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Houston Astros @ New York Mets

1968-06-18 · Day game · Shea Stadium · sunny · 2:22

Houston Astros defeated New York Mets 3–2. Houston Astros put up 2 in the 5th. Denny Lemaster earned the win. Jim Wynn went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Denny Lemaster L: Nolan Ryan SV: (none)

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

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denis Menke	3	1	0	0	2	0
Dick Simpson	5	0	0	0	0	3
Jim Wynn	3	2	2	1	2	0
Rusty Staub	3	0	1	1	1	0
Doug Rader	5	0	2	1	0	1
Bob Watson	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ron Brand	3	0	0	0	1	2
Hector Torres	4	0	2	0	0	2
Denny Lemaster	2	0	0	0	1	2

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Bosch	4	1	1	0	0	2
Phil Linz	3	0	0	0	1	0
Cleon Jones	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jerry Grote	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Charles	3	1	3	1	1	0
Jerry Buchek	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tommie Agee	3	0	0	0	1	1
Al Weis	3	0	1	1	1	1
Nolan Ryan	3	0	0	0	0	2
Ron Swoboda	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Denny Lemaster	9.0	6	4	10

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nolan Ryan	9.0	7	7	12

Play-by-play

Top 1

Denis Menke: W
Dick Simpson: PO1(E1).1-2#
Dick Simpson: K
Jim Wynn: W
Rusty Staub: HP.2-3;1-2
Doug Rader: K
Bob Watson: K

Bot 1

Don Bosch: K
Phil Linz: 9/L
Cleon Jones: K

Top 2

Ron Brand: 8/F
Hector Torres: K
Denny Lemaster: W
Denis Menke: 8/F

Bot 2

Jerry Grote: 6/P
Ed Charles: S7
Jerry Buchek: K
Tommie Agee: W.1-2
Al Weis: S7.1-3;2-H;B-2(E7)
Nolan Ryan: K

Top 3

Dick Simpson: K/C
Jim Wynn: 7/F
Rusty Staub: W
Doug Rader: D8.1XH(842)

Bot 3

Don Bosch: 8/F
Phil Linz: W
Cleon Jones: 54(1)/FO
Jerry Grote: 4/P

Top 4

Bob Watson: K/C
Ron Brand: K
Hector Torres: K

Bot 4

Ed Charles: S7
Jerry Buchek: 43.1-2
Tommie Agee: K/C
Al Weis: IW
Nolan Ryan: K/C

Top 5

Denny Lemaster: K
Denis Menke: W
Dick Simpson: 3/P
Jim Wynn: S7.1-2
Rusty Staub: S8.1-2;2-H
Doug Rader: S8.1-2;2-H
Bob Watson: 31

Bot 5

Don Bosch: S/BG
Phil Linz: 7/L
Cleon Jones: S7.1-2
Jerry Grote: 3/P
Ed Charles: S7.1-2;2-H
Jerry Buchek: 5(2)/FO

Top 6

Ron Brand: K
Hector Torres: S9
Denny Lemaster: 34/SH.1-2
Denis Menke: 6/P

Bot 6

Tommie Agee: 13
Al Weis: 53
Nolan Ryan: 3/G

Top 7

Dick Simpson: K
Jim Wynn: HR/9
Rusty Staub: 8/F
Doug Rader: 53

Bot 7

Don Bosch: K
Phil Linz: 8/F
Cleon Jones: K/C

Top 8

Bob Watson: 7/F
Ron Brand: W
Hector Torres: S8.1-3
Denny Lemaster: K
Denis Menke: 4/P

Bot 8

Jerry Grote: 1/L
Ed Charles: W
Jerry Buchek: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Dick Simpson: 7/F
Jim Wynn: W
Rusty Staub: 64(1)/FO
Doug Rader: 7/F

Bot 9

Tommie Agee: 4/P
Al Weis: K
Ron Swoboda: K