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Houston Astros @ Philadelphia Phillies

1968-08-13 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 7021 · night · 2:21

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Houston Astros 4–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 4th. Jeff James earned the win and Gary Wagner picked up the save. Dick Allen went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	11
PHI	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0		4	4

W: Jeff James L: Mike Cuellar SV: Gary Wagner

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

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Norm Miller	5	0	1	0	0	0
Hector Torres	5	1	1	1	0	0
Rusty Staub	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jim Wynn	3	0	1	0	1	0
Doug Rader	3	0	0	0	1	0
Denis Menke	4	0	0	0	0	1
John Bateman	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dick Simpson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Cuellar	3	0	2	1	0	1
Lee Thomas	1	0	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
John Briggs	3	0	0	1	1	1
Cookie Rojas	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roberto Pena	4	1	1	0	0	1
Dick Allen	3	1	1	2	1	1
Don Lock	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rick Joseph	3	0	0	0	1	1
Doug Clemens	3	1	1	0	0	1
Clay Dalrymple	2	1	0	0	1	1
Jeff James	2	0	0	0	0	2
Gary Sutherland	1	0	1	1	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Cuellar	8.0	4	4	9

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jeff James	7.0	10	2	2
Gary Wagner	2.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Norm Miller: 31
Hector Torres: 43
Rusty Staub: S8
Jim Wynn: D7.1-3
Doug Rader: W
Denis Menke: 5(2)/FO

Bot 1

John Briggs: 9/L
Cookie Rojas: 9
Roberto Pena: K

Top 2

John Bateman: 8
Dick Simpson: 9
Mike Cuellar: S9
Norm Miller: S9.1-2
Hector Torres: 4/P

Bot 2

Dick Allen: K
Don Lock: K
Rick Joseph: K

Top 3

Rusty Staub: 43
Jim Wynn: 9/L
Doug Rader: 43

Bot 3

Doug Clemens: K
Clay Dalrymple: W
Jeff James: K/BF
John Briggs: W.1-2
Cookie Rojas: 5(2)/FO

Top 4

Denis Menke: 43
John Bateman: S6
Dick Simpson: S8.1-3
Mike Cuellar: S9.3-H;1-3
Norm Miller: 8/L
Hector Torres: 7

Bot 4

Roberto Pena: S8
Dick Allen: HR/8.1-H
Don Lock: E6/P/8S.B-2
Rick Joseph: 8
Doug Clemens: 5/P
Clay Dalrymple: K/C

Top 5

Rusty Staub: S7/G56
Jim Wynn: 54(1)3/GDP
Doug Rader: 63

Bot 5

Jeff James: K
John Briggs: K
Cookie Rojas: 5/FL

Top 6

Denis Menke: K
John Bateman: 8
Dick Simpson: S7
Mike Cuellar: K

Bot 6

Roberto Pena: 9/L
Dick Allen: 63
Don Lock: 13

Top 7

Norm Miller: 31
Hector Torres: HR/7
Rusty Staub: 8/89
Jim Wynn: W
Doug Rader: CS2(24)

Bot 7

Rick Joseph: W
Doug Clemens: S1/BG.1-2
Clay Dalrymple: 56(2)/FO.1-2
Gary Sutherland: S8/78.2-H;1-3
John Briggs: 4(1)/FO.3-H
Cookie Rojas: 53

Top 8

Doug Rader: E6.B-1
Denis Menke: 54(1)3/GDP
John Bateman: 13

Bot 8

Roberto Pena: 3/P
Dick Allen: W
Don Lock: 9/89
Rick Joseph: 4(1)/FO

Top 9

Dick Simpson: 63
Lee Thomas: S9/G34
Norm Miller: 8/L
Hector Torres: 64(1)/FO