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Atlanta Braves 2 Houston Astros 5

July 17,1968

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (42-40)

Home Team

Houston Astros (39-43)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

19,929

Time of Game

2:08

Umpires

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

Atlanta Braves 2 Houston Astros 5

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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	42-40		0	0	0		0	1	0		0	1	0			2	9	1		3	3	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	39-43		0	0	0		0	0	4		0	1	x			5	8	1		7	7	13	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	33.066	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.289		82	1325
2	Felix Millan	2b	24.331	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.285		71	143
3	Hank Aaron	rf	34.163	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.252		81	2033
4	Joe Torre	c	27.365	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.289		54	944
5	Tommie Aaron	lf	28.347	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.255		50	266
6	Deron Johnson	1b	30.000	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.191		72	740
7	Bob Johnson	3b	32.135	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.289		25	724
8	Sonny Jackson	ss	24.008	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.239		75	371
9	Jim Britton	p	24.114	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.176		20	22
	Tito Francona	ph	34.256	L	1	0	0	1		0	0	.307		59	1484
Totals

Errors: Bob Johnson

2B: Tommie Aaron (5), Deron Johnson (9), Bob Johnson (2), Sonny Jackson (5)

RBI: Bob Johnson (4), Tito Francona (27)

GDP: Hank Aaron (11), Joe Torre (7), Bob Johnson (1)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Simpson	lf	24.355	R	5	0	1	0		0	3	.180		45	216
2	Hector Torres	ss	22.305	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.236		70	70
3	Rusty Staub	1b	24.107	L	2	0	0	0		2	0	.310		84	751
4	Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.127	R	2	1	1	0		2	0	.270		81	634
5	Norm Miller	rf	22.163	L	3	2	2	0		0	0	.240		30	114
6	Denis Menke	2b	27.362	R	3	1	0	0		1	0	.253		74	733
7	Doug Rader	3b	23.353	R	3	1	1	2		1	0	.235		46	93
8	John Bateman	c	27.362	R	4	0	2	1		0	0	.230		55	508
9	Danny Coombs	p	26.116	R	3	0	1	2		0	2	.333		18	57
	John Buzhardt	p	31.335	R	0	0	0	0		0	0	.200		23	299
Totals

Errors: Norm Miller

2B: Dick Simpson (1), Norm Miller (9)

RBI: Doug Rader 2 (17), John Bateman (16), Danny Coombs 2 (2)

SH: John Buzhardt (1)

HBP: Norm Miller (3)

GDP: Jimmy Wynn (5), Doug Rader (3)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Britton	R	L 4-3	5.2	3	4	4	5	4	0		2.31	1.12		21	23
2	Ken Johnson	R		1.1	3	0	0	1	0	0		3.00	1.25		16	279
3	Milt Pappas	R		1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0		4.39	1.20		22	353
Totals				0.0

HB: Jim Britton (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Britton (0-0-0), Ken Johnson (0-0-0), Milt Pappas (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Danny Coombs	L	W 1-1	7.0	7	2	2	1	0	0		4.43	1.48		18	59
2	John Buzhardt	R	SV 3	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2.97	1.29		23	308
Totals				0.0

WP: Danny Coombs (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Danny Coombs (0-0-0), John Buzhardt (0-0-0)