Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Houston Astros 3 (10 innings)
Regular Season Game 140
Doubleheader Nightcap
Played on Monday, September 2, 1968 (D) at Forbes Field

HOU N    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  0    0  -   3  6  2
PIT N    0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  0    1  -   4 12  0
Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Herrera 2b                    5   1   1   0       0   1       7   4
Menke ss                      3   0   0   0       0   1       3   4
Wynn cf                       5   1   1   0       0   1       3   0
Staub 1b                      3   0   2   2       1   0       8   1
Rader 3b                      2   0   0   1       0   1       0   2
Aspromonte lf                 4   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
Thomas rf                     3   0   1   0       1   0       2   0
Adlesh c                      4   0   0   0       0   0       5   0
Giusti p                      2   0   0   0       0   0       0   3
  Coombs p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Shea p                      0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Bateman ph                  1   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
  Simpson pr                  0   1   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Dukes p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Gotay ph                    1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Ray p                       0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       33   3   6   3       2   5      28  14

FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Herrera-Staub, Menke-Herrera-Staub.
E: Wynn (3), Aspromonte (9).

BATTING - 
SH: Rader (2,off Moose); Menke (6,off Kline).
SF: Rader (3,off Moose).
HBP: Menke (4,by Dal Canton).
IBB: Thomas (4,by Moose).
Team LOB: 6.

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Wills 3b                      3   1   2   1       2   0       1   3
Patek ss                      2   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Pagan ss                    2   1   1   0       0   0       0   2
Alou cf                       5   0   2   2       0   0       5   0
Clemente rf                   5   0   2   0       0   1       3   0
Stargell lf                   2   0   0   0       0   2       2   0
  Mota ph,lf                  1   0   0   0       1   0       0   0
Clendenon 1b                  5   0   1   0       0   0      10   0
Mazeroski 2b                  5   1   2   0       0   0       5   0
May c                         2   0   1   0       1   0       4   1
  Alley pr                    0   1   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Cannizzaro c                2   0   1   1       0   0       0   0
Moose p                       2   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
  Kline p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Jimenez ph                  1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Dal Canton p                0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       37   4  12   4       4   4      30   8

BATTING - 
2B: Mazeroski (12,off Giusti); Alou (24,off Giusti).
SH: Patek (6,off Giusti); Moose (2,off Giusti).
HBP: Stargell (5,by Giusti).
GDP: Clendenon (11,off Shea).
Team LOB: 12.

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Clendenon (8,2nd base off Giusti/Adlesh); Wills (47,3rd base off Giusti/Adlesh);
Pagan (1,2nd base off Giusti/Adlesh).

PITCHING
Houston Astros               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Giusti                        6.1   9   3   3   2   4   0  31
Coombs                        0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1
Shea                          0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
Dukes                         2     1   0   0   1   0   0   8
Ray L(2-3)                    0.1   2   1   0   0   0   0   3
Totals                        9.1  12   4   3   4   4   0  44

WP: Giusti (10).
BK: Giusti (2).
HBP: Giusti (4,Stargell).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Coombs 2-0; Shea 3-0.
.

Pittsburgh Pirates           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Moose                         7     5   3   3   2   5   0  28
Kline                         1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4
Dal Canton W(1-0)             2     0   0   0   0   0   0   7
Totals                       10     6   3   3   2   5   0  39

Moose faced 2 batters in the 8th inning
HBP: Dal Canton (1,Menke).
IBB: Moose (6,Thomas).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Kline 2-2.
.

