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New York Mets 5 Houston Astros 6

August 5,1968

Visiting Team

New York Mets (51-62)

Home Team

Houston Astros (47-53)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

14,559

Time of Game

2:37

Umpires

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

New York Mets 5 Houston Astros 6

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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
New York Mets	NYN	51-62		0	2	2		0	0	1		0	0	0			5	7	2		9	9	17	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	47-53		0	1	0		3	0	0		2	0	x			6	10	2		7	7	14	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Mets - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Tommie Agee	cf	25.362	R	5	0	1	0		0	1	.172		89	446
2	Larry Stahl	1b	27.037	L	4	1	1	0		1	1	.250		17	250
3	Cleon Jones	lf	26.001	R	5	0	2	1		0	1	.281		101	405
4	Ed Charles	3b	35.098	R	3	1	0	0		1	0	.300		81	904
5	Ron Swoboda	rf	24.036	R	5	2	1	0		0	1	.246		96	477
6	Jerry Grote	c	25.304	R	2	0	1	1		2	1	.277		94	437
7	Phil Linz	2b	29.062	R	3	1	1	2		1	0	.217		49	490
8	Al Weis	ss	30.125	B	4	0	0	0		0	1	.179		74	595
9	Jerry Koosman	p	25.226	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.063		24	32
	Kevin Collins	2b	22.001	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.212		44	59
Totals

Errors: Ed Charles, Phil Linz

2B: Larry Stahl (3), Ron Swoboda (10)

3B: Tommie Agee (2)

RBI: Cleon Jones (40), Jerry Grote (24), Phil Linz 2 (9)

HBP: Ed Charles (2)

SB: Tommie Agee (5), Phil Linz (1)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Julio Gotay	2b	29.057	R	5	0	2	0		0	0	.238		51	317
2	Bob Aspromonte	rf	30.047	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.240		81	1030
3	Rusty Staub	1b	24.126	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.301		102	769
4	Jimmy Wynn	lf	26.146	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.251		98	651
5	Denis Menke	ss-2b	28.015	R	3	3	1	0		0	0	.251		92	751
6	Doug Rader	3b	24.006	R	4	1	3	2		0	0	.242		54	101
7	John Bateman	c	28.015	R	3	1	1	3		0	0	.252		67	520
8	Dick Simpson	cf	25.008	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.182		62	233
9	Denny Lemaster	p	29.162	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.020		23	203
	Ron Brand	ph	28.205	R	1	0	0	1		0	0	.152		33	334
	John Buzhardt	p	31.354	R	1	0	0	0		1	1	.182		27	303
Totals

Errors: Bob Aspromonte, Doug Rader

2B: Rusty Staub (28), Doug Rader 2 (7), John Bateman (13)

RBI: Doug Rader 2 (21), John Bateman 3 (22), Ron Brand (4)

SF: John Bateman (2)

HBP: Denis Menke (1)

SB: Bob Aspromonte (1)

New York Mets - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Koosman	L	L 14-7	6.2	9	4	4	1	2	0		1.96	1.08		24	33
2	Ron Taylor	R		1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0		3.21	1.05		39	307
Totals				0.0

HB: Jerry Koosman (6)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jerry Koosman (0-0-0), Ron Taylor (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		2.2	5	3	3	2	3	0		3.04	1.36		23	211
2	Jim Ray	R		1.1	1	0	0	1	2	0		2.96	1.32		26	30
3	John Buzhardt	R	W 4-3	5.0	1	0	0	2	3	0		2.34	1.11		27	312
Totals				0.0

WP: John Buzhardt (5)

HB: John Buzhardt (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Denny Lemaster (0-0-0), Jim Ray (0-0-0), John Buzhardt (0-0-0)