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Chicago Cubs 1 Houston Astros 5

August 24,1968

Visiting Team

Chicago Cubs (68-63)

Home Team

Houston Astros (58-58)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

29,548

Time of Game

2:31

Umpires

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

Chicago Cubs 1 Houston Astros 5

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**Ken Holtzman 133 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	68-63		0	0	0		0	1	0		0	0	0			1	6	2		4	4	9	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	58-58		0	2	0		0	1	1		0	1	x			5	8	0		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	26.038	B	4	0	0	0		0	2	.254		129	529
2	Glenn Beckert	2b	27.317	R	4	0	3	0		0	0	.284		127	576
3	Billy Williams	rf	30.070	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.286		131	1268
4	Ernie Banks	1b	37.206	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.255		121	2107
5	Ron Santo	3b	28.181	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.247		130	1336
6	Willie Smith	lf	29.195	L	3	0	0	0		0	2	.252		67	449
7	Randy Hundley	c	26.084	R	3	0	1	0		0	1	.240		128	434
8	Adolfo Phillips	cf	26.252	R	3	0	1	0		0	1	.244		112	425
9	Ken Holtzman	p	22.295	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.123		27	75
	Al Spangler	ph	35.047	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.282		75	790
Totals

Errors: Don Kessinger, Ken Holtzman

HR: Ernie Banks (26)

RBI: Ernie Banks (69)

CS: Glenn Beckert (3)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jose Herrera	rf	26.138	R	5	0	1	1		0	0	.136		7	12
2	Hector Torres	ss	22.343	R	5	0	0	0		0	2	.219		104	104
3	Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.165	R	2	1	2	0		2	0	.256		113	666
4	Rusty Staub	1b	24.145	L	2	0	0	0		0	1	.308		118	785
5	Denis Menke	2b	28.034	R	3	1	2	1		1	1	.252		108	767
6	Bob Aspromonte	3b	30.066	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.245		93	1042
7	John Bateman	c	28.034	R	3	2	2	0		1	0	.255		82	535
8	Dick Simpson	lf	25.027	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.202		72	243
9	Dave Giusti	p	28.271	R	1	0	0	1		1	1	.226		26	175
Totals

2B: John Bateman (17)

3B: Dick Simpson (2)

RBI: Jose Herrera (3), Denis Menke (42), Dave Giusti (9)

SH: Rusty Staub (4), Dave Giusti (3)

HBP: Rusty Staub (7), Dave Giusti (2)

GDP: Jose Herrera (1), Bob Aspromonte (12)

CS: Jimmy Wynn (12)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ken Holtzman	L	L 9-10	7.0	6	2	2	6	5	0		3.35	1.30		27	76
2	Jack Lamabe	R		1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0		4.50	1.57		37	279
Totals				0.0

WP: Ken Holtzman (7), Jack Lamabe (3)

HB: Ken Holtzman 2 (6)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ken Holtzman (0-0-0), Jack Lamabe (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Giusti	R	W 8-8	9.0	6	1	1	1	7	1		2.59	1.11		25	164
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Giusti (0-0-0)