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Houston Astros @ Philadelphia Phillies

1969-05-07 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 3001 · 67°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph to LF · 2:19

Houston Astros defeated Philadelphia Phillies 6–1. Houston Astros put up 3 in the 5th. Larry Dierker earned the win. Jim Wynn went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	6	13
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5

W: Larry Dierker L: Jerry Johnson SV: (none)

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

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Morgan	3	1	1	0	2	0
Norm Miller	4	1	3	2	1	0
Jim Wynn	5	1	2	3	0	1
Curt Blefary	3	1	2	0	2	0
Denis Menke	4	0	1	0	1	1
Doug Rader	5	0	3	1	0	1
Gary Geiger	2	1	0	0	2	0
Johnny Edwards	4	0	0	0	1	1
Larry Dierker	4	1	1	0	0	3

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Larry Hisle	4	0	0	0	4
John Briggs	4	0	0	0	2
Dick Allen	4	0	0	0	4
Johnny Callison	4	1	2	1	0
Deron Johnson	3	0	1	0	1
Cookie Rojas	3	0	1	0	0
Don Money	3	0	1	0	1
Mike Ryan	3	0	0	0	0
Jerry Johnson	1	0	0	0	1
Ron Stone	1	0	0	0	0
Leroy Reams	1	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Dierker	9.0	5	0	14

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jerry Johnson	6.0	7	4	3
Barry Lersch	2.0	3	4	3
Al Raffo	1.0	3	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Morgan: 31
Norm Miller: 13
Jim Wynn: 2/FL

Bot 1

Larry Hisle: K
John Briggs: K
Dick Allen: K

Top 2

Curt Blefary: 43
Denis Menke: 7
Doug Rader: S9
Gary Geiger: 2/FL

Bot 2

Johnny Callison: 9
Deron Johnson: K
Cookie Rojas: 43

Top 3

Johnny Edwards: 2/FL
Larry Dierker: K
Joe Morgan: S9
Norm Miller: W.1-2
Jim Wynn: 7

Bot 3

Don Money: 7
Mike Ryan: 6/P
Jerry Johnson: K/C

Top 4

Curt Blefary: W
Denis Menke: 46(1)3/GDP
Doug Rader: S8/G
Gary Geiger: W.1-2
Johnny Edwards: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Larry Hisle: K
John Briggs: 43
Dick Allen: K

Top 5

Larry Dierker: S9/G
Joe Morgan: 7
Norm Miller: S9/G.1-2
Jim Wynn: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Curt Blefary: S9
Denis Menke: CS2(26)
Denis Menke: W
Doug Rader: K

Bot 5

Johnny Callison: S8
Deron Johnson: 8
Cookie Rojas: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Gary Geiger: 13
Johnny Edwards: 63
Larry Dierker: K

Bot 6

Don Money: D9
Mike Ryan: 63
Ron Stone: 3/G.2-3
Larry Hisle: K

Top 7

Joe Morgan: W
Norm Miller: S1/BG.1-2
Jim Wynn: K
Curt Blefary: SB3;SB2
Curt Blefary: W
Denis Menke: K
Doug Rader: 13

Bot 7

John Briggs: K
Dick Allen: K
Johnny Callison: HR/7
Deron Johnson: S8
Cookie Rojas: S9.1-3
Don Money: K/C

Top 8

Gary Geiger: W
Johnny Edwards: K/C
Larry Dierker: 14/SH.1-2
Joe Morgan: IW
Norm Miller: D8.2-H;1-H
Jim Wynn: S7.2XH(72)

Bot 8

Mike Ryan: 9
Leroy Reams: K
Larry Hisle: K

Top 9

Curt Blefary: S8/G
Denis Menke: S8/G.1-3
Doug Rader: S6.3-H;1-2
Gary Geiger: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Johnny Edwards: IW
Larry Dierker: PO1(254)#
Larry Dierker: K

Bot 9

John Briggs: 4/P
Dick Allen: K
Johnny Callison: 63

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Leroy Reams

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