Houston Astros 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Regular Season Game 117
Played on Sunday, August 11, 1968 (D) at Astrodome
PIT N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 2 HOU N 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 x - 5 8 0
Pittsburgh Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Wills 3b 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 Jimenez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Mazeroski 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Alou cf 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Mota ph,cf 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Blass p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Clemente rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 Stargell lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 Clendenon 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 10 3 Alley 2b,ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 May c 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 Sisk p 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Kolb ph,cf 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 1 7 1 5 8 24 15 FIELDING - E: Wills (17), Kolb (4). BATTING - 2B: Mota (10,off Dierker). 3B: Clendenon (3,off Dierker). GDP: Stargell (9,off Dierker). Team LOB: 10. BASERUNNING - SB: Wills (35,2nd base off Dierker/Bateman).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Miller rf 3 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 Torres ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Staub 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 Wynn lf 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 0 Rader 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 Menke 2b 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 Bateman c 4 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 Simpson cf 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 Dierker p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Giusti p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 28 5 8 4 4 4 27 6 FIELDING - DP: 1. Torres-Staub. BATTING - 2B: Menke (17,off Sisk); Simpson (7,off Blass). 3B: Miller (1,off Sisk). SH: Torres (10,off Sisk); Wynn (5,off Blass). Team LOB: 5. BASERUNNING - SB: Miller (5,2nd base off Sisk/May). CS: Wynn (11,2nd base by Sisk/May).
PITCHING
Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Sisk L(5-4) 6 5 4 4 3 3 0 25 Blass 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 9 Totals 8 8 5 5 4 4 0 34 WP: Sisk (7).
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Dierker W(11-10) 6.1 5 1 1 5 5 0 28 Giusti SV(1) 2.2 2 0 0 0 3 0 10 Totals 9 7 1 1 5 8 0 38 Inherited Runners - Scored: Giusti 2-0. . Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Al Barlick, 3B - Stan Landes Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 16892 Starting Lineups: Pittsburgh Pirates Houston Astros 1. Wills 3b Miller rf 2. Patek ss Torres ss 3. Alou cf Staub 1b 4. Clemente rf Wynn lf 5. Stargell lf Rader 3b 6. Clendenon 1b Menke 2b 7. Alley 2b Bateman c 8. May c Simpson cf 9. Sisk p Dierker p PIRATES 1ST: Wills flied out to left; Patek struck out; Alou singled; Clemente flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Miller tripled; Sisk threw a wild pitch [Miller scored]; Torres flied out to right; Staub grounded out (second to first); Wynn walked; Wynn was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 1. PIRATES 2ND: Stargell struck out; Clendenon grounded out (third to first); Alley walked; May made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 2ND: Rader singled; Menke flied out to right; Bateman flied out to center; Simpson singled [Rader to third]; Dierker struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 1. PIRATES 3RD: Sisk grounded out (third to first); Wills walked; Wills stole second; Patek struck out; Matty Alou fouled the second pitch off his face, opening a cut under his left eye; he left on a stretcher; MOTA BATTED FOR ALOU; Mota was called out on strikes (strikeout was charged to Alou); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 3RD: MOTA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Miller walked; Miller stole second; Torres out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Miller to third]; Staub grounded out (second to first) [Miller scored]; Wynn struck out; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 2. PIRATES 4TH: Clemente singled; Stargell grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Clemente out at second]; Clendenon tripled; Alley flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 2. ASTROS 4TH: Rader grounded out (third to first); Menke flied out to left; Bateman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 2. PIRATES 5TH: May flied out to left; Sisk singled; Wills walked [Sisk to second]; Patek forced Wills (shortstop to second) [Sisk to third]; Mota doubled [Sisk scored, Patek to third]; Clemente flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 2. ASTROS 5TH: Simpson grounded out (second to first); Dierker was called out on strikes; Miller grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 2. PIRATES 6TH: Stargell struck out; Clendenon grounded out (shortstop to first); Alley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 2. ASTROS 6TH: Torres grounded out (pitcher to first); Staub made an out to first; Wynn walked; Rader singled [Wynn to second]; Menke doubled [Wynn scored, Rader scored]; Bateman grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 4. PIRATES 7TH: May made an out to shortstop; KOLB BATTED FOR SISK; Kolb walked; Wills walked [Kolb to second]; GIUSTI REPLACED DIERKER (PITCHING); JIMENEZ BATTED FOR PATEK; Jimenez struck out; Mota flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 4. ASTROS 7TH: KOLB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BLASS REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); MAZEROSKI REPLACED JIMENEZ (PLAYING 2B); ALLEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Simpson doubled [Simpson out at third (left to third)]; Giusti struck out; Miller reached on an error by Wills; Torres flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 4. PIRATES 8TH: Clemente struck out; Stargell singled; Clendenon struck out; Alley flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 4. ASTROS 8TH: Staub singled; Wynn out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Staub to second]; Rader grounded out (first to pitcher) [Staub to third]; Menke walked; Bateman singled to center [Staub scored, Menke out at home (error by Kolb) (first to second to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 5. PIRATES 9TH: May singled; Kolb flied out to left; Wills flied out to left; Mazeroski made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Pirates 1 7 2 10 Astros 5 8 0 5
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