Atlanta Braves 4, Houston Astros 1
Regular Season Game 144
Played on Sunday, September 8, 1968 (N) at Atlanta Stadium
HOU N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 ATL N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 x - 4 7 2
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Menke 2b 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 Miller rf 4 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 Wynn cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Staub 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 9 1 Rader 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 Aspromonte lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 McFadden ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Adlesh c 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 Bateman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Giusti p 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Coombs p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thomas ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 1 7 1 3 6 24 8 BATTING - 2B: Staub (34,off Pappas); McFadden (1,off Pappas). HBP: Menke (5,by Pappas). IBB: Staub (22,by Pappas). Team LOB: 10.
Atlanta Braves AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Alou cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Millan 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 H. Aaron rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 Torre c 3 0 1 1 1 1 5 0 Garr pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tillman c 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Francona 1b 2 1 1 0 1 0 10 0 T. Aaron ph,1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Lum lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 B. Johnson 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 Jackson ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Pappas p 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Totals 31 4 7 3 4 5 27 10 FIELDING - E: Lum (3), Pappas (1). BATTING - 2B: Francona (13,off Giusti). IBB: B. Johnson (3,by Coombs). Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING - SB: H. Aaron (24,Home off Coombs/Adlesh); Garr (1,2nd base off Coombs/Adlesh); T. Aaron (2,2nd base off Coombs/Adlesh).
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Giusti L(9-13) 7.1 6 4 4 3 5 0 31 Coombs 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 Totals 8 7 4 4 4 5 0 35 IBB: Coombs (4,B. Johnson). Inherited Runners - Scored: Coombs 2-2. .
Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Pappas W(11-11) 9 7 1 1 3 6 0 38 WP: Pappas (3). HBP: Pappas (5,Menke). IBB: Pappas (9,Staub). Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Doug Harvey Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 5641 Starting Lineups: Houston Astros Atlanta Braves 1. Menke 2b Alou cf 2. Miller rf Millan 2b 3. Wynn cf H. Aaron rf 4. Staub 1b Torre c 5. Rader 3b Francona 1b 6. Aspromonte lf Lum lf 7. McFadden ss B. Johnson 3b 8. Adlesh c Jackson ss 9. Giusti p Pappas p ASTROS 1ST: Menke out on an unknown play; Miller walked; Pappas threw a wild pitch [Miller to second]; Wynn struck out; Staub doubled [Miller scored]; Rader out on an unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Alou struck out; Millan out on an unknown play; H. Aaron out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. ASTROS 2ND: Aspromonte out on an unknown play; McFadden doubled; Adlesh out on an unknown play; Giusti out on an unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Torre out on an unknown play; Francona out on an unknown play; Lum struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. ASTROS 3RD: Menke singled; Miller struck out; Wynn out on an unknown play; Menke was picked off first but was safe on an error by Pappas [Menke to second]; Staub was walked intentionally; Rader out on an unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: B. Johnson out on an unknown play; Jackson out on an unknown play; Pappas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. ASTROS 4TH: Aspromonte walked; McFadden singled [Aspromonte to third]; Adlesh struck out; Giusti struck out; Menke was hit by a pitch [McFadden to second]; Miller struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Alou out on an unknown play; Millan out on an unknown play; H. Aaron out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. ASTROS 5TH: Wynn out on an unknown play; Staub out on an unknown play; Rader singled; Aspromonte out on an unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 5TH: Torre struck out; Francona doubled to left; Lum out on an unknown play [Francona to third]; B. Johnson singled to first [Francona scored]; Jackson singled [B. Johnson to second]; Pappas struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 1. ASTROS 6TH: McFadden out on an unknown play; Adlesh out on an unknown play; Giusti out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 1. BRAVES 6TH: Alou out on an unknown play; Millan out on an unknown play; H. Aaron walked; Torre walked [H. Aaron to second]; Francona walked [H. Aaron to third, Torre to second]; Lum out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 1. ASTROS 7TH: Menke singled; Miller struck out; Wynn out on an unknown play; Staub out on an unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 1. BRAVES 7TH: B. Johnson out on an unknown play; Jackson out on an unknown play; Pappas out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 1. ASTROS 8TH: Rader out on an unknown play; Aspromonte out on an unknown play; McFadden out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 1. BRAVES 8TH: Alou out on an unknown play; Millan singled; H. Aaron singled [Millan to third]; Torre singled [Millan scored, H. Aaron to third]; COOMBS REPLACED GIUSTI (PITCHING); T. AARON BATTED FOR FRANCONA; GARR RAN FOR TORRE; H. Aaron stole home and Garr stole second; missed squeeze bunt; T. Aaron singled [Garr scored]; Lum out on an unknown play; T. Aaron stole second; B. Johnson was walked intentionally; Jackson out on an unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 4. ASTROS 9TH: TILLMAN REPLACED GARR (PLAYING C ); T. AARON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BATEMAN BATTED FOR ADLESH; Bateman out on an unknown play; THOMAS BATTED FOR COOMBS; Thomas out on an unknown play; Menke singled [Menke to second (error by Lum)]; Miller out on an unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Astros 1 7 0 10 Braves 4 7 2 7
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