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New York Mets 4 Atlanta Braves 7

September 24,1968

Visiting Team

New York Mets (72-87)

Home Team

Atlanta Braves (68-72)

Game Date

September 24,1968

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

3,058

Time of Game

2:22

Umpires

[HP]: Dick Stello [1B]: Tony Venzon [2B]: Mel Steiner [3B]: Paul Pryor [LF]: Augie Donatelli

New York Mets 4 Atlanta Braves 7

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2nd inning: 9/F **Mets manager Gil Hodges suffered mild heart attack in dugout**
2nd inning: 9/F **during second inning; coach Rube Walker managed team for**
2nd inning: 9/F **remainder of year**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Mets	NYN	72-87		2	0	1		0	0	0		0	1	0			4	10	1		10	10	17	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Atlanta Braves	ATL	68-72		2	0	0		1	1	1		2	0	x			7	12	2		5	5	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Mets - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ken Boswell	2b	22.214	L	4	1	2	0		0	1	.266		71	82
2	Cleon Jones	lf	26.051	R	4	2	2	1		0	1	.289		143	447
3	Art Shamsky	1b	26.346	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.233		112	348
4	Ed Charles	3b	35.148	R	4	1	2	2		0	0	.280		114	937
5	J.C. Martin	c	31.286	L	3	0	0	1		0	0	.229		76	726
6	Ron Swoboda	rf	24.086	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.237		128	509
7	Tommie Agee	cf	26.046	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.215		128	485
8	Bob Heise	ss	21.135	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.143		2	18
9	Jerry Koosman	p	25.276	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.080		34	42
	Larry Stahl	ph	27.087	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.235		52	285
	Mike Jorgensen	ph	20.039	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.154		6	6
Totals

Errors: J.C. Martin

2B: Cleon Jones (27)

HR: Ed Charles (15)

RBI: Cleon Jones (52), Ed Charles 2 (51), J.C. Martin (31)

SF: J.C. Martin (2)

GDP: Ron Swoboda (14), Bob Heise (1)

SB: Tommie Agee (12)

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Felipe Alou	cf	33.135	R	4	0	1	0		1	0	.312		141	1384
2	Felix Millan	2b	25.034	R	4	1	2	1		0	1	.282		130	202
3	Hank Aaron	rf	34.232	R	4	1	2	0		1	0	.288		141	2093
4	Deron Johnson	1b	30.069	R	4	2	1	2		1	1	.204		112	780
5	Tommie Aaron	lf	29.050	R	4	2	3	0		0	0	.241		88	304
	Mike Lum	lf	22.333	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.222		105	114
6	Bob Tillman	c	31.184	R	2	0	1	1		1	0	.218		77	626
7	Marty Martinez	3b	27.032	B	3	0	1	1		0	1	.230		100	179
8	Gil Garrido	ss	27.090	R	2	1	1	1		1	0	.211		14	28
9	Phil Niekro	p	29.176	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.090		32	150
Totals

Errors: Marty Martinez, Phil Niekro

2B: Hank Aaron (29)

HR: Deron Johnson (8)

RBI: Felix Millan (27), Deron Johnson 2 (28), Bob Tillman (19), Marty Martinez (11), Gil Garrido (2)

SH: Felix Millan (13), Marty Martinez (7), Phil Niekro 2 (15)

SF: Gil Garrido (2)

HBP: Bob Tillman (3)

SB: Hank Aaron (25), Tommie Aaron (1)

CS: Felix Millan (4)

New York Mets - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Koosman	L	L 18-12	6.0	9	5	5	2	2	1		2.12	1.12		34	43
2	Dick Selma	R		0.1	2	1	1	1	1	0		2.75	1.19		33	105
3	Cal Koonce	R		1.2	1	0	0	2	0	0		1.98	1.11		53	243
Totals				0.0

HB: Jerry Koosman (8)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jerry Koosman (0-0-0), Dick Selma (0-0-0), Cal Koonce (0-0-0)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Phil Niekro	R	W 11-11	9.0	10	4	4	0	5	1		2.84	1.11		32	149
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Phil Niekro (0-0-0)