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Pittsburgh Pirates 4 Houston Astros 3

August 8,1968

Visiting Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (49-57)

Home Team

Houston Astros (48-55)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

14,851

Time of Game

2:29

Umpires

[HP]: Stan Landes [1B]: Ed Vargo [2B]: Bob Engel [3B]: Al Barlick

Pittsburgh Pirates 4 Houston Astros 3

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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
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	49-57		0	0	1		0	0	2		0	0	1			4	10	0		8	8	15	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	48-55		0	0	0		0	2	0		1	0	0			3	8	3		7	7	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Matty Alou	cf	29.230	L	4	1	2	0		1	0	.327		95	810
2	Freddie Patek	ss	23.304	R	5	1	1	1		0	1	.217		21	21
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	33.356	R	3	0	1	0		2	1	.273		92	1785
4	Donn Clendenon	1b	33.024	R	5	1	2	1		0	1	.272		108	895
5	Manny Mota	lf	30.172	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.296		75	631
6	Jose Pagan	3b	33.095	R	4	0	1	1		0	2	.186		53	918
7	Gene Alley	2b	28.029	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.224		93	609
8	Jerry May	c	24.238	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.227		97	252
9	Bob Veale	p	32.285	B	2	0	0	0		0	2	.071		25	202
	Ron Kline	p	36.152	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		35	627
	Maury Wills	ph	35.311	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.277		106	1376
Totals

2B: Donn Clendenon (14)

HR: Freddie Patek (2)

RBI: Freddie Patek (6), Donn Clendenon (53), Jose Pagan (9)

CS: Jose Pagan (2)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Simpson	rf	25.011	R	4	0	0	0		1	1	.188		65	236
2	Hector Torres	ss	22.327	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.225		91	91
	Norm Miller	ph	22.185	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.221		43	127
3	Rusty Staub	1b	24.129	L	3	0	0	0		0	2	.299		105	772
4	Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.149	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.246		100	653
5	Doug Rader	3b	24.009	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.238		57	104
6	Denis Menke	2b-ss	28.018	R	3	2	3	1		1	0	.261		95	754
7	Bob Aspromonte	lf	30.050	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.244		83	1032
8	John Bateman	c	28.018	R	3	0	1	2		0	0	.245		70	523
9	Mike Cuellar	p	31.092	L	2	0	1	0		0	0	.195		18	150
	Lee Thomas	ph	32.185	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.187		55	984
Totals

Errors: Hector Torres, Doug Rader, Denis Menke

2B: Denis Menke (16), John Bateman (14)

HR: Denis Menke (4)

RBI: Denis Menke (34), John Bateman 2 (24)

SH: Rusty Staub (3), John Bateman (3), Mike Cuellar (2)

GDP: Norm Miller (3), Doug Rader (6)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Veale	L		5.1	4	2	2	3	3	1		2.14	1.22		25	207
2	Ron Kline	R	W 8-1	2.2	4	1	1	1	1	0		1.55	1.04		35	639
3	Roy Face	R	SV 11	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.06	1.03		28	719
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Veale (0-0-0), Ron Kline (0-0-0), Roy Face (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mike Cuellar	L	L 6-7	9.0	10	3	3	4	8	1		2.05	1.11		19	151
Totals				0.0

WP: Mike Cuellar (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mike Cuellar (0-0-0)