GAME LOG Cleveland @ Oakland
Thursday, 5/25/1968
Batting: Cleveland, top of 1st.
Pitching: Mike Paul
SS Leo Cardenas:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
2B Tito Fuentes:
Popped out to the second baseman.
LF Ron Swoboda:
Flies out to left-center.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Oakland 0, Cleveland 0
Batting: Oakland, bottom of 1st.
Pitching: Don Sutton
2B Rod Carew:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
1B Tito Francona:
SINGLES to left
LF Rico Carty:
Base on balls.
T. Francona to second.
RF George Altman:
Flies out to deep right field.
Francona tags up at second...
He reaches third base safely without a throw.
C John Orsino:
Base on balls.
R. Carty to second.
3B Harmon Killebrew:
SINGLES to left
T. Francona scores.
R. Carty to third.
J. Orsino to second.
R. Carty scores.
CF Joe Pepitone:
Grounds into fielders choice to the shortstop, Killebrew out at 2nd base.
Inning over... 2 runs, 2 hits, no errors.
Score: Oakland 2, Cleveland 0
Batting: Cleveland, top of 2nd.
Pitching: Mike Paul
CF Bobby Darwin:
Strikes out swinging.
RF Roger Maris:
Base on balls.
C Greg Goossen:
Flies out to deep right field.
3B Bill Sudakis:
Strikes out swinging.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Oakland 2, Cleveland 0
Batting: Oakland, bottom of 2nd.
Pitching: Don Sutton
SS Chico Salmon:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
P Mike Paul:
Strikes out swinging.
2B Rod Carew:
SINGLES to center
1B Tito Francona:
Carew steals second.
Popped out to the third baseman.
Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors.
Score: Oakland 2, Cleveland 0
Batting: Cleveland, top of 3rd.
Pitching: Mike Paul
1B Clarence Jones:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
P Don Sutton:
Strikes out swinging.
SS Leo Cardenas:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Oakland 2, Cleveland 0
Batting: Oakland, bottom of 3rd.
Pitching: Don Sutton
LF Rico Carty:
SINGLES to center
RF George Altman:
SINGLES to shallow right-center.
R. Carty to second.
C John Orsino:
SINGLES to short left field.
R. Carty to third.
G. Altman to second.
3B Harmon Killebrew:
Grounded into double play, 6-4-3.
R. Carty scores.
G. Altman to third.
CF Joe Pepitone:
Grounds out to the first baseman.
Inning over... one run, 3 hits, no errors.
Score: Oakland 3, Cleveland 0
Batting: Cleveland, top of 4th.
Pitching: Mike Paul
2B Tito Fuentes:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
LF Ron Swoboda:
SOLO HOMERUN down the right field line. (346 feet)
CF Bobby Darwin:
Popped out to the catcher.
RF Roger Maris:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
Inning over... one run, one hit, no errors.
Score: Oakland 3, Cleveland 1
Batting: Oakland, bottom of 4th.
Pitching: Don Sutton
SS Chico Salmon:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
P Mike Paul:
Flies out to deep right field.
2B Rod Carew:
Base on balls.
1B Tito Francona:
DOUBLES to the gap in right-center.
R. Carew scores.
LF Rico Carty:
Base on balls.
RF George Altman:
Flies out down the left field line.
Inning over... one run, one hit, no errors.
Score: Oakland 4, Cleveland 1
Batting: Cleveland, top of 5th.
Pitching: Mike Paul
C Greg Goossen:
Strikes out looking.
3B Bill Sudakis:
SINGLES to right
1B Clarence Jones:
SINGLES to short left field.
B. Sudakis to second.
P Don Sutton:
SAC BUNT.
Sudakis advances to third.
Jones advances to second.
SS Leo Cardenas:
SINGLES to left
B. Sudakis scores.
C. Jones to third.
C. Jones scores.
2B Tito Fuentes:
Grounds out to the pitcher.
Inning over... 2 runs, 3 hits, no errors.
Score: Oakland 4, Cleveland 3
Batting: Oakland, bottom of 5th.
Pitching: Don Sutton
C John Orsino:
SINGLES to left
3B Harmon Killebrew:
Base on balls.
J. Orsino to second.
CF Joe Pepitone:
Popped out to the third baseman.
SS Chico Salmon:
Flies out to shallow right field.
P Mike Paul:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors.
