Cincinnati's Mack Jones smashed 3 homeruns and had 7 RBI as the Red's defeated the New York Mets 7-3. Jones was a one man wrecking crew as he drove in all of Cincinnati's runs off Met's pitcher Tom Seaver. Jones joined 2 others who have hit 3 homers in a game in this 1968 NL season, Hank Aaron and most recently Ron Santo. Only Jones and Santo have had 7 RBI in a game this year.
BOXSCORE: 1968 Cincinnati Reds At 1968 New York Mets 7/28/1968
Reds AB R H RBI AVG Mets AB R H RBI AVG
P.Rose RF 4 2 3 0 .322 A.Weis SS 3 1 0 0 .182
V.Pinson CF 4 1 0 0 .304 L.Stahl CF 3 1 2 0 .231
M.Jones LF 4 3 3 7 .252 C.Jones LF 3 0 1 0 .307
L.May 1B 5 0 0 0 .290 E.Charles 3B 4 0 0 0 .308
T.Perez 3B 5 0 1 0 .317 E.Kranepool 1B 4 1 2 2 .248
T.Helms 2B 4 0 1 0 .326 J.Grote C 4 0 1 0 .248
P.Corrales C 3 0 0 0 .091 R.Swoboda RF 4 0 1 0 .230
W.Woodward SS 3 0 0 0 .322 J.Buchek 2B 3 0 0 0 .223
J.Maloney P 3 1 2 0 .224 A-A.Shamsky PH 1 0 1 0 .210
T.Seaver P 2 0 0 0 .145
B-T.Agee PH 1 0 0 0 .244
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Totals 35 7 10 7 Totals 32 3 8 2
A-Pinch Hit For Buchek In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Seaver In 9th Inning
Reds............ 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 - 7 10 0
Mets............ 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 8 0
Reds (58-38) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Maloney WIN(9-5) 9 8 3 3 3 7 1 2.88
Totals 9 8 3 3 3 7 1
Mets (44-60) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
T.Seaver LOSS(10-8) 9 10 7 7 3 5 3 2.55
Totals 9 10 7 7 3 5 3
ATTENDANCE- 39,453 DATE- Sunday, July 28th 1968 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 7 Mets: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 3 Mets: 0
DOUBLES- P.Rose(21st), L.Stahl(1st), R.Swoboda(11th), A.Shamsky(10th)
HOME RUNS- M.Jones-3(5th), E.Kranepool(3rd)
RBIs- M.Jones-7(17th), E.Kranepool-2(28th)
CAUGHT STEALING- T.Perez
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Maloney
WALKS- P.Rose, V.Pinson, M.Jones, L.Stahl, C.Jones, T.Seaver
HIT BY PITCH- P.Corrales, W.Woodward, A.Weis
STRIKE OUTS- V.Pinson, L.May, T.Perez, P.Corrales, W.Woodward, A.Weis,
C.Jones-2, E.Charles, R.Swoboda, J.Buchek, T.Seaver
GIDP- A.Weis, E.Charles, E.Kranepool
2-out RBI- E.Kranepool
RLISP 2-out- V.Pinson-3, E.Charles, T.Agee
TEAM RISP- Reds: 2 for 5 Mets: 1 for 9
Mack Jones smacked 3 homeruns and had 7 RBI and Jim Maloney went the distance
as the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Mets by a score of 7 to 3.
Jones had a great day at the plate. He clubbed a three-run home run in the
1st inning, belted a three-run homer in the 5th inning and clubbed a solo
home run in the 7th inning. Cincinnati finished with 10 hits in the victory.
Maloney(9-5) picked up the complete game victory, allowing 3 runs. Tom
Seaver(10-8) took the loss. He served up 3 homeruns in his 9 innings.
'Jones led the way - we just jumped on his back and let him take us,' Maloney
said. 'I'm glad I don't have to face him. I'm glad he's on my team.'
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