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San Francisco Giants @ Houston Astros

1968-09-25 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 9258 · 2:22

Houston Astros defeated San Francisco Giants 3–2. Dave Giusti earned the win and Jim Ray picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Dave Giusti L: Juan Marichal SV: Jim Ray

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

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Bonds	4	0	0	0	0	2
Don Mason	4	0	1	0	0	2
Dave Marshall	4	0	1	0	0	1
Willie McCovey	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jack Hiatt	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Henderson	2	1	1	0	1	0
Bob Schroder	3	0	0	0	0	1
Hal Lanier	3	0	1	2	0	1
Juan Marichal	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jesus Alou	1	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Mays	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Dietz	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

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

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Juan Marichal	8.0	8	1	5

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Giusti	7.2	6	1	8
Danny Coombs	1.0	0	1	0
Jim Ray	0.1	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Bonds: K
Don Mason: S9
Dave Marshall: K/C
Willie McCovey: 7

Bot 1

Jose Herrera: 43
Hector Torres: 7
Jim Wynn: S
Rusty Staub: CS2(26)

Top 2

Jack Hiatt: 63
Ken Henderson: 5
Bob Schroder: K

Bot 2

Rusty Staub: K
Doug Rader: 43
Denis Menke: 8

Top 3

Hal Lanier: K/C
Juan Marichal: 8
Bobby Bonds: 43

Bot 3

Bob Aspromonte: 13
Dave Adlesh: 13
Dave Giusti: K

Top 4

Don Mason: 63
Dave Marshall: 3/G
Willie McCovey: S8
Jack Hiatt: 63

Bot 4

Jose Herrera: K
Hector Torres: 63
Jim Wynn: S/BG
Rusty Staub: 3/G

Top 5

Ken Henderson: S/89
Bob Schroder: 13.1-2
Hal Lanier: 31.2-3
Juan Marichal: 8

Bot 5

Doug Rader: T9
Denis Menke: 9/SF.3-H
Bob Aspromonte: W
Dave Adlesh: 3/G.1-2
Dave Giusti: K

Top 6

Bobby Bonds: 63
Don Mason: K
Dave Marshall: 8

Bot 6

Jose Herrera: S8
Hector Torres: 46(1)/FO
Jim Wynn: D9.1-3
Rusty Staub: 7/SF.3-H
Doug Rader: 5

Top 7

Willie McCovey: S9
Jack Hiatt: 9
Ken Henderson: W.1-2
Bob Schroder: 13.1-2;2-3
Hal Lanier: D7.2-H;3-H
Juan Marichal: K

Bot 7

Denis Menke: T9
Bob Aspromonte: S9.3-H
Dave Adlesh: 16(1)/FO
Dave Giusti: S8.1-2
Jose Herrera: 6
Hector Torres: 46(1)/FO

Top 8

Bobby Bonds: K
Don Mason: K
Dave Marshall: S7
Willie McCovey: 7

Bot 8

Jim Wynn: K
Rusty Staub: 9
Doug Rader: 6

Top 9

Jack Hiatt: 13
Jesus Alou: 43
Willie Mays: W
Ty Cline: SB2
Dick Dietz: K