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New York Mets 3 Houston Astros 4

August 7,1968

Visiting Team

New York Mets (52-63)

Home Team

Houston Astros (48-54)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

14,524

Time of Game

2:23

Umpires

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

New York Mets 3 Houston Astros 4

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4th inning: T7.2-H **Doug Rader slid into Kevin Collins and hit Collins on the**
4th inning: T7.2-H **face with an elbow; after Collins was carried off**
4th inning: T7.2-H **broke out; several players were punched but no one was ejected;**
4th inning: T7.2-H **Collins suffered a severely bruised right cheekbone**

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	52-63		0	1	0		0	0	0		0	2	0			3	4	2		9	9	17	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	48-54		0	0	2		2	0	0		0	0	x			4	6	2		6	6	12	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	25.364	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.175		91	448
2	Larry Stahl	rf-1b	27.039	L	3	1	0	0		1	1	.239		19	252
3	Cleon Jones	lf	26.003	R	3	0	1	2		0	0	.287		103	407
4	Ed Kranepool	1b	23.273	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.264		87	735
	Ron Swoboda	rf	24.038	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.245		97	478
5	J.C. Martin	c	31.238	L	2	1	1	0		1	1	.224		51	701
	Jerry Grote	ph-c	25.306	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.276		95	438
6	Kevin Collins	3b	22.003	L	2	0	0	0		0	0	.210		46	61
	Ed Charles	3b	35.100	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.298		82	905
7	Phil Linz	2b	29.064	R	3	0	0	1		0	0	.214		51	492
8	Al Weis	ss	30.127	B	4	0	0	0		0	2	.175		76	597
9	Tom Seaver	p	23.264	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.118		26	61
	Art Shamsky	ph	26.298	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.224		81	317
	Jerry Buchek	ph	26.090	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.203		47	395
Totals

Errors: Ed Charles, Phil Linz

2B: Cleon Jones (22), Ed Kranepool (10)

RBI: Cleon Jones 2 (42), Phil Linz (10)

SF: Phil Linz (1)

HBP: Cleon Jones (3)

SB: Tommie Agee (6)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Norm Miller	rf	22.184	L	3	1	0	0		0	2	.223		42	126
2	Hector Torres	ss	22.326	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.224		90	90
3	Rusty Staub	1b	24.128	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.302		104	771
4	Jimmy Wynn	lf	26.148	R	4	0	0	1		0	0	.249		99	652
5	Denis Menke	2b	28.017	R	3	1	2	0		0	0	.254		94	753
6	Doug Rader	3b	24.008	R	3	1	1	1		0	0	.238		56	103
7	John Bateman	c	28.017	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.244		69	522
8	Dick Simpson	cf	25.010	R	2	0	1	1		0	1	.193		64	235
9	Larry Dierker	p	21.320	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.080		21	90
Totals

Errors: Hector Torres, Jimmy Wynn

2B: Dick Simpson (6)

3B: Doug Rader (2)

RBI: Jimmy Wynn (42), Doug Rader (22), Dick Simpson (17)

SF: Dick Simpson (2)

HBP: Norm Miller (4)

SB: Denis Menke (4)

CS: Jimmy Wynn (8)

New York Mets - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Tom Seaver	R	L 10-8	6.0	5	3	3	1	6	0		2.06	0.99		25	60
2	Bill Connors	R		2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		5.40	1.40		6	23
Totals				0.0

HB: Tom Seaver (6)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tom Seaver (0-0-0), Bill Connors (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 10-8	7.0	4	2	2	2	5	0		3.00	1.20		21	93
2	Pat House	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.86	1.14		12	18
3	Steve Shea	R	SV 4	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0		4.38	1.14		9	9
Totals				0.0

WP: Larry Dierker (12)

HB: Larry Dierker (6)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Dierker (0-0-0), Pat House (0-0-0), Steve Shea (0-0-0)

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