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Atlanta Braves 3 Houston Astros 5

May 3,1968

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (9-12)

Home Team

Houston Astros (9-11)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

13,658

Time of Game

2:16

Umpires

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

Atlanta Braves 3 Houston Astros 5

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3rd inning: 8/SF.3-H;2-H(NR) **Felipe Alou**
3rd inning: 8/SF.3-H;2-H(NR) **back to infield**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Atlanta Braves	ATL	9-12		0	3	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			3	9	1		10	10	18	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	9-11		0	0	4		1	0	0		0	0	x			5	9	1		8	8	16	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Felipe Alou	cf	32.357	R	4	0	1	0		1	1	.330		20	1263
2	Sonny Jackson	ss	23.299	L	4	0	1	1		0	0	.185		21	317
	Deron Johnson	ph	29.291	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.113		18	686
3	Hank Aaron	rf	34.088	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.317		21	1973
4	Tito Francona	1b	34.181	L	3	1	0	0		1	0	.389		11	1436
5	Sandy Valdespino	lf	29.110	L	4	0	2	0		0	1	.321		17	276
6	Clete Boyer	3b	31.084	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.171		21	1356
7	Bob Tillman	c	31.040	R	3	1	1	2		1	2	.182		16	565
8	Felix Millan	2b	24.256	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.263		21	93
9	Phil Niekro	p	29.032	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.100		5	123
	Mike Lum	ph	22.189	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.364		12	21
	Tommie Aaron	ph	28.272	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.359		12	228
Totals

Errors: Phil Niekro

2B: Bob Tillman (2), Mike Lum (1)

3B: Felipe Alou (1)

RBI: Sonny Jackson (4), Bob Tillman 2 (8)

SH: Phil Niekro (2)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron Davis	cf	26.195	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.160		18	161
2	Norm Miller	rf	22.088	L	3	0	0	1		0	0	.196		13	97
3	Jimmy Wynn	lf	26.052	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.188		19	572
4	Rusty Staub	1b	24.032	L	3	1	2	1		0	1	.329		20	687
5	Doug Rader	3b	23.278	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.200		12	59
6	Denis Menke	ss	27.287	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.308		14	673
7	Julio Gotay	2b	28.329	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.229		13	279
8	John Bateman	c	27.287	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.231		14	467
9	Don Wilson	p	23.081	R	3	1	1	1		0	0	.273		7	35
Totals

Errors: Denis Menke

2B: Don Wilson (2)

HR: Jimmy Wynn (2), Rusty Staub (1)

RBI: Norm Miller (7), Jimmy Wynn (7), Rusty Staub (11), Don Wilson (1)

SH: Julio Gotay (1)

SF: Norm Miller (1)

HBP: Rusty Staub (1)

GDP: Doug Rader (2)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Phil Niekro	R	L 2-3	6.0	8	5	5	0	2	2		4.36	1.18		5	122
2	Tony Cloninger	R		2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		4.00	1.33		4	214
Totals				0.0

WP: Phil Niekro (3)

HB: Phil Niekro (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Phil Niekro (0-0-0), Tony Cloninger (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Don Wilson	R	W 2-2	9.0	9	1	1	4	5	0		4.38	1.38		6	36
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Don Wilson (0-0-0)