Score: Oakland 4, Cleveland 3
Batting: Cleveland, top of 6th.
Pitching: Mike Paul
LF Ron Swoboda:
Flies out to left field.
CF Bobby Darwin:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
RF Roger Maris:
SINGLES to the gap in left-center.
Fielding error by the leftfielder!
R. Maris to second.
C Greg Goossen:
Strikes out swinging.
Inning over... no runs, one hit, one error.
Score: Oakland 4, Cleveland 3
Batting: Oakland, bottom of 6th.
Pitching: Don Sutton
2B Rod Carew:
Flies out to deep center field.
1B Tito Francona:
Popped out to the shortstop.
LF Rico Carty:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Oakland 4, Cleveland 3
Batting: Cleveland, top of 7th.
Pitching: Mike Paul
3B Bill Sudakis:
Strikes out looking.
1B Clarence Jones:
SOLO HOMERUN to deep right-center. (389 feet)
P Don Sutton:
Base on balls.
PH Curt Blefary:
Flies out to short center field.
PH Chuck Hinton:
Strikes out swinging.
Inning over... one run, one hit, no errors.
Score: Oakland 4, Cleveland 4
Batting: Oakland, bottom of 7th.
Pitching: Don Sutton
RF George Altman:
New 1B: Chuck Hinton.
New 2B: Charlie Shoemaker.
New SS: Clarence Jones.
Strikes out looking.
C John Orsino:
Base on balls.
3B Harmon Killebrew:
Strikes out swinging.
New pitcher: Ed Barnowski.
CF Joe Pepitone:
SINGLES to center
J. Orsino to second.
J. Orsino to third.
PH Manny Jimenez:
Flies out to deep center field.
Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors.
Score: Oakland 4, Cleveland 4
Batting: Cleveland, top of 8th.
Pitching: Mike Paul
LF Ron Swoboda:
New SS: Dick Groat.
Strikes out looking.
CF Bobby Darwin:
SOLO HOMERUN to deep right field. (383 feet)
2B Charlie Shoemaker:
DOUBLES to deep center field.
C Greg Goossen:
Intentional walk.
PH Willie Tasby:
Flies out to deep left-center.
Shoemaker tags up at second...
He reaches third base safely without a throw.
New pitcher: Pete Richert.
SS Clarence Jones:
Strikes out swinging.
Inning over... one run, 2 hits, no errors.
Score: Cleveland 5, Oakland 4
Batting: Oakland, bottom of 8th.
Pitching: Ed Barnowski
P Pete Richert:
New 3B: Willie Tasby.
PH Buck Rodgers:
Base on balls.
2B Rod Carew:
SAC BUNT.
Dobbek advances to second.
1B Tito Francona:
Base on balls.
LF Rico Carty:
Base on balls.
D. Dobbek to third.
T. Francona to second.
RF George Altman:
Grounded into double play, 4-6-3.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Cleveland 5, Oakland 4
Batting: Cleveland, top of 9th.
Pitching: Pete Richert
New pitcher: Ron Taylor.
P Ed Barnowski:
PH Bob Chance:
Flies out to deep center field.
RF Curt Blefary:
Grounds out to the pitcher.
1B Chuck Hinton:
Strikes out swinging.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Cleveland 5, Oakland 4
Batting: Oakland, bottom of 9th.
Pitching: Ed Barnowski
New pitcher: John Hiller.
C John Orsino:
SOLO HOMERUN to deep center field. (417 feet)
3B Harmon Killebrew:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
CF Joe Pepitone:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
SS Dick Groat:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
Inning over... one run, one hit, no errors.
Score: Oakland 5, Cleveland 5
Batting: Cleveland, top of 10th.
Pitching: Ron Taylor
LF Ron Swoboda:
Flies out to left field.
CF Bobby Darwin:
SOLO HOMERUN to deep left-center. (416 feet)
2B Charlie Shoemaker:
Flies out to center field.
C Greg Goossen:
Goossen thrown out at third by the rightfielder while trying to stretch a double into a triple.
Inning over... one run, 2 hits, no errors.
Score: Cleveland 6, Oakland 5
Batting: Oakland, bottom of 10th.
Pitching: John Hiller
PH Larry Brown:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
2B Rod Carew:
Lines out to the second baseman.
1B Tito Francona:
Popped out to the shortstop.
Game over. Score: Cleveland 6, Oakland 5
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