Houston Astros (5) Cincinnati Reds (4)

| 1968

Date of Game: Sunday, July 14, 1968
Stadium: Crosley Field

Houston Astros (NL)	Cincinnati Reds (NL)
Record: 38-43	Record: 43-44
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Attendance: 0 Time of Game: 3:24

Game Notes:

Steve Shea - 1st career game

Steve Shea - 1st career win, 1st career game

Best at-bats

Vada Pinson 1B in 5th inning (41.73)

Ron Brand 2B in 10th inning (32.49)

Lee May 1B in 5th inning (12.96)
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CIN

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NYN

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SLN

GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Houston Astros	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	1
Cincinnati Reds	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	2

Houston Astros Batting Stats

Houston Astros	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Dick Simpson	lf	24.352	5	1	2	1	1	2	.174	42	213	4	10	2
Hector Torres	ss	22.301	5	0	1	1	0	0	.238	67	67	0	14	1
Rusty Staub	1b	24.104	4	0	0	0	1	0	.315	81	748	5	46	0
Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.124	4	0	1	1	1	2	.268	78	631	11	35	8
Norm Miller	rf	22.159	1	0	0	0	0	1	.228	29	113	2	12	1
Lee Thomas	rf	32.160	3	0	0	0	1	0	.191	45	974	1	8	2
Denis Menke	2b	27.358	5	2	2	1	0	0	.255	71	730	3	29	2
Doug Rader	3b	23.349	5	0	0	0	0	1	.225	43	90	3	15	0
Ron Brand	c	28.183	4	1	1	1	1	0	.146	21	322	0	3	0
Dave Giusti	p	28.230	1	1	0	0	0	0	.182	18	167	0	6	0
Tom Dukes	p	25.317	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	18	34	0	0	0
Danny Coombs	p	26.113	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	17	56	0	0	0
John Buzhardt	p	31.331	2	0	1	0	0	1	.200	22	298	0	0	0
Pat House	p	27.316	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5	11	0	0	0
Steve Shea	p	25.221	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	1	0	0	0
Totals:			40	5	8	5	5	7	.200	558	4455

Cincinnati Reds Batting Stats

Cincinnati Reds	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Alex Johnson	lf	25.219	6	1	2	0	0	0	.308	82	328	1	35	12
Mack Jones	cf	29.250	3	1	0	0	1	1	.196	52	638	4	11	0
Chico Ruiz	1b	29.221	2	0	0	0	0	0	.268	45	338	0	2	0
Lee May	1b-rf	25.113	6	1	2	2	0	2	.293	80	237	9	46	3
Tony Perez	3b	26.061	3	0	1	0	2	0	.248	84	455	9	53	3
Vada Pinson	rf-cf	29.337	3	0	2	2	1	0	.272	77	1501	3	31	10
Johnny Bench	c	20.220	4	0	2	0	1	0	.263	83	109	8	45	0
Hal McRae	2b	23.004	4	0	0	0	1	1	.333	4	4	0	0	0
Leo Cardenas	ss	29.209	2	0	0	0	2	0	.202	75	1095	0	16	0
Fred Whitfield	ph	30.188	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	49	701	0	11	0
Don Pavletich	ph	30.001	0	0	0	0	1	0	.187	23	388	0	2	0
Clay Carroll	p	27.073	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	28	162	0	0	0
Tony Cloninger	p	27.335	1	0	0	0	0	0	.308	14	225	1	3	0
Bob Lee	p	30.230	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	33	257	0	0	0
Jim Beauchamp	ph	28.328	2	1	1	0	0	1	.333	2	61	0	0	0
Ted Abernathy	p	35.130	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	44	413	0	0	0
Woody Woodward	ph-ss	25.294	1	0	0	0	0	0	.218	32	486	0	2	2
Totals:			38	4	10	4	9	5	.263	807	7398

Game Stats

2B: Ron Brand (2), Alex Johnson (16)
HR: Denis Menke (3)
RBIs: Ron Brand (3), Lee May 2 (46), Denis Menke (29), Vada Pinson 2 (31), Dick Simpson (10), Hector Torres (14), Jimmy Wynn (35)
SB: Jimmy Wynn (8)
SH: Dave Giusti (2), Vada Pinson (2)
GDP: Leo Cardenas (9)

Houston Astros Pitching Stats

Houston Astros	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Dave Giusti	28.230	4	7	4	4	3	1	0	2.69	1.10	0	0	0	17	156
Tom Dukes	25.317	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.36	2.18	0	0	0	18	34
Danny Coombs	26.113	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.54	1.69	0	0	0	17	58
John Buzhardt	31.331	4.2	2	0	0	4	4	0	3.18	1.32	0	0	0	22	307
Pat House	27.316	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	1.75	0	0	0	5	11
Steve Shea (W 1-0)	25.221	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	1	1
Pitching Totals:		10	10	4	4	9	5	0			0	0	0	80	567

Cincinnati Reds Pitching Stats

Cincinnati Reds	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Tony Cloninger	27.335	3.2	5	4	1	2	2	1	6.28	1.72	0	0	0	13	223
Bob Lee	30.230	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	4.60	1.55	0	0	0	33	258
Ted Abernathy	35.130	4	1	0	0	2	3	0	0.81	1.05	0	0	0	44	419
Clay Carroll (L 3-4)	27.073	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.71	1.37	0	0	0	28	165
Pitching Totals:		10	8	5	2	5	7	1			0	0	0	118	1065

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Dave Giusti; John Buzhardt; Tony Cloninger;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Giusti 0-0-0; Tom Dukes 0-0-0; Danny Coombs 0-0-0; John Buzhardt 0-0-0; Pat House 0-0-0; Steve Shea 0-0-0; Tony Cloninger 0-0-0; Bob Lee 0-0-0; Ted Abernathy 0-0-0; Clay Carroll 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Dave Giusti 21; Tom Dukes 1; Danny Coombs 1; John Buzhardt 20; Pat House 1; Steve Shea 4; Tony Cloninger 21; Bob Lee 5; Ted Abernathy 15; Clay Carroll 5;
Time of Game: 3:24 Attendance: 0
Umpires: Home: Ken Burkhart 1B Harry Wendelstedt 2B Bill Jackowski 3B Frank Secory

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