Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Houston Astros 0
Regular Season Game 52
Played on Friday, June 7, 1968 (N) at Astrodome
PIT N 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 5 9 0 HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1
Pittsburgh Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Wills 3b 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 Alley ss 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 Clemente rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 Jimenez lf 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 Kolb pr,lf 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 Alou cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 Clendenon 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 May c 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 Blass p 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 35 5 9 5 1 3 27 9 FIELDING - DP: 1. Mazeroski-Alley-Clendenon. BATTING - 2B: Alou (7,off Giusti). HR: Clemente (7,3rd inning off Giusti 1 on 2 out); Kolb (1,8th inning off Dukes 0 on 0 out). HBP: Jimenez (3,by Giusti). GDP: Alou (4,off Giusti); Clendenon (4,off Dukes). Team LOB: 5.
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Davis cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Menke ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 Staub 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 11 2 Thomas rf 4 0 2 0 0 2 4 0 Wynn lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 Aspromonte 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Gotay 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 Bateman c 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Giusti p 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 Buzhardt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Browne ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dukes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brand ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 0 5 0 2 9 27 14 FIELDING - DP: 2. Gotay-Menke-Staub, Menke-Gotay-Staub. E: Aspromonte (5). BATTING - GDP: Aspromonte (8,off Blass). Team LOB: 6.
PITCHING
Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Blass W(2-2) 9 5 0 0 2 9 0 33 WP: Blass (3).
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Giusti L(4-6) 5.1 5 4 3 1 1 1 23 Buzhardt 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Dukes 2 4 1 1 0 2 1 9 Ray 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 9 9 5 4 1 3 2 37 WP: Giusti (4). HBP: Giusti (2,Jimenez). Inherited Runners - Scored: Buzhardt 1-0. . Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Bill Williams Time of Game: 2:54 Attendance: 14578 Starting Lineups: Pittsburgh Pirates Houston Astros 1. Wills 3b Davis cf 2. Alley ss Menke ss 3. Clemente rf Staub 1b 4. Jimenez lf Thomas rf 5. Alou cf Wynn lf 6. Clendenon 1b Aspromonte 3b 7. Mazeroski 2b Gotay 2b 8. May c Bateman c 9. Blass p Giusti p PIRATES 1ST: Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); Alley reached on an error by Aspromonte; Clemente singled [Alley to second]; Jimenez singled [Alley scored (unearned), Clemente to second]; Alou grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Jimenez out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Davis popped to shortstop; Menke struck out; Staub popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 0. PIRATES 2ND: Clendenon struck out; Mazeroski popped to second; May flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Thomas struck out; Wynn popped to second; Aspromonte struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 0. PIRATES 3RD: Blass popped to first; Wills singled to third; Alley grounded out (third to first) [Wills to second]; Clemente homered [Wills scored]; Jimenez walked; Alou flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Gotay grounded out (shortstop to first); Bateman popped to first; Giusti grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Astros 0. PIRATES 4TH: Clendenon grounded out (pitcher to first); Mazeroski popped to catcher; May grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Davis grounded out (second to first); Menke grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub singled; Thomas singled [Staub to second]; Wynn struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 3, Astros 0. PIRATES 5TH: Blass grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills grounded out (first to pitcher); Alley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Aspromonte grounded out (second to first); Gotay grounded out (first to pitcher); Bateman popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Astros 0. PIRATES 6TH: Clemente grounded out (pitcher to first); Jimenez was hit by a pitch; KOLB RAN FOR JIMENEZ; Giusti threw a wild pitch [Kolb to second]; Alou doubled [Kolb scored]; BUZHARDT REPLACED GIUSTI (PITCHING); Clendenon flied to right in foul territory; Mazeroski flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 4, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: KOLB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BROWNE BATTED FOR BUZHARDT; Browne singled; Blass threw a wild pitch [Browne to second]; Davis struck out; Menke popped to catcher; Staub struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 4, Astros 0. PIRATES 7TH: DUKES REPLACED BROWNE (PITCHING); May grounded out (third to first); Blass singled; Wills singled to third [Blass to second]; Alley struck out; Clemente flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 4, Astros 0. ASTROS 7TH: Thomas struck out; Wynn walked; Aspromonte struck out; Gotay singled [Wynn to second]; Bateman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 4, Astros 0. PIRATES 8TH: Kolb homered; Alou singled; Clendenon grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Alou out at second]; Mazeroski struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 0. ASTROS 8TH: BRAND BATTED FOR DUKES; Brand flied out to right; Davis flied out to left; Menke flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 0. PIRATES 9TH: RAY REPLACED BRAND (PITCHING); May flied out to left; Blass flied out to right; Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 0. ASTROS 9TH: Staub walked; Thomas singled [Staub to second]; Wynn struck out; Aspromonte grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Thomas out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Pirates 5 9 0 5 Astros 0 5 1 6
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