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Tom Gorman
Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 6225


Starting Lineups:

   Houston Astros                Pittsburgh Pirates       
1. Herrera             2b        Wills               3b
2. Menke               ss        Patek               ss
3. Wynn                cf        Alou                cf
4. Staub               1b        Clemente            rf
5. Rader               3b        Stargell            lf
6. Aspromonte          lf        Clendenon           1b
7. Thomas              rf        Mazeroski           2b
8. Adlesh              c         May                 c
9. Giusti              p         Moose               p

ASTROS 1ST: Herrera struck out; Menke struck out; Wynn struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Wills popped to second; Patek grounded out (second
to first); Alou singled to center; Clemente popped to shortstop;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Staub popped to second; Rader struck out; Aspromonte
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell struck out; Clendenon singled; Clendenon
stole second; Mazeroski popped to second; May walked; Moose
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros
0, Pirates 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Thomas singled to left; Adlesh forced Thomas (third
to second); Giusti flied out to right; Herrera flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Wills walked; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Wills to second]; Alou grounded out (shortstop to
first); Clemente grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Menke grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynn
singled to left; Staub singled to center [Wynn to third]; Rader
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wynn scored]; Aspromonte lined to
left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Stargell struck out; Clendenon popped to first;
Mazeroski doubled to left; May grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Thomas grounded out (first unassisted); Adlesh
popped to first; Giusti lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Astros 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Moose struck out; On a bunt Wills singled; Giusti
balked [Wills to second]; Patek reached on a fielder's choice
[Wills out at third (pitcher to third to second to shortstop)];
Alou reached on an error by Aspromonte [Patek to second];
Clemente struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 0.

ASTROS 6TH: PAGAN REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING SS); Herrera grounded
out (shortstop to first); Menke flied out to center; Wynn flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Stargell was hit by a pitch; Clendenon lined into a
double play (second to first) [Stargell out at first]; Mazeroski
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1,
Pirates 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Staub walked; Rader out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher
to first) [Staub to second]; Aspromonte popped to catcher in
foul territory; Thomas was walked intentionally; Adlesh grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 7TH: May singled to first; ALLEY RAN FOR MAY; Moose out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Alley to second];
Giusti threw a wild pitch [Alley to third]; Wills singled to
right [Alley scored]; Pagan singled to left [Wills to second];
Wills stole third and Pagan stole second; Alou doubled to right
[Wills scored, Pagan scored]; Clemente singled to third [Alou to
third]; COOMBS REPLACED GIUSTI (PITCHING); MOTA BATTED FOR
STARGELL; Mota walked [Clemente to second]; SHEA REPLACED COOMBS
(PITCHING); Clendenon grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Mota out at second]; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Astros 1, Pirates 3.

ASTROS 8TH: MOTA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CANNIZZARO
REPLACED ALLEY (PLAYING C ); BATEMAN BATTED FOR SHEA; Bateman
singled to second; SIMPSON RAN FOR BATEMAN; Herrera singled to
left [Simpson to second]; KLINE REPLACED MOOSE (PITCHING); Menke
out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Simpson to third,
Herrera to second]; Wynn popped to third; Staub singled [Simpson
scored, Herrera scored]; Rader grounded out (first unassisted);
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 8TH: DUKES REPLACED SIMPSON (PITCHING); Mazeroski flied
out to center; Cannizzaro flied out to center; JIMENEZ BATTED
FOR KLINE; Jimenez popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Pirates 3.

ASTROS 9TH: DAL CANTON REPLACED JIMENEZ (PITCHING); Aspromonte
made an out to first; Thomas made an out to first; Adlesh
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
3, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 9TH: Wills walked; Pagan flied to center; Alou forced
Wills (second unassisted); Clemente singled to second [Alou to
second]; Mota flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros
3, Pirates 3.

ASTROS 10TH: GOTAY BATTED FOR DUKES; Gotay grounded out (third
to first); Herrera flied out to center; Menke was hit by a
pitch; Wynn flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
3, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 10TH: RAY REPLACED GOTAY (PITCHING); Clendenon flied out
to right; Mazeroski singled to center [Mazeroski to third (error
by Wynn)]; Cannizzaro singled to center [Mazeroski scored
(unearned)]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Pirates 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Astros           3   6   2    6
 Pirates          4  12   0   12


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