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June 17,1968

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (23-32)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (23-30)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

5,887

Time of Game

2:37

Umpires

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

Houston Astros 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 4

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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
Houston Astros	HOU	23-32		0	1	0		2	0	0		0	0	0			3	9	0		10	10	19	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	23-30		3	0	0		0	1	0		0	0	x			4	12	1		9	9	18	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Julio Gotay	2b	29.008	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.216		35	301
2	Dick Simpson	rf	24.325	R	4	0	2	0		1	1	.250		27	198
3	Rusty Staub	1b	24.077	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.323		56	723
4	Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.097	R	4	2	1	0		0	2	.250		55	608
5	Doug Rader	3b	23.323	R	2	1	1	0		2	1	.259		18	65
6	Bob Watson	lf	22.068	R	4	0	1	1		0	2	.188		18	23
7	John Bateman	c	27.332	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.173		32	485
	Ron Brand	ph-c	28.156	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.129		14	315
8	Hector Torres	ss	22.275	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.226		42	42
9	Dave Giusti	p	28.203	R	3	0	2	2		0	0	.114		13	162
	Lee Thomas	ph	32.133	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.241		31	960
Totals

3B: Dick Simpson (1)

RBI: Bob Watson (3), Dave Giusti 2 (4)

HBP: Jimmy Wynn (3)

GDP: Julio Gotay (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Maury Wills	3b	35.259	B	5	0	4	0		0	0	.286		53	1323
2	Freddie Patek	ss	23.252	R	3	1	1	0		0	1	.192		10	10
	Jose Pagan	ss	33.043	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.204		28	893
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	33.304	R	3	1	0	0		1	2	.260		51	1744
4	Willie Stargell	lf	28.103	L	2	2	2	1		2	0	.248		43	666
5	Matty Alou	cf	29.178	L	4	0	2	3		0	0	.359		44	759
6	Donn Clendenon	1b	32.338	R	4	0	0	0		0	3	.241		55	842
7	Gene Alley	2b	27.343	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.236		46	562
8	Jerry May	c	24.186	R	3	0	1	0		1	1	.257		54	209
9	Al McBean	p	30.033	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.278		16	344
Totals

Errors: Freddie Patek

2B: Matty Alou (8), Jerry May (4)

HR: Willie Stargell (8)

RBI: Willie Stargell (23), Matty Alou 3 (13)

GDP: Gene Alley (10)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Giusti	R	L 4-6	8.0	12	4	4	4	7	1		2.21	1.06		12	151
Totals				0.0

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

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Al McBean	R	W 6-4	8.2	9	3	3	3	7	0		2.67	1.23		13	335
2	Roy Face	R	SV 7	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0		2.25	1.19		16	707
Totals				0.0

HB: Al McBean (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Al McBean (0-0-0), Roy Face (0-0-0)