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Atlanta Braves @ Houston Astros

1968-07-18 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 19820 · 2:08

Atlanta Braves defeated Houston Astros 7–1. Atlanta Braves put up 4 in the 3rd. Pat Jarvis earned the win. Tommie Aaron went 2-for-4 with 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Pat Jarvis L: Dave Giusti SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ken Burkhart · 1B: Harry Wendelstedt · 2B: Bill Jackowski · 3B: Frank Secory · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Felipe Alou	5	0	0	0	0	0
Felix Millan	5	2	2	0	0	0
Hank Aaron	5	2	2	1	0	0
Joe Torre	4	2	2	1	1	0
Tito Francona	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tommie Aaron	4	1	2	4	0	1
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	1	0	1
Marty Martinez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Jarvis	4	0	1	0	0	2

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Simpson	3	1	0	0	1	3
Hector Torres	3	0	1	0	1	0
Rusty Staub	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Wynn	3	0	0	0	1	0
Norm Miller	3	0	0	1	0	1
Denis Menke	3	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Rader	3	0	1	0	0	1
John Bateman	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Giusti	2	0	0	0	0	1
Lee Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pat Jarvis	9.0	2	3	7

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Giusti	7.1	7	1	6
Tom Dukes	0.2	0	0	0
Hal Gilson	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Felipe Alou: 8/F
Felix Millan: 63
Hank Aaron: D/89
Joe Torre: S7.2-H
Tito Francona: 9/F

Bot 1

Dick Simpson: W
Hector Torres: S8.1-2
Rusty Staub: 7/F
Jim Wynn: W.2-3;1-2
Norm Miller: 8/SF.3-H
Denis Menke: 8/F

Top 2

Tommie Aaron: K
Bob Johnson: 99/G
Marty Martinez: E6
Pat Jarvis: S.1-2
Felipe Alou: 99/F

Bot 2

Doug Rader: K
John Bateman: K
Dave Giusti: K

Top 3

Felix Millan: S7
Hank Aaron: FC1.1-2
Joe Torre: W.2-3;1-2
Tito Francona: K
Tommie Aaron: T.3-H;2-H;1-H
Bob Johnson: 99/G.3-H
Marty Martinez: 99

Bot 3

Dick Simpson: K
Hector Torres: W
Rusty Staub: 99/F
Jim Wynn: 99/F

Top 4

Pat Jarvis: K
Felipe Alou: 99/F
Felix Millan: 99/F

Bot 4

Norm Miller: K
Denis Menke: 99
Doug Rader: 99

Top 5

Hank Aaron: 99
Joe Torre: 99
Tito Francona: K

Bot 5

John Bateman: 99
Dave Giusti: 99
Dick Simpson: K

Top 6

Tommie Aaron: 99
Bob Johnson: K
Marty Martinez: 99

Bot 6

Hector Torres: 99
Rusty Staub: 99
Jim Wynn: 99

Top 7

Pat Jarvis: K
Felipe Alou: E6
Felix Millan: 99
Hank Aaron: 99

Bot 7

Norm Miller: 99
Denis Menke: 99
Doug Rader: S
John Bateman: 99

Top 8

Joe Torre: D
Tito Francona: 99
Tommie Aaron: S.2-H
Bob Johnson: SB2
Bob Johnson: 99
Marty Martinez: 99

Bot 8

Lee Thomas: 99
Dick Simpson: K
Hector Torres: 99

Top 9

Pat Jarvis: 99
Felipe Alou: 99
Felix Millan: D
Hank Aaron: S.2-H
Joe Torre: 99

Bot 9

Rusty Staub: 99
Jim Wynn: 99
Norm Miller: 99