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Chicago Cubs 2 Houston Astros 0

August 25,1968

Visiting Team

Chicago Cubs (69-63)

Home Team

Houston Astros (58-59)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

17,572

Time of Game

2:12

Umpires

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

Chicago Cubs 2 Houston Astros 0

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**Larry Dierker 123 pitches; Fergie Jenkins 105 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	69-63		0	1	0		0	0	1		0	0	0			2	6	0		4	4	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	58-59		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			0	4	1		5	5	11	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	26.039	B	5	0	0	0		0	0	.251		130	530
2	Glenn Beckert	2b	27.318	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.283		128	577
3	Billy Williams	rf-lf	30.071	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.287		132	1269
4	Ron Santo	3b	28.182	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.249		131	1337
5	Willie Smith	lf	29.196	L	2	0	0	1		0	1	.248		68	450
6	Al Spangler	cf	35.048	L	1	1	0	0		2	0	.280		76	791
	Adolfo Phillips	pr-cf	26.253	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.243		113	426
7	Dick Nen	1b	28.336	L	4	0	0	0		0	3	.190		65	345
8	Randy Hundley	c	26.085	R	3	0	1	0		1	1	.241		129	435
9	Fergie Jenkins	p	25.256	R	3	0	0	1		0	0	.182		31	136
Totals

2B: Billy Williams (23)

RBI: Willie Smith (18), Fergie Jenkins (10)

SH: Willie Smith (1), Fergie Jenkins (5)

SF: Willie Smith (2)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Norm Miller	rf	22.202	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.218		51	135
2	Hector Torres	ss	22.344	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.216		105	105
3	Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.166	R	3	0	1	0		1	2	.257		114	667
4	Rusty Staub	1b	24.146	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.308		119	786
5	Denis Menke	2b	28.035	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.250		109	768
6	Bob Aspromonte	3b	30.067	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.242		94	1043
7	John Bateman	c	28.035	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.252		83	536
8	Dick Simpson	lf	25.028	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.204		73	244
9	Larry Dierker	p	21.338	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.089		24	93
	Lee Thomas	ph	32.202	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.178		62	991
Totals

Errors: Denis Menke

2B: Norm Miller (13), Jimmy Wynn (15)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Fergie Jenkins	R	W 15-12	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0		2.63	1.02		32	137
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Fergie Jenkins (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	L 11-9	8.0	6	2	2	3	6	0		2.84	1.20		24	96
2	Steve Shea	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.12	0.98		12	12
Totals				0.0

WP: Larry Dierker (14)

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