7/20/1968, NYM68-FOR68, Tiger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1968 Mets 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 10 12 1 8 1 1968 Fortress 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 8 0 7 0 Mets AB R H BI AVG Fortress AB R H BI AVG Alou M cf 5 2 2 1 .333 Belanger ss 3 0 0 0 .288 Jones Cleon lf 5 2 1 0 .282 Alomar ph 0 0 0 1 .286 Robinson Frank rf 3 1 1 0 .215 Hansen ph 1 0 1 0 .165 Cepeda 1b 5 1 1 4 .214 Phillips cf 5 1 1 0 .188 Bailey B 3b 3 2 1 1 .156 Alvis 3b 4 0 0 0 .220 Torre c 5 2 3 0 .224 Carroll p 0 0 0 0 .500 Pena R ss 3 0 1 1 .171 Hart lf 3 1 1 1 .278 Alley 2b 2 0 0 1 .236 Northrup rf 3 1 2 2 .319 Allen R ph 1 0 0 0 .191 Buford 2b 3 0 1 0 .253 Tovar 2b 1 0 1 1 .214 Blefary 1b 4 0 0 0 .217 Cuellar p 3 0 0 0 .189 May J c 4 0 0 0 .182 Sprague p 0 0 0 0 .000 Cloninger p 2 0 0 0 .061 Gotay ph 1 0 1 0 .143 Stroud ph 1 1 1 0 .236 Davis R pr 1 0 0 0 .000 Mitterwald ph 1 0 1 0 .385 Patterson p 0 0 0 0 .000 34 4 8 4 38 10 12 9 Mets INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Cuellar 5.1 5 3 2 1 3 80 53 3.61 Sprague W 1-1 2.2 1 1 1 2 2 30 14 5.14 Patterson 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 18 12 2.95 9.0 8 4 3 3 6 128 79 Fortress INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Cloninger 7.0 6 4 4 3 11 127 72 2.53 Carroll L 0-6 2.0 6 6 6 2 1 59 30 4.50 9.0 12 10 10 5 12 186 102 NYM: Allen R batted for Alley in the 8th Tovar inserted at 2b in the 8th Gotay batted for Sprague in the 9th Davis R ran for Gotay in the 9th FOR: Stroud batted for Cloninger in the 7th Alomar batted for Belanger in the 7th Alomar moved to ss in the 8th Hart moved to 3b in the 8th Stroud moved to lf in the 8th Mitterwald batted for Stroud in the 9th Hansen batted for Alomar in the 9th E-Pena R. 2B-Torre(9), Pena R(4), Phillips(9), Northrup(18). 3B-Stroud(7). HR-Alou M(8), Cepeda(12), Bailey B(1), Northrup(16). RBI-Alou M(30), Cepeda 4(48), Bailey B(4), Pena R(11), Alley(21), Tovar(25), Hart(59), Northrup 2(51), Alomar(16). SB-Alou M(8), Jones Cleon 2(13), Hart(3), Buford(19). K-Jones Cleon 3, Robinson Frank, Cepeda, Bailey B, Torre, Pena R, Alley, Cuellar 3, Phillips 2, Alvis, Blefary, May J, Cloninger. BB-Robinson Frank 2, Bailey B 2, Pena R, Hart, Northrup, Buford. SH-Alomar. SF-Pena R. HBP-Alley. HB-Cloninger. WP-Cloninger. BALK-Cloninger 2. GWRBI: Cepeda Temperature: 94, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 9 MPH. 7/20/1968, NYM68-FOR68, Tiger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1968 Mets 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 10 12 1 8 1 1968 Fortress 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 8 0 7 0 Mets -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Alou M cf 1>7 note 1 5>43 7>HR S.1-2 Jones Cleon lf S SB2 k k note 2 k Robinson Frank rf SB2 3>W S 13 W.2-3;1-2 SB3 k Cepeda 1b bk.3-H bk.1-2 k 63 note 3 63 6 Bailey B 3b 2>HR 2/fl 6>W 8>Carroll W k Torre c S k 7 S D.1-3 Pena R ss D.1-3 4>k W.1-2 6/f.B-1 9/SF.3-H Alley 2b note 4 HBP wp.2-3;1-2 k Allen R ph 9 Tovar 2b S.2-H Cuellar p k OA.1x2(26) k k Sprague p Gotay ph 9>S Davis R pr 43 Patterson p 1: 16/f.1x2;B-1 2: 15/f.1-2;B-1 3: HR.3-H;2-H;1-H 4: FC.3-H;2-3;B-1 Fortress -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Belanger ss 1>63 9 63 Alomar ph 54/SH.3-H Hansen ph S.1-3 Phillips cf k 63 6>D 8 k Alvis 3b 8 4>4 23.2-3 k Carroll p Hart lf 2>S 9 e6.3-H;B-1 8>W Northrup rf W.1-2 HR SB2 64/f.B-1 D.2-H Buford 2b 63.2-3;1-2 S Sprague 163/gdp IW Blefary 1b k SB2 note 1 9>Patterson 8 7 May J c 43 5>43 k 9 Cloninger p 3>k 5/fl Stroud ph 7>T Mitterwald ph S 1: 15/f.1-2;B-1 Mets IN OUT ER Fortress IN OUT ER Cuellar A1 C5 2 Cloninger A1 D4 4 Sprague C6 D6 1 W 1-1 Carroll D5 E9 6 L 0-6 Patterson D7 E2 0 7/20/1968, NYM68-FOR68, Tiger Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1968 Mets 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 10 12 1 8 1 1968 Fortress 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 8 0 7 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Mets batting 0-0 0 --- 31 Alou M popped out to left (CBBBX) 0-0 1 --- 11 Jones Cleon grounded a single between first and second (BFX) 0-0 1 1-- 00 Jones Cleon stole second (11>B) 0-0 1 -2- 10 Jones Cleon stole third (11>B.>C) 0-0 1 --3 32 Robinson Frank struck out (11>B.>C.BSBS) 0-0 2 --3 21 Cloninger balked, Jones Cleon scored (CBBC) 1-0 2 --- 22 Cepeda grounded out to short (CBBC.X) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Fortress batting 1-0 0 --- 01 Belanger grounded out to short (FX) 1-0 1 --- 22 Phillips struck out (CBCBS) 1-0 2 --- 32 Alvis flied out to center (CSFBBBX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Mets batting 1-0 0 --- 31 Bailey B homered deep down the left-field line (CBBBX) 2-0 0 --- 22 Torre grounded a single up the middle (BBSCX) 2-0 0 1-- 22 Pena R doubled deep down the left-field line, Torre to third (BBCSX) 2-0 0 -23 10 Alley reached on a fielder's choice to first, Torre scored, Pena R to third, Alley to first (BX) 3-0 0 1-3 12 Cuellar struck out (FCBFS) 3-0 1 1-3 00 Alou M grounded to the mound, forcing Alley at second, Alley out at second, Alou M to first (X) 3-0 2 1-3 00 Alou M stole second (1>C) 3-0 2 -23 12 Jones Cleon struck out (1>C.BSC) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Fortress batting 3-0 0 --- 32 Hart grounded a single up the middle (CSBBBX) 3-0 0 1-- 31 Northrup walked, Hart to second (BBBCB) 3-0 0 12- 00 Buford grounded out to short, Hart to third, Northrup to second (>X) 3-0 1 -23 12 Blefary struck out (CSBFS) 3-0 2 -23 11 May J grounded out to second (SBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Mets batting 3-0 0 --- 32 Robinson Frank walked (CFBBBB) 3-0 0 1-- 00 Cloninger balked, Robinson Frank to second 3-0 0 -2- 11 Cepeda popped out to short (BCX) 3-0 1 -2- 20 Bailey B popped out to the catcher (BBX) 3-0 2 -2- 22 Torre struck out (2SBCBS) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Fortress batting 3-0 0 --- 22 Cloninger struck out (SBSBFS) 3-0 1 --- 10 Belanger flied out to right (BX) 3-0 2 --- 12 Phillips grounded out to short (CSBX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Mets batting 3-0 0 --- 02 Pena R struck out (CSC) 3-0 1 --- 01 Alley was hit by a pitch (CH) 3-0 1 1-- 01 Alley out at second attempting to advance (CB) 3-0 2 --- 12 Cuellar struck out (CB.FC) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Fortress batting 3-0 0 --- 01 Alvis popped out to second (SX) 3-0 1 --- 21 Hart flied out to right (BBCX) 3-0 2 --- 00 Northrup homered deep to right center (X) 3-1 2 --- 00 Buford grounded a single up the middle (X) 3-1 2 1-- 00 Buford stole second (>B) 3-1 2 -2- 22 Blefary flied out to center (>B.2C2CBFFX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Mets batting 3-1 0 --- 21 Alou M grounded out to second (BCBX) 3-1 1 --- 32 Jones Cleon struck out (BBBCFS) 3-1 2 --- 22 Robinson Frank grounded a single up the middle (CBBFX) 3-1 2 1-- 22 Cepeda struck out (1BFBFS) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Fortress batting 3-1 0 --- 12 May J grounded out to second (CFFBX) 3-1 1 --- 01 Cloninger popped out to third (CX) 3-1 2 --- 20 Belanger grounded out to short (BBX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Mets batting 3-1 0 --- 31 Bailey B walked (CBBBB) 3-1 0 1-- 21 Torre lined out to left (BBFX) 3-1 1 1-- 32 Pena R walked, Bailey B to second (CCBBBB) 3-1 1 12- 00 Cloninger threw a wild pitch, Bailey B to third, Pena R to second (B) 3-1 1 -23 22 Alley struck out (B.BFCFS) 3-1 2 -23 02 Cuellar struck out (CSS) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Fortress batting 3-1 0 --- 00 Phillips lined a double to left center (X) 3-1 0 -2- 10 Alvis grounded out to the catcher, Phillips to third (BX) 3-1 1 --3 02 Phillips scored, Hart to first on an error by the shortstop Pena R (CFX) 3-2 1 1-- 10 Hart stole second (B>C) 3-2 1 -2- 11 Northrup doubled deep to right center, Hart scored (B>C.X) Sprague now pitching 3-3 1 -2- 30 Buford was walked intentionally (IIII) 3-3 1 12- 21 Blefary grounded to the mound, forcing Northrup at third, Buford to second, Blefary to first (CBBX) 3-3 2 12- 02 May J struck out (C>F>S) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Mets batting 3-3 0 --- 10 Alou M homered deep to left center (BX) 4-3 0 --- 22 Jones Cleon struck out (BCBCS) 4-3 1 --- 11 Robinson Frank grounded out to the mound (BCX) 4-3 2 --- 00 Cepeda grounded out to short (X) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Fortress batting Stroud pinch hitting for Cloninger 4-3 0 --- 00 Stroud tripled deep to right center (X) Alomar pinch hitting for Belanger 4-3 0 --3 00 Alomar sacrifice bunted to third, Stroud scored (Xb) 4-4 1 --- 21 Phillips popped out to center (BBFX) 4-4 2 --- 22 Alvis struck out (BSBSS) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Mets batting Alomar moved to shortstop Carroll now pitching Hart moved to third base Stroud moved to left field 4-4 0 --- 12 Bailey B struck out (BFFS) 4-4 1 --- 20 Torre lined a single to center (BBX) 4-4 1 1-- 22 Pena R grounded to short, forcing Torre at second, Pena R to first (CBBFX) Allen R pinch hitting for Alley 4-4 2 1-- 31 Allen R flied out to right (BSBBX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Fortress batting Tovar now playing second base 4-4 0 --- 30 Hart walked (BBBB) 4-4 0 1-- 10 Northrup grounded to short, forcing Hart at second, Northrup to first (BX) 4-4 1 1-- 10 Buford grounded into a double play, Sprague to Pena R to Cepeda (BX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Mets batting Gotay pinch hitting for Sprague 4-4 0 --- 01 Gotay lined a single to center (SX) Davis R pinch running for Gotay 4-4 0 1-- 10 Alou M grounded a single up the middle, Davis R to second (BX) 4-4 0 12- 22 Jones Cleon grounded to the mound, forcing Davis R at third, Alou M to second, Jones Cleon to first (BFFBX) 4-4 1 12- 32 Robinson Frank walked, Alou M to third, Jones Cleon to second (2BBBCFB) 4-4 1 123 21 Cepeda homered deep to left center, Alou M scored, Jones Cleon scored, Robinson Frank scored (BFBX) 8-4 1 --- 31 Bailey B walked (BBBCB) 8-4 1 1-- 32 Torre grounded a double down the first base line, Bailey B to third (FBBBSX) 8-4 1 -23 21 Pena R lined out to right, Bailey B scored (BBSX) 9-4 2 -2- 11 Tovar lined a single down the right field line, Torre scored (CBX) 10-4 2 1-- 22 Davis R grounded out to second (CBFBX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Fortress batting Patterson now pitching 10-4 0 --- 20 Blefary flied out to left (BBX) 10-4 1 --- 02 May J flied out to right (FFX) Mitterwald pinch hitting for Stroud 10-4 2 --- 22 Mitterwald lined a single to left center (BCFBX) Hansen pinch hitting for Alomar 10-4 2 1-- 11 Hansen singled to left center, Mitterwald to third (CBX) 10-4 2 1-3 12 Phillips struck out (BCSS)