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HOU 3 ... NYN 1

Aug 16,1968

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visiting Team

Houston Astros (52-57)

home team

New York Mets (56-67)

box date

year

game type

Regular Season Game

time of day

Night

start time

8:05PM

temperature

0 F - unknown

wind

-1mph unknown

ballpark code

NYC17

Attendance

23,014

time

3:31

DH Game

No

HP Umpire

1B Umpire

2B Umpire

3B Umpire

Harry Wendelstedt

LF Umpire

RF Umpire

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team	1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10	11	12		r	h	e	record	streak	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	1968 links
Houston Astros	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	0	2		3	7	0	56-67	Lost 1	8	8	15	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game
New York Mets	0	0	0		0	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	0		1	9	0	52-57	Won 2	6	6	12	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game

Game Notes

11th inning: 63 **63 minute rain delay**

Houston Astros - Batting

ln	player	pos	age	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	avg	ops	s gm	c gm
1	Denis Menke	2b-3b	28.026	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.703	101	760
2	Hector Torres	ss	22.334	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.510	97	97
3	Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.157	5	1	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.801	106	659
4	Rusty Staub	1b	24.137	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.794	111	778
5	Doug Rader	3b	24.017	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.677	63	110
	Julio Gotay	2b	29.069	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.523	56	322
6	Lee Thomas	rf	32.193	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.472	57	986
7	Bob Aspromonte	lf	30.058	5	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.607	86	1035
8	John Bateman	c	28.026	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.649	76	529
9	Larry Dierker	p	21.329	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.093	.220	23	92
	Jose Herrera	ph	26.130	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	1	6
	Ron Brand	ph	28.216	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.448	34	335
	Tom Dukes	p	25.351	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	25	41
Totals				41	3	7	3	4	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	836	5750

2B: Rusty Staub (29), Bob Aspromonte (8)
HR: Jimmy Wynn (16)
RBI: Jimmy Wynn (46), Bob Aspromonte 2 (31)
CS: Denis Menke (5), Jimmy Wynn (11)
IBB: Lee Thomas (1), John Bateman (12)

New York Mets - Batting

ln	player	pos	age	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	avg	ops	s gm	c gm
1	Bud Harrelson	ss	24.071	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.521	81	284
2	Tommie Agee	cf	26.007	6	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.501	99	456
3	Larry Stahl	rf-1b	27.048	6	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.666	26	259
4	Cleon Jones	lf	26.012	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.770	111	415
5	Ed Kranepool	1b	23.281	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.625	94	742
	Ron Swoboda	ph-rf	24.047	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.713	102	483
6	J.C. Martin	c	31.246	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.593	55	705
	Jerry Grote	ph-c	25.315	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.690	100	443
7	Kevin Collins	3b	22.012	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.534	49	64
	Ed Charles	ph-3b	35.109	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.789	87	910
8	Phil Linz	2b	29.074	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.514	59	500
9	Tom Seaver	p	23.272	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.110	.257	28	63
	Art Shamsky	ph	26.306	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.631	84	320
	Don Bosch	ph	26.032	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.493	49	96
Totals				44	1	9	1	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	1024	5740

2B: Ed Kranepool (11)
HR: J.C. Martin (1)
RBI: J.C. Martin (21)
SB: Tommie Agee (8)

Houston Astros - Pitching

seq	player	age	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	era	whip	s gm	c gm
1	Larry Dierker	21.329	7.0	5	1	1	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	1.21	23	95
2	Steve Shea	25.255	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.52	1.11	10	10
3	Danny Coombs	26.146	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.11	1.58	22	63
4	Tom Dukes (W 1-2)	25.351	1.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.00	2.00	25	41
Totals			12.0	9	1	1	4	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

WP: Larry Dierker, Steve Shea
BF: Larry Dierker 27, Steve Shea 12, Danny Coombs 3, Tom Dukes 6

New York Mets - Pitching

seq	player	age	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	era	whip	s gm	c gm
1	Tom Seaver	23.272	10.0	5	1	1	2	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	1.00	27	62
2	Cal Koonce	27.271	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.97	42	232
3	Ron Taylor (L 1-3)	30.246	1.0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.31	1.05	43	311
Totals			12.0	7	3	3	4	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

IBB: Ron Taylor 2
BF: Tom Seaver 35, Cal Koonce 3, Ron Taylor 7