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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Houston Astros

1968-08-19 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 20347 · dome, dry · 2:25

Houston Astros defeated Los Angeles Dodgers 8–5. Houston Astros put up 7 in the 4th. Danny Coombs earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Danny Coombs L: Bill Singer SV: (none)

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

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Willie Crawford	4	1	1	1	1	1
Len Gabrielson	4	0	2	0	0	1
Willie Davis	4	1	1	1	0	2
Tom Haller	4	0	1	2	0	0
Ron Fairly	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bob Bailey	4	0	1	1	0	0
Paul Popovich	4	0	0	0	0	1
Zoilo Versalles	3	1	0	0	1	1
Bill Singer	1	0	0	0	0	0
Claude Osteen	0	1	0	0	1	0
Ted Savage	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Boyer	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Lefebvre	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Herrera	4	1	0	1	0	1
Hector Torres	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jim Wynn	3	1	1	0	1	1
Rusty Staub	3	1	2	2	1	0
Doug Rader	3	0	0	0	1	0
Denis Menke	4	2	1	1	0	0
Bob Aspromonte	3	1	1	1	0	2
John Bateman	3	1	1	1	1	2
Dave Giusti	2	0	1	2	0	0
Danny Coombs	2	0	0	0	0	2

Los Angeles Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Singer	3.1	4	4	4
Claude Osteen	2.2	4	0	2
John Purdin	2.0	0	0	3

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Giusti	4.2	6	2	5
Danny Coombs	4.1	2	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Willie Crawford: 7
Len Gabrielson: D
Willie Davis: K
Tom Haller: 43

Bot 1

Jose Herrera: K
Hector Torres: K
Jim Wynn: W
Rusty Staub: S.1-3
Doug Rader: 6

Top 2

Ron Fairly: S
Bob Bailey: T.1-H
Paul Popovich: 3
Zoilo Versalles: K
Bill Singer: 8

Bot 2

Denis Menke: 8
Bob Aspromonte: K
John Bateman: K/C

Top 3

Willie Crawford: K
Len Gabrielson: D
Willie Davis: K
Tom Haller: 43

Bot 3

Dave Giusti: 63
Jose Herrera: 63
Hector Torres: 43

Top 4

Ron Fairly: 13
Bob Bailey: 7
Paul Popovich: K

Bot 4

Jim Wynn: S
Rusty Staub: W.1-2
Doug Rader: W.2-3;1-2
Denis Menke: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Bob Aspromonte: D.3-H;1-3
John Bateman: IW
Dave Giusti: S.3-H;2-H;1-3
Jose Herrera: 54(1)/FO.3-H
Hector Torres: S.1-2
Jim Wynn: E5.2-3;1-2
Rusty Staub: S.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3
Doug Rader: 53

Top 5

Zoilo Versalles: 13
Claude Osteen: W
Willie Crawford: W.1-2
Len Gabrielson: 3
Willie Davis: S.2-H;1-2#
Tom Haller: D.2-H;1-H
Ron Fairly: 43

Bot 5

Denis Menke: S
Bob Aspromonte: 23/SH.1-2
John Bateman: S9.2-H;BX2(94)
Danny Coombs: K

Top 6

Bob Bailey: 43
Paul Popovich: 9
Zoilo Versalles: 63

Bot 6

Jose Herrera: 3
Hector Torres: 53
Jim Wynn: K

Top 7

Ted Savage: K
Willie Crawford: 5
Len Gabrielson: K/C

Bot 7

Rusty Staub: 9
Doug Rader: 8
Denis Menke: 7

Top 8

Willie Davis: 2
Tom Haller: 9
Ron Fairly: S
Bob Bailey: 4

Bot 8

Bob Aspromonte: K
John Bateman: K
Danny Coombs: K

Top 9

Paul Popovich: 43
Zoilo Versalles: W
Ken Boyer: K
Willie Crawford: D.1-H
Jim Lefebvre: 8