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Houston Astros @ San Francisco Giants

1968-07-21 · Day game · Candlestick Park · Att: 17021 · 2:28

San Francisco Giants defeated Houston Astros 6–1. San Francisco Giants put up 3 in the 3rd. Mike McCormick earned the win. Jim Wynn went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
SFN	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0		6	12

W: Mike McCormick L: Danny Coombs SV: (none)

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

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Simpson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Hector Torres	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rusty Staub	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Wynn	4	1	2	1	0	1
Denis Menke	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Aspromonte	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Watson	3	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Adlesh	3	0	1	0	0	0
Danny Coombs	1	0	1	0	0	0
Julio Gotay	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Brand	1	0	1	0	0	0

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Bonds	5	2	3	0	0	1
Ron Hunt	4	2	2	2	0	1
Willie Mays	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Ray Hart	3	1	2	2	0	1
Jim Davenport	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jesus Alou	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jack Hiatt	2	0	0	0	2	0
Hal Lanier	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike McCormick	4	1	1	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Coombs	2.1	5	0	3
Jim Ray	1.2	2	0	1
Hal Gilson	2.2	5	1	1
Tom Dukes	0.1	0	1	1
Pat House	1.0	0	0	0

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike McCormick	9.0	6	1	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Simpson: 63
Hector Torres: 63
Rusty Staub: K/C

Bot 1

Bobby Bonds: S8
Ron Hunt: CS2(26)
Ron Hunt: K/C
Willie Mays: 53

Top 2

Jim Wynn: HR/7
Denis Menke: 53
Bob Aspromonte: 6
Bob Watson: 63

Bot 2

Jim Ray Hart: K/C
Jim Davenport: K/C
Jesus Alou: S8
Jack Hiatt: 3/FL

Top 3

Dave Adlesh: 63
Danny Coombs: S7
Dick Simpson: K/C
Hector Torres: K

Bot 3

Hal Lanier: 5
Mike McCormick: S9
Bobby Bonds: S8.1-3
Ron Hunt: S8.1-3;3-H
Willie Mays: S8.1-3;3-H
Jim Ray Hart: 8/SF.3-H
Jim Davenport: S7.1-3
Jesus Alou: 13

Top 4

Rusty Staub: 8
Jim Wynn: T9
Denis Menke: K
Bob Aspromonte: 6

Bot 4

Jack Hiatt: 53
Hal Lanier: 8
Mike McCormick: K

Top 5

Bob Watson: S7
Dave Adlesh: 16(1)/FO
Julio Gotay: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Bobby Bonds: K
Ron Hunt: HP
Willie Mays: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Dick Simpson: W
Hector Torres: 7
Rusty Staub: 8
Jim Wynn: K

Bot 6

Jim Ray Hart: S7
Jim Davenport: 53.1-2
Jesus Alou: 13
Jack Hiatt: IW
Hal Lanier: 53

Top 7

Denis Menke: 63
Bob Aspromonte: 4
Bob Watson: 3

Bot 7

Mike McCormick: 31
Bobby Bonds: T8
Ron Hunt: S7.3-H
Willie Mays: 43.1-2
Jim Ray Hart: S9.2-H
Jim Davenport: S9.1-3
Jesus Alou: K+PB.3-H(UR);1-2;B-1#
Jack Hiatt: W.2-3;1-2
Hal Lanier: 3/G

Top 8

Dave Adlesh: S/78
Ron Brand: S8.1-2
Dick Simpson: 7(B)645(2)/FDP
Hector Torres: 8

Bot 8

Mike McCormick: 3/G
Bobby Bonds: 8
Ron Hunt: 8

Top 9

Rusty Staub: 43
Jim Wynn: 6
Denis Menke: 8