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You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Box Scores > 