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August 1,1968

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (45-51)

Home Team

Chicago Cubs (55-52)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Wrigley Field

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

20,356

Time of Game

2:27

Umpires

[HP]: John Kibler [1B]: Shag Crawford [2B]: Chris Pelekoudas [3B]: Doug Harvey

Houston Astros 1 Chicago Cubs 4

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**Joe Niekro 99 pitches; Dave Giusti 107 pitches**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	45-51		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	0	0			1	8	1		6	6	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Chicago Cubs	CHN	55-52		1	1	0		0	0	0		1	1	x			4	9	1		3	3	8	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	22.178	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.236		36	120
2	Hector Torres	ss	22.320	R	3	0	1	1		1	0	.223		84	84
3	Rusty Staub	1b	24.122	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.300		98	765
4	Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.142	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.254		95	648
5	Denis Menke	2b	28.011	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.252		88	747
6	Doug Rader	3b	24.002	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.221		50	97
7	John Bateman	c	28.011	R	3	0	3	0		0	0	.255		63	516
	Dave Adlesh	c	25.017	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.203		22	85
8	Dick Simpson	lf	25.004	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.173		58	229
9	Dave Giusti	p	28.248	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.173		21	170
	Bob Aspromonte	ph	30.043	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.243		77	1026
Totals

Errors: Doug Rader

2B: Norm Miller (11), John Bateman (12)

RBI: Hector Torres (17)

GDP: Rusty Staub (8), Dave Giusti (1)

Chicago Cubs - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Don Kessinger	ss	26.015	B	5	2	3	1		0	0	.252		105	505
2	Glenn Beckert	2b	27.294	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.284		103	552
3	Billy Williams	lf	30.047	L	2	0	0	0		2	1	.280		107	1244
4	Ron Santo	3b	28.158	R	4	0	2	2		0	0	.251		106	1312
5	Ernie Banks	1b	37.183	R	4	0	1	0		0	2	.262		98	2084
6	Randy Hundley	c	26.061	R	2	1	1	1		0	0	.229		104	410
7	Jim Hickman	rf	31.083	R	3	1	1	0		1	2	.206		39	727
8	Adolfo Phillips	cf	26.229	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.237		93	406
9	Joe Niekro	p	23.268	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.111		21	56
	Dick Nen	1b	28.312	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.212		50	330
Totals

Errors: Dick Nen

2B: Glenn Beckert (23), Ernie Banks (18), Jim Hickman (3)

3B: Don Kessinger (7)

HR: Randy Hundley (4)

RBI: Don Kessinger (19), Ron Santo 2 (58), Randy Hundley (45)

SH: Glenn Beckert (4), Randy Hundley 2 (5)

SB: Adolfo Phillips (7)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Giusti	R	L 6-7	6.0	5	2	2	3	7	1		2.51	1.11		20	159
2	Tom Dukes	R		2.0	4	2	2	1	1	0		6.35	2.08		24	40
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Giusti (0-0-0), Tom Dukes (0-0-0)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Niekro	R	W 11-6	7.0	7	1	1	1	2	0		4.33	1.43		23	59
2	Phil Regan	R	SV 18	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1.95	0.93		48	338
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Niekro (0-0-0), Phil Regan (0-0-0)