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Atlanta Braves 6 Houston Astros 2

July 16,1968

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (42-39)

Home Team

Houston Astros (38-43)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

22,313

Time of Game

2:29

Umpires

[HP]: Bill Jackowski [1B]: Frank Secory [2B]: Ken Burkhart [3B]: Harry Wendelstedt

Atlanta Braves 6 Houston Astros 2

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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
Atlanta Braves	ATL	42-39		0	0	0		1	0	1		0	1	3			6	15	1		3	3	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	38-43		1	0	0		0	1	0		0	0	0			2	7	1		7	7	15	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	33.065	R	5	0	1	0		1	1	.289		81	1324
2	Felix Millan	2b	24.330	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.282		70	142
3	Hank Aaron	rf	34.162	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.252		80	2032
4	Joe Torre	c	27.364	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.295		53	943
5	Tommie Aaron	lf-3b	28.346	R	4	1	2	0		1	0	.253		49	265
6	Deron Johnson	1b	29.365	R	5	2	2	1		0	1	.185		71	739
7	Sonny Jackson	ss	24.007	L	4	1	2	0		1	0	.238		74	370
8	Bob Johnson	3b	32.134	R	4	1	2	1		0	1	.294		24	723
	Tito Francona	ph	34.255	L	1	0	1	2		0	0	.309		58	1483
9	George Stone	p	22.007	L	2	0	1	1		0	0	.333		3	5
	Bob Tillman	ph	31.114	R	1	0	1	1		0	0	.184		48	597
	Cecil Upshaw	p	25.268	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.182		27	58
Totals

Errors: Felix Millan

2B: Deron Johnson (8), Bob Johnson (1)

RBI: Deron Johnson (15), Bob Johnson (3), Tito Francona 2 (26), George Stone (1), Bob Tillman (13)

SH: Cecil Upshaw (4)

HBP: Joe Torre (3)

SB: Sonny Jackson (13)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Simpson	rf	24.354	R	4	0	1	1		0	2	.179		44	215
2	Hector Torres	ss	22.304	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.239		69	69
3	Rusty Staub	1b	24.106	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.312		83	750
4	Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.126	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.269		80	633
5	Denis Menke	2b	27.361	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.256		73	732
6	Bob Aspromonte	lf	30.027	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.244		64	1013
7	Doug Rader	3b	23.352	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.233		45	92
8	John Bateman	c	27.361	R	3	1	1	0		0	0	.224		54	507
9	Denny Lemaster	p	29.142	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.023		19	199
Totals

Errors: John Bateman

2B: Rusty Staub 2 (24), John Bateman (10)

RBI: Dick Simpson (12), Rusty Staub (47)

GDP: John Bateman (7)

SB: Jimmy Wynn (9)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	George Stone	L		5.0	4	2	2	0	5	0		3.72	0.72		3	5
2	Cecil Upshaw	R	W 5-4	4.0	3	0	0	0	2	0		2.07	0.93		27	58
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: George Stone (0-0-0), Cecil Upshaw (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Denny Lemaster	L	L 8-9	7.2	11	2	2	3	5	0		2.93	1.33		19	207
2	Steve Shea	R		0.2	3	3	3	0	0	0		13.50	1.50		2	2
3	Tom Dukes	R		0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0		7.15	2.16		19	35
Totals				0.0

HB: Steve Shea (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Denny Lemaster (0-0-0), Steve Shea (0-0-0), Tom Dukes (0-0-0)