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Chicago Cubs 2 Houston Astros 3

August 23,1968

Visiting Team

Chicago Cubs (68-62)

Home Team

Houston Astros (57-58)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

16,714

Time of Game

2:29

Umpires

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

Chicago Cubs 2 Houston Astros 3

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**Mike Cuellar 119 pitches; Joe Niekro 92 pitches**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Chicago Cubs	CHN	68-62		0	0	1		0	0	1		0	0	0			2	10	0		4	4	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	57-58		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	3			3	9	1		5	5	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Chicago Cubs - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Don Kessinger	ss	26.037	B	5	1	3	0		0	0	.256		128	528
2	Glenn Beckert	2b	27.316	R	5	0	2	1		0	0	.280		126	575
3	Billy Williams	lf	30.069	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.287		130	1267
4	Ernie Banks	1b	37.205	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.255		120	2106
5	Ron Santo	3b	28.180	R	4	1	1	1		0	1	.249		129	1335
6	Randy Hundley	c	26.083	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.239		127	433
7	Jim Hickman	rf	31.105	R	4	0	2	0		0	2	.231		56	744
8	Adolfo Phillips	cf	26.251	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.243		111	424
9	Joe Niekro	p	23.290	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.107		28	63
Totals

2B: Don Kessinger (12), Jim Hickman (6)

HR: Ron Santo (20)

RBI: Glenn Beckert (29), Ron Santo (72)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Norm Miller	rf	22.200	L	5	0	2	1		0	0	.217		50	134
2	Hector Torres	ss	22.342	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.221		103	103
3	Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.164	R	3	1	1	0		1	1	.253		112	665
4	Rusty Staub	1b	24.144	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.310		117	784
5	Denis Menke	2b	28.033	R	4	1	0	0		0	0	.249		107	766
6	Bob Aspromonte	3b	30.065	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.247		92	1041
7	John Bateman	c	28.033	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.250		81	534
8	Jose Herrera	lf	26.137	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.118		6	11
	Julio Gotay	ph	29.075	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.241		59	325
	Doug Rader	ph	24.024	R	1	0	1	1		0	0	.248		65	112
9	Mike Cuellar	p	31.107	L	2	0	1	0		0	0	.234		21	153
	Lee Thomas	ph-lf	32.200	L	1	0	0	0		1	0	.179		61	990
Totals

Errors: Mike Cuellar

2B: Norm Miller (12), Jimmy Wynn (14), Rusty Staub (31), Doug Rader (10)

RBI: Norm Miller (15), Rusty Staub (57), Doug Rader (26)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Niekro	R		8.0	5	1	1	1	1	0		4.01	1.42		30	66
2	Phil Regan	R	L 10-3	0.2	4	2	2	1	1	0		2.02	1.02		59	349
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Niekro (0-0-0), Phil Regan (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		8.0	10	2	2	1	7	1		2.36	1.15		22	154
2	Steve Shea	R	W 2-2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0		3.31	1.04		11	11
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mike Cuellar (0-0-0), Steve Shea (0-0-0)