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Chicago Cubs 1 Houston Astros 3

May 31,1968

Visiting Team

Chicago Cubs (23-23)

Home Team

Houston Astros (21-22)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

21,032

Time of Game

2:20

Umpires

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

Chicago Cubs 1 Houston Astros 3

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**Larry Dierker 115 pitches; Fergie Jenkins 111 pitches**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Chicago Cubs	CHN	23-23		0	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	0			1	4	0		6	6	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	21-22		0	1	0		2	0	0		0	0	x			3	7	0		8	8	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Chicago Cubs - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Don Kessinger	ss	25.319	B	4	0	0	0		0	1	.272		45	445
2	Glenn Beckert	2b	27.232	R	3	1	1	0		1	1	.246		42	491
3	Billy Williams	lf	29.351	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.293		46	1183
4	Ron Santo	3b	28.096	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.274		46	1252
5	Ernie Banks	1b	37.121	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.267		45	2031
6	Lou Johnson	rf	33.252	R	3	0	2	1		0	0	.261		41	525
7	Randy Hundley	c	25.365	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.240		44	350
8	Jim Hickman	cf	31.021	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.200		4	692
9	Fergie Jenkins	p	25.170	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.111		10	115
	Al Spangler	ph	34.328	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.270		25	740
Totals

RBI: Lou Johnson (11)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron Davis	cf	26.223	R	3	0	0	0		1	2	.217		38	181
2	Denis Menke	2b	27.315	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.296		37	696
3	Rusty Staub	1b	24.060	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.337		43	710
4	Lee Thomas	rf	32.116	L	3	2	2	0		1	0	.294		19	948
5	Jimmy Wynn	lf	26.080	R	4	1	2	0		0	1	.257		42	595
6	Bob Aspromonte	3b	29.347	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.250		39	988
7	John Bateman	c	27.315	R	2	0	1	2		0	1	.195		25	478
	Ron Brand	pr-c	28.139	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.143		8	309
8	Hector Torres	ss	22.258	R	2	0	1	0		1	1	.235		33	33
9	Larry Dierker	p	21.252	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.040		11	80
Totals

2B: Denis Menke (5), Jimmy Wynn (3), John Bateman (5)

RBI: John Bateman 2 (8)

GDP: Rusty Staub (3)

SB: Lee Thomas (2)

CS: Ron Davis (3)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Fergie Jenkins	R	L 5-5	7.0	6	3	3	4	6	0		2.63	0.95		11	116
2	Chuck Hartenstein	R		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		5.09	1.42		17	67
Totals				0.0

WP: Fergie Jenkins (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Fergie Jenkins (0-0-0), Chuck Hartenstein (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Dierker	R	W 5-6	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	0		2.85	1.16		11	83
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Dierker (0-0-0)