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Houston Astros 5 Atlanta Braves 4

July 7,1968

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (35-40)

Home Team

Atlanta Braves (37-39)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

27,604

Time of Game

2:42

Umpires

[HP]: Al Barlick [1B]: Stan Landes [2B]: Ed Vargo [3B]: Bob Engel

Houston Astros 5 Atlanta Braves 4

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	35-40		4	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	0			5	11	1		8	8	15	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Atlanta Braves	ATL	37-39		0	0	0		1	2	0		1	0	0			4	9	0		5	5	9	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Norm Miller	rf	22.153	L	5	2	2	1		0	1	.227		25	109
2	Hector Torres	ss	22.295	R	4	1	2	1		1	1	.243		62	62
3	Rusty Staub	1b	24.097	L	4	1	1	0		1	0	.319		76	743
4	Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.117	R	2	1	2	3		2	0	.272		73	626
5	Denis Menke	2b	27.352	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.255		66	725
6	Doug Rader	3b	23.343	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.246		38	85
7	Bob Aspromonte	lf	30.018	R	3	0	2	0		1	0	.238		58	1007
8	John Bateman	c	27.352	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.232		48	501
9	Larry Dierker	p	21.289	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.093		18	87
	Tom Dukes	p	25.311	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000		14	30
Totals

Errors: Larry Dierker

2B: Norm Miller (7)

HR: Norm Miller (2), Jimmy Wynn (9)

RBI: Norm Miller (11), Hector Torres (12), Jimmy Wynn 3 (28)

SH: Doug Rader (1)

HBP: Jimmy Wynn (4)

GDP: Rusty Staub (7), Denis Menke (3), John Bateman (5)

SB: Hector Torres (1)

CS: Jimmy Wynn (6)

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Felipe Alou	cf	33.056	R	5	0	2	0		0	1	.296		75	1318
2	Felix Millan	2b	24.321	R	5	1	1	0		0	0	.279		64	136
3	Hank Aaron	rf	34.153	R	5	2	4	4		0	0	.244		74	2026
4	Joe Torre	c	27.355	R	2	0	0	0		3	1	.281		47	937
5	Clete Boyer	3b	31.149	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.231		62	1397
6	Tito Francona	lf	34.246	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.295		54	1479
7	Deron Johnson	1b	29.356	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.181		67	735
8	Sonny Jackson	ss	23.364	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.228		68	364
	Dick Kelley	p	28.181	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.063		12	87
	Mike Page	ph	27.361	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		4	4
	Mike Lum	ph	22.254	L	1	1	0	0		0	0	.213		56	65
	Tommie Aaron	ph	28.337	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.248		43	259
Totals

2B: Hank Aaron (12)

HR: Hank Aaron 2 (18)

RBI: Hank Aaron 4 (44)

GDP: Sonny Jackson (6)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Dierker	R	W 9-8	6.2	7	2	2	5	3	2		2.94	1.20		18	90
2	Tom Dukes	R	SV 1	2.1	2	0	0	1	0	0		5.21	2.00		14	30
Totals				0.0

WP: Larry Dierker 2 (11)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Dierker (0-0-0), Tom Dukes (0-0-0)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Milt Pappas	R	L 5-6	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	2		4.34	1.18		21	352
2	Dick Kelley	L		5.0	5	1	1	4	1	0		3.02	1.41		14	90
3	Cecil Upshaw	R		2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0		2.21	0.93		25	56
4	Jim Britton	R		0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0		2.27	1.15		19	21
5	Ken Johnson	R		1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0		3.05	1.22		15	278
Totals				0.0

HB: Ken Johnson (6)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Milt Pappas (0-0-0), Dick Kelley (0-0-0), Cecil Upshaw (0-0-0), Jim Britton (0-0-0), Ken Johnson (0-0-0)