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Houston Astros @ Philadelphia Phillies

1968-08-14 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 4040 · night · 2:17

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Houston Astros 4–3. Philadelphia Phillies put up 4 in the 3rd. Chris Short earned the win and Gary Wagner picked up the save. Don Lock went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	10
PHI	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		4	8

W: Chris Short L: Denny Lemaster SV: Gary Wagner

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

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denis Menke	2	0	1	0	2	0
Hector Torres	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rusty Staub	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Wynn	3	1	1	1	1	0
Doug Rader	4	1	2	0	0	1
Bob Aspromonte	4	0	1	0	0	2
John Bateman	4	1	2	2	0	1
Dick Simpson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Denny Lemaster	1	0	0	0	0	0
Julio Gotay	1	0	1	0	0	0
Norm Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Cookie Rojas	4	0	1	0	0	0
Roberto Pena	3	1	2	0	1	1
Dick Allen	2	1	0	0	2	0
Don Lock	4	1	2	4	0	1
Rick Joseph	4	0	0	0	0	2
John Briggs	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Ryan	3	0	1	0	0	0
Chris Short	2	1	1	0	0	0
Gary Wagner	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Denny Lemaster	6.0	6	3	1
Jim Ray	2.0	2	0	4

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Short	6.1	9	2	2
Gary Wagner	2.2	1	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Denis Menke: W
Hector Torres: 16(1)3/GDP
Rusty Staub: 31

Bot 1

Tony Gonzalez: 7/L
Cookie Rojas: 53
Roberto Pena: D8/89
Dick Allen: 9

Top 2

Jim Wynn: 13
Doug Rader: D9/9L
Bob Aspromonte: K
John Bateman: HR/7.2-H
Dick Simpson: 63

Bot 2

Don Lock: S8/G46
Rick Joseph: K/C
John Briggs: S8/G46.1-3
Mike Ryan: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Denny Lemaster: 4
Denis Menke: S8
Hector Torres: 9
Rusty Staub: 7

Bot 3

Chris Short: S9/G34
Tony Gonzalez: 6/P
Cookie Rojas: 9
Roberto Pena: WP.1-2
Roberto Pena: W
Dick Allen: W.2-3;1-2
Don Lock: HR/7.3-H;2-H;1-H
Rick Joseph: 4/P

Top 4

Jim Wynn: 53
Doug Rader: S7
Bob Aspromonte: K+CS2(24)/DP/C

Bot 4

John Briggs: 8/L
Mike Ryan: 7
Chris Short: 43

Top 5

John Bateman: D9
Dick Simpson: S6.2-2
Denny Lemaster: CS3(25)
Denny Lemaster: 14/SH.1-2
Denis Menke: W
Hector Torres: 7

Bot 5

Tony Gonzalez: 3/G
Cookie Rojas: 53
Roberto Pena: S7
Dick Allen: CS2(24)

Top 6

Rusty Staub: 5/FL
Jim Wynn: HR/8
Doug Rader: 9
Bob Aspromonte: 63

Bot 6

Dick Allen: W
Don Lock: 64(1)/FO
Rick Joseph: 4/P
John Briggs: 4/P/8S

Top 7

John Bateman: 9
Dick Simpson: S6
Julio Gotay: S7.1-2
Denis Menke: HP.2-3;1-2
Hector Torres: K
Rusty Staub: 43

Bot 7

Mike Ryan: S5/BG
Gary Wagner: K/BF
Tony Gonzalez: 2/FL
Cookie Rojas: S9.1-3
Roberto Pena: K

Top 8

Jim Wynn: W
Doug Rader: K
Bob Aspromonte: S8/G46.1-3;BX2(854)
John Bateman: K

Bot 8

Dick Allen: 63
Don Lock: K/C
Rick Joseph: K/C

Top 9

Dick Simpson: 63
Norm Miller: 43
Denis Menke: 13