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Philadelphia Phillies @ Houston Astros

1968-08-04 · Day game · Astrodome · Att: 15003 · dome, dry · 2:39

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Houston Astros 3–2. Rick Wise earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Rick Wise L: Steve Shea SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Doug Harvey · 1B: John Kibler · 2B: Shag Crawford · 3B: Chris Pelekoudas · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Taylor	5	0	1	1	0	1
Cookie Rojas	4	0	2	1	0	1
Johnny Callison	3	0	0	0	0	2
Don Lock	3	1	1	0	1	1
Bill White	2	0	0	0	1	0
Tony Gonzalez	3	0	2	0	0	0
Gary Sutherland	4	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Ryan	4	0	0	0	0	2
Rick Wise	3	2	2	0	1	0
Dick Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Joseph	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denis Menke	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hector Torres	4	0	0	0	0	0
Norm Miller	4	1	2	0	0	0
Rusty Staub	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Aspromonte	3	0	0	0	1	2
Doug Rader	4	1	0	0	0	0
John Bateman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Simpson	2	0	2	1	1	0
Don Wilson	2	0	1	0	0	0
Lee Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Wise	9.0	7	2	3

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Wilson	7.1	7	3	5
Pat House	0.1	0	0	0
Steve Shea	1.1	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Taylor: 4/L
Cookie Rojas: 63
Johnny Callison: K

Bot 1

Denis Menke: S8/G46
Hector Torres: 16(1)3/GDP
Norm Miller: 63

Top 2

Don Lock: S9
Bill White: 4/P
Tony Gonzalez: S8/G46.1-3
Gary Sutherland: S9.3-H;1-3
Mike Ryan: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Rusty Staub: 3/G
Bob Aspromonte: E6/TH.B-1
Doug Rader: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Rick Wise: W
Tony Taylor: K
Cookie Rojas: S8.1-2
Johnny Callison: K
Don Lock: WP.2-3;1-2
Don Lock: K/C

Bot 3

John Bateman: K
Dick Simpson: W
Don Wilson: 14/SH.1-2
Denis Menke: 7

Top 4

Bill White: W
Tony Gonzalez: 4/L
Gary Sutherland: 8
Mike Ryan: K

Bot 4

Hector Torres: 43
Norm Miller: 43
Rusty Staub: 9

Top 5

Rick Wise: D7/78
Tony Taylor: 41.2-3
Cookie Rojas: 9/SF.3-H
Johnny Callison: 6/P/8S

Bot 5

Bob Aspromonte: W
Doug Rader: 54(1)/FO.B-2(E4/TH1)
John Bateman: 63.2-3
Dick Simpson: S7/G56.3-H(UR)
Don Wilson: 6/P/7S

Top 6

Don Lock: 5/P
Bill White: 7
Tony Gonzalez: S7
Gary Sutherland: WP.1-2
Gary Sutherland: 8

Bot 6

Denis Menke: 63
Hector Torres: 63
Norm Miller: S9
Rusty Staub: D9.1-H;B-3(THH)
Bob Aspromonte: K

Top 7

Mike Ryan: 43
Rick Wise: 53
Tony Taylor: 43

Bot 7

Doug Rader: 53
John Bateman: 63
Dick Simpson: HP
Don Wilson: S9.1-3
Denis Menke: 53

Top 8

Cookie Rojas: S7
Johnny Callison: 14/SH.1-2
Don Lock: W
Dick Allen: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Rick Joseph: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Hector Torres: 63
Norm Miller: S6
Rusty Staub: 7
Bob Aspromonte: K/C

Top 9

Gary Sutherland: 43
Mike Ryan: K/C
Rick Wise: D9/9D
Tony Taylor: S9.2-H;B-2(THH)
Cookie Rojas: K

Bot 9

Doug Rader: 53
John Bateman: 63
Dick Simpson: D8/P
Lee Thomas: 6/P