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Philadelphia Phillies @ Houston Astros

1968-04-13 · Day game · Astrodome · Att: 13164 · 2:09

Houston Astros defeated Philadelphia Phillies 4–3. Houston Astros put up 2 in the 4th. Dave Giusti earned the win. Bill White went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	6
HOU	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		4	6

W: Dave Giusti L: Grant Jackson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Williams · 1B: Tom Gorman · 2B: Ed Sudol · 3B: Lee Weyer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Taylor	4	0	2	0	0	0
Cookie Rojas	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Callison	4	1	1	0	0	1
Dick Allen	4	0	0	0	0	4
Tony Gonzalez	3	1	0	0	1	2
Bill White	4	1	1	3	0	1
Clay Dalrymple	2	0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Wine	3	0	1	0	0	0
Grant Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Gary Sutherland	1	0	1	0	0	0
Don Lock	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Briggs	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rick Joseph	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron Davis	4	0	0	0	0	3
Joe Morgan	1	2	0	0	3	0
Jim Wynn	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rusty Staub	3	1	1	1	1	1
Bob Aspromonte	4	0	1	2	0	0
John Bateman	4	0	2	1	0	1
Ivan Murrell	4	0	1	0	0	1
Hector Torres	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Giusti	3	1	1	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Grant Jackson	4.2	6	2	4
Dick Hall	0.1	0	0	0
Gary Wagner	2.0	0	3	2
Jeff James	1.0	0	0	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Giusti	9.0	6	1	13

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Taylor: S8
Cookie Rojas: SB2
Cookie Rojas: 7
Johnny Callison: 5/P
Dick Allen: K/C

Bot 1

Ron Davis: K
Joe Morgan: 6/P
Jim Wynn: 4/P

Top 2

Tony Gonzalez: K
Bill White: K
Clay Dalrymple: K

Bot 2

Rusty Staub: K
Bob Aspromonte: 43
John Bateman: S7
Ivan Murrell: 9

Top 3

Bobby Wine: 13
Grant Jackson: K
Tony Taylor: 9

Bot 3

Hector Torres: 53
Dave Giusti: 43
Ron Davis: K

Top 4

Cookie Rojas: 63
Johnny Callison: K
Dick Allen: K/C

Bot 4

Joe Morgan: W
Jim Wynn: SB2
Jim Wynn: 163
Rusty Staub: S7.2-H;B-2(THH)
Bob Aspromonte: 63
John Bateman: S7.2-H
Ivan Murrell: S9.1-2
Hector Torres: 53

Top 5

Tony Gonzalez: 7
Bill White: 13
Clay Dalrymple: K

Bot 5

Dave Giusti: D7
Ron Davis: K
Joe Morgan: W
Jim Wynn: 3/FL
Rusty Staub: E6.2-3;1-2
Bob Aspromonte: S9.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3
John Bateman: 5/P

Top 6

Bobby Wine: 8/L
Gary Sutherland: S8
Tony Taylor: S8.1-2
Cookie Rojas: 7
Johnny Callison: 3/G

Bot 6

Ivan Murrell: 43
Hector Torres: W
Dave Giusti: K
Ron Davis: 4/P

Top 7

Dick Allen: K
Tony Gonzalez: K
Bill White: 31

Bot 7

Joe Morgan: W
Jim Wynn: SB2
Jim Wynn: K
Rusty Staub: IW
Bob Aspromonte: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Don Lock: 13
Bobby Wine: S9
John Briggs: K
Tony Taylor: 13

Bot 8

John Bateman: K
Ivan Murrell: K
Hector Torres: 53

Top 9

Cookie Rojas: 63
Johnny Callison: S9
Dick Allen: K
Tony Gonzalez: W.1-2
Bill White: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Rick Joseph: K/C

Notes & reviews

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