Martin for a passed ball. Wills moves to third. Alley moves to second.
Bottom 8 Alley takes first base on ball four. Wills moves to second.
Bottom 8 Bill Short now pitching. Ed Charles now playing third base. Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Collins hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Charles tags and scores.
Top 8 Linz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Charles moves to third.
Top 8 Ed Charles pinch hits for Danny Frisella. Charles takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Blass strikes out.
Bottom 7 May strikes out.
Bottom 7 Mazeroski is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Mota hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Weis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Weis for the out.
Top 7 Swoboda hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Shamsky hits a popup towards short. Alley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Clendenon hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stargell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Frisella fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Alley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kranepool for the out.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Jones moves to second.
Top 6 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Mota settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Collins hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wills 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 5 Blass bunts towards the mound. Frisella fields it and throws to third for the out. May moves to second.
Bottom 5 May takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Clendenon scores. Mazeroski moves to second.
Bottom 5 Mota bunts towards the mound. Frisella fields it and throws to first for the out. Clendenon moves to second.
Bottom 5 Clendenon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Linz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Frisella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Weis moves to second.
Top 5 Weis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Swoboda hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stargell strikes out.
Bottom 4 Clemente hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Swoboda. Clemente reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Alley hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Shamsky hits a fly ball into left field. Stargell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kranepool hits a popup towards third. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jones scores. Martin moves to second.
Top 4 Jones hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Jones reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first, with Blass covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Blass hits a ball on the ground towards third. Collins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. May moves to second.
Bottom 3 May takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Mazeroski hits a popup towards third. Collins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Danny Frisella now pitching. Mota hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Shamsky throws the ball in to Linz who tags Mota, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Clendenon moves to third.
Bottom 3 Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool fields the ball and throws to Koosman covering. Safe.
Bottom 3 Stargell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Linz strikes out.
Top 3 Koosman bunts towards the mound. Blass fields it and throws to first for the out. Weis moves to second.
Top 3 Weis hits a fly ball towards center. Mota settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Mota.
Top 3 Swoboda strikes out.
Bottom 2 Clemente hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Alley bunts towards the mound. Koosman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wills scores.
Bottom 2 Wills hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Swoboda who is chasing the ball. Wills reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Blass strikes out.
Bottom 2 May hits a popup towards first. Kranepool settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Shamsky strikes out. There goes Kranepool. The throw from May to Alley, and Kranepool is out.
Top 2 Kranepool hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops it up and throws to first, with Blass covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Mazeroski strikes out.
Bottom 1 Mota hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Weis. Clendenon moves to third.
Bottom 1 Clendenon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stargell scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Stargell hits a line drive into center field. Jones picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jones. Stargell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Alley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wills scores.
Bottom 1 Wills hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Swoboda chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Weis. Weis fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Weis. Wills moves to third.
Top 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Collins strikes out.
Top 1 Linz strikes out.