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Cincinnati Reds @ Chicago Cubs

1968-08-18 · Day game · Wrigley Field · 73°F, sunny · 3:06

Cincinnati Reds defeated Chicago Cubs 2–1. George Culver earned the win and Clay Carroll picked up the save. Billy Williams went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	11
CHN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6

W: George Culver L: Rich Nye SV: Clay Carroll

Umpires — HP: Chris Pelekoudas · 1B: Doug Harvey · 2B: John Kibler · 3B: Shag Crawford · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	5	0	2	0	0	2
Jim Beauchamp	3	0	1	0	0	1
Alex Johnson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Tony Perez	3	1	1	1	1	0
Lee May	4	1	2	0	0	2
Tommy Helms	4	0	2	0	0	0
Pat Corrales	3	0	1	0	1	0
Leo Cardenas	4	0	0	1	0	0
George Culver	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mack Jones	2	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Kessinger	4	0	0	0	0	1
Glenn Beckert	4	0	2	0	0	0
Billy Williams	4	1	2	1	0	0
Willie Smith	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ernie Banks	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Santo	4	0	0	0	0	0
John Upham	3	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Hundley	2	0	1	0	1	0
Rich Nye	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Nen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Regan	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Culver	8.0	6	1	3
Clay Carroll	1.0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rich Nye	6.0	8	3	4
Phil Regan	3.0	3	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Rose: S8
Jim Beauchamp: K
Alex Johnson: S9.1-3
Tony Perez: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Don Kessinger: K
Glenn Beckert: 13
Billy Williams: HR/7
Willie Smith: 2/FL

Top 2

Lee May: D5/G
Tommy Helms: 43.2-3
Pat Corrales: W
Leo Cardenas: E6.3-H(RBI);1-2;B-1
George Culver: 35(2)4/BG/GDP

Bot 2

Ernie Banks: 9
Ron Santo: 23
John Upham: 63

Top 3

Pete Rose: 13
Jim Beauchamp: 63
Alex Johnson: 63

Bot 3

Randy Hundley: W
Rich Nye: K
Don Kessinger: 54(1)/FO
Glenn Beckert: 7/L

Top 4

Tony Perez: HR/7
Lee May: S8/G
Tommy Helms: S4/G.1-2
Pat Corrales: 36(1)3/GDP.2-3
Leo Cardenas: 53

Bot 4

Billy Williams: 43
Willie Smith: K
Ernie Banks: 6/L

Top 5

George Culver: W
Pete Rose: K/C
Jim Beauchamp: S7.1-2
Alex Johnson: 53.2-3;1-2
Tony Perez: IW
Lee May: K

Bot 5

Ron Santo: 53
John Upham: 8
Randy Hundley: 13

Top 6

Tommy Helms: S7
Pat Corrales: 53.1-2
Leo Cardenas: E5.2-2;B-1
George Culver: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Pete Rose: K/C

Bot 6

Dick Nen: 3/L
Don Kessinger: 8
Glenn Beckert: S9/P
Billy Williams: 9/L

Top 7

Mack Jones: 31
Alex Johnson: D7
Tony Perez: 43.2-3
Lee May: K

Bot 7

Willie Smith: S9/L
Ernie Banks: 1/SH.1-2
Ron Santo: 43
John Upham: 3/G

Top 8

Tommy Helms: 31
Pat Corrales: S8
Leo Cardenas: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Randy Hundley: S6
Phil Regan: 36(1)/FO/BG
Don Kessinger: 43.1-2
Glenn Beckert: S9.2XH(92)

Top 9

George Culver: K
Pete Rose: S9
Mack Jones: CS2(26)
Mack Jones: 31

Bot 9

Billy Williams: T9
Willie Smith: 3/L
Ernie Banks: HP
Ron Santo: 64(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

Rich Nye 102 pitches; George Culver 106 pitches
with a 2-1 count, HP umpire Chris Pelekoudas warned Phil Regan about throwing an illegal pitch; Mack Jones flew out but the play was nullified due to another illegal pitch (spitter) called on Regan; Pelekoudas called for a towel and wiped the inside of Regan's cap; Cubs Manager Leo Durocher ejected by Pelekoudas; Al Spangler ejected by 3B umpire Shag Crawford and was restrained by coach Pete Reiser from the bench
Pete Rose struck out on a 3-2 pitch, but the play was nullified by HP umpire Chris Pelekoudas due to an illegal pitch by Phil Regan; Randy Hundley ejected by Pelekoudas, who said after the game that the umpires found Vaseline on Regan's cap
Pete Rose ejected by 2B umpire John Kibler

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