National League
                          Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Mets
                       15-Sep-1968 at Flushing, NY (Shea Stadium)

Pittsburgh Pirates 3 (73-76)                  New York Mets 0 (67-84)

Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
Freddie Patek ss...........  4  0  0  0       Ken Boswell 2b.............  4  0  1  0
Maury Wills 3b.............  4  0  0  0       Larry Stahl cf.............  3  0  0  0
Matty Alou cf..............  4  0  1  0       Cleon Jones lf.............  4  0  0  0
Roberto Clemente rf........  4  2  3  0       Art Shamsky rf.............  4  0  0  0
 Manny Mota pr/rf..........  0  0  0  0       Ed Charles 3b..............  3  0  0  0
Willie Stargell lf.........  2  1  0  0       Mike Jorgensen 1b..........  3  0  1  0
Donn Clendenon 1b..........  3  0  0  0       Jerry Grote c..............  2  0  0  0
Bill Mazeroski 2b..........  3  0  0  0       Bud Harrelson ss...........  3  0  0  0
Chris Cannizzaro c.........  1  0  0  1       Don Cardwell p.............  1  0  0  0
 Dock Ellis pr.............  0  0  0  0        Cal Koonce p..............  0  0  0  0
 Jerry May c...............  2  0  0  0        Ed Kranepool ph...........  1  0  0  0
Steve Blass p..............  4  0  2  2        Ron Taylor p..............  0  0  0  0
                                               Kevin Collins ph..........  1  0  0  0
                                               Dick Selma p..............  0  0  0  0
Totals..................... 31  3  6  3       Totals..................... 29  0  2  0

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
-------------------------------------------
Pittsburgh Pirates.. 010 200 000 -  3  6  0
New York Mets....... 000 000 000 -  0  2  1
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E - Harrelson. DP - Mets 1. LOB - Pirates 6; Mets 5. 2B - Clemente 2; Jorgensen. SH
- Clendenon. SB - Stahl.

Pittsburgh Pirates             IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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Steve Blass  W,16-5........   9.0  2  0  0  3 10   0  0  0  0   29 32   8  9

New York Mets                  IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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Don Cardwell  L,7-13.......   3.2  4  3  2  3  1   0  0  0  1   14 18   4  5
Cal Koonce ................   1.1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    4  4   1  2
Ron Taylor ................   3.0  1  0  0  1  4   0  0  0  1   10 11   4  1
Dick Selma ................   1.0  0  0  0  0  2   0  0  0  0    3  3   0  1

PB - May.

Strikeouts - Patek; Wills; Clendenon; Mazeroski; May; Blass 2; Boswell; Stahl;
Jones; Shamsky 3; Charles; Jorgensen; Grote; Cardwell. Walks - Stargell 2;
Mazeroski; Cannizzaro; Stahl; Charles; Grote.

Umpires - HP: Lee Weyer  1B: Tom Gorman  2B: Nick Colosi  3B: Ed Sudol
Start: 14:05   Time: 2:22   Attendance: 33,838

Game notes:
Play-by-play from Retrosheet - www.retrosheet.org
Game: 680915

National League
Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Mets - Play-by-Play
15-Sep-1968 at Flushing, NY (Shea Stadium)

Pittsburgh Pirates starters: 2/ss Patek; 30/3b Wills; 18/cf Alou; 21/rf Clemente; 8/lf Stargell; 17/1b Clendenon; 9/2b Mazeroski; 16/c Cannizzaro; 28/p Blass
New York Mets starters: 12/2b Boswell; 25/cf Stahl; 21/lf Jones; 24/rf Shamsky; 5/3b Charles; 16/1b Jorgensen; 15/c Grote; 3/ss Harrelson; 27/p Cardwell

Pittsburgh Pirates 1st - Patek grounded out to ss. Wills struck out swinging. Alou lined out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

New York Mets 1st - Boswell grounded out to 2b. Stahl popped up to ss. Jones grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 2nd - Clemente singled. Stargell lined out to lf. Clendenon popped up to 2b. Mazeroski reached on an error by ss; Clemente advanced to third. Cannizzaro walked; Mazeroski advanced to second. Blass singled to left field, RBI; Cannizzaro advanced to second; Mazeroski advanced to third, out at home lf to c; Clemente scored, unearned. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

New York Mets 2nd - Shamsky struck out swinging. Charles struck out swinging. Jorgensen grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 3rd - Patek flied out to rf. Wills grounded out to 2b. Alou grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

New York Mets 3rd - Grote fouled out to c. Harrelson grounded out to 1b unassisted. Cardwell struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 4th - Clemente doubled to center field. Stargell walked. Clendenon out at first p to 2b, SAC; Stargell advanced to second; Clemente advanced to third. Mazeroski intentionally walked. Cannizzaro reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; Mazeroski out at second ss to 2b; Stargell advanced to third; Clemente scored. Ellis pinch ran for Cannizzaro. Blass singled, RBI; Ellis advanced to second; Stargell scored. Koonce to p for Cardwell. Patek popped up to 3b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

New York Mets 4th - May to c for Ellis. Boswell struck out looking. Stahl walked. Stahl stole second. Jones lined out to lf. Shamsky struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 5th - Wills grounded out to 2b. Alou singled, bunt. Clemente grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Alou out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

New York Mets 5th - Charles grounded out to p. Jorgensen doubled to right field. Grote walked. Harrelson flied out to lf. Kranepool pinch hit for Koonce. Kranepool popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 6th - Taylor to p for Kranepool. Stargell flied out to lf. Clendenon struck out swinging. Mazeroski flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

New York Mets 6th - Boswell singled to right field. Stahl struck out swinging. Jones fouled out to 1b. Shamsky lined out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 7th - May struck out swinging. Blass struck out swinging. Patek struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

New York Mets 7th - Charles walked. Jorgensen struck out swinging. Charles advanced to second on a passed ball. Grote struck out swinging. Harrelson grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 8th - Wills fouled out to ss. Alou grounded out to 1b unassisted. Clemente doubled to left field. Mota pinch ran for Clemente. Stargell intentionally walked. Clendenon flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

New York Mets 8th - Mota to rf. Collins pinch hit for Taylor. Collins grounded out to 2b. Boswell grounded out to 1b unassisted. Stahl grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 9th - Selma to p for Collins. Mazeroski struck out swinging. May grounded out to ss. Blass struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

New York Mets 9th - Jones struck out swinging. Shamsky struck out swinging. Charles popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.


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