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Pittsburgh Pirates 1 Houston Astros 5

August 11,1968

Visiting Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (49-58)

Home Team

Houston Astros (49-55)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

16,892

Time of Game

2:08

Umpires

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

Pittsburgh Pirates 1 Houston Astros 5

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3rd inning: K **Matty Alou fouled the second pitch off his face**
3rd inning: K **under his left eye; he left on a stretcher**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	49-58		0	0	0		0	1	0		0	0	0			1	7	2		8	8	14	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	49-55		1	0	1		0	0	2		0	1	x			5	8	0		6	6	12	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	Maury Wills	3b	35.314	B	2	0	0	0		3	0	.276		107	1377
2	Freddie Patek	ss	23.307	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.206		22	22
	Manny Jimenez	ph	29.266	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.318		43	395
	Bill Mazeroski	2b	31.341	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.248		101	1749
3	Matty Alou	cf	29.233	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.329		96	811
	Manny Mota	ph-cf	30.175	R	3	0	1	1		0	1	.297		76	632
4	Roberto Clemente	rf	33.359	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.272		93	1786
5	Willie Stargell	lf	28.158	L	4	0	1	0		0	2	.246		84	707
6	Donn Clendenon	1b	33.027	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.272		109	896
7	Gene Alley	2b-ss	28.032	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.222		94	610
8	Jerry May	c	24.241	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.227		98	253
9	Tommie Sisk	p	26.121	R	2	1	1	0		0	0	.111		20	218
	Gary Kolb	ph-cf	28.151	L	1	0	0	0		1	0	.212		48	234
Totals

Errors: Maury Wills, Gary Kolb

2B: Manny Mota (9)

3B: Donn Clendenon (3)

RBI: Manny Mota (21)

GDP: Willie Stargell (8)

SB: Maury Wills (35)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Norm Miller	rf	22.188	L	3	2	1	0		1	0	.224		44	128
2	Hector Torres	ss	22.330	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.223		92	92
3	Rusty Staub	1b	24.132	L	4	1	1	1		0	0	.299		106	773
4	Jimmy Wynn	lf	26.152	R	1	1	0	0		2	1	.246		101	654
5	Doug Rader	3b	24.012	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.244		58	105
6	Denis Menke	2b	28.021	R	3	0	1	2		1	0	.261		96	755
7	John Bateman	c	28.021	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.246		71	524
8	Dick Simpson	cf	25.014	R	3	0	2	0		0	0	.196		66	237
9	Larry Dierker	p	21.324	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.077		22	91
	Dave Giusti	p	28.258	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.214		23	172
Totals

2B: Denis Menke (17), Dick Simpson (7)

3B: Norm Miller (1)

RBI: Rusty Staub (51), Denis Menke 2 (36), John Bateman (25)

SH: Hector Torres (10), Jimmy Wynn (4)

SB: Norm Miller (4)

CS: Jimmy Wynn (9)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Tommie Sisk	R	L 4-4	6.0	5	4	4	3	3	0		3.34	1.37		20	223
2	Steve Blass	R		2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0		2.74	1.28		20	106
Totals				0.0

WP: Tommie Sisk (5)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tommie Sisk (0-0-0), Steve Blass (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 11-8	6.1	5	1	1	5	5	0		2.94	1.22		22	94
2	Dave Giusti	R	SV 1	2.2	2	0	0	0	3	0		2.56	1.11		22	161
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Dierker (0-0-0), Dave Giusti (0-0-0)