Pittsburgh Pirates (4) Houston Astros (3)

| 1968

Date of Game: Monday, June 17, 1968
Stadium: Forbes Field

Houston Astros (NL)	Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)
Record: 23-32	Record: 23-30
PREV vs PIT NEXT vs HOU	PREV vs HOU NEXT vs LAN
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Attendance: 5,887 Time of Game: 2:37

Game Notes:

Maury Wills - 4 hits

Best at-bats

Dave Giusti 1B in 4th inning (20.37)

Doug Rader BB in 5th inning (7.36)

Willie Stargell BB in 1st inning (6.94)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston Astros	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	0
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	x	4	12	1

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
Julio Gotay	2b	29.008	5	0	0	0	0	0	.216	35	301	0	6	0
Dick Simpson	rf	24.325	4	0	2	0	1	1	.250	27	198	3	8	0
Rusty Staub	1b	24.077	5	0	1	0	0	0	.323	56	723	3	31	0
Jimmy Wynn	cf	26.097	4	2	1	0	0	2	.250	55	608	5	17	6
Doug Rader	3b	23.322	2	1	1	0	2	1	.259	18	65	2	7	0
Bob Watson	lf	22.068	4	0	1	1	0	2	.187	18	23	1	3	1
John Bateman	c	27.331	2	0	0	0	0	1	.173	32	485	2	9	0
Ron Brand	ph-c	28.156	2	0	0	0	0	0	.129	14	315	0	2	0
Hector Torres	ss	22.274	4	0	1	0	0	1	.226	42	42	0	7	0
Dave Giusti	p	28.203	3	0	2	2	0	0	.114	13	162	0	4	0
Lee Thomas	ph	32.133	1	0	0	0	0	0	.241	31	960	1	5	2
Totals:			36	3	9	3	3	8	.250	341	3882

Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Maury Wills	3b	35.258	5	0	4	0	0	0	.286	53	1323	0	17	17
Freddie Patek	ss	23.251	3	1	1	0	0	1	.192	10	10	1	4	1
Jose Pagan	ss	33.043	2	0	0	0	0	0	.204	28	893	0	5	0
Roberto Clemente	rf	33.303	3	1	0	0	1	2	.260	51	1744	7	24	0
Willie Stargell	lf	28.103	2	2	2	1	2	0	.248	43	666	8	23	3
Matty Alou	cf	29.177	4	0	2	3	0	0	.359	44	759	0	13	5
Donn Clendenon	1b	32.338	4	0	0	0	0	3	.241	55	842	5	27	4
Gene Alley	2b	27.342	4	0	1	0	0	0	.236	46	562	2	13	7
Jerry May	c	24.186	3	0	1	0	1	1	.257	54	209	1	16	0
Al McBean	p	30.033	4	0	1	0	0	0	.278	16	344	0	4	0
Roy Face	p	40.118	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	16	709	0	0	0
Totals:			34	4	12	4	4	7	.353	416	8061

Game Stats

2B: Matty Alou (8), Jerry May (4)
3B: Dick Simpson (1)
HR: Willie Stargell (8)
RBIs: Matty Alou 3 (13), Dave Giusti 2 (4), Willie Stargell (23), Bob Watson (3)
GDP: Gene Alley (10), Julio Gotay (1)

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 (L 4-6)	28.203	8	12	4	4	4	7	1	2.20	1.06	0	0	0	12	151
Pitching Totals:		8	12	4	4	4	7	1			0	0	0	12	151

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Al McBean (W 6-4)	30.033	8.2	9	3	3	3	7	0	2.68	1.23	0	0	0	13	335
Roy Face (Sv 7)	40.118	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.25	1.19	0	0	0	16	707
Pitching Totals:		9	9	3	3	3	8	0			0	0	0	29	1042

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Giusti 0-0-0; Al McBean 0-0-0; Roy Face 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Dave Giusti 38; Al McBean 39; Roy Face 1;
Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 5,887
Umpires: Home: Ed Vargo 1B Bob Engel 2B Al Barlick 3B Stan Landes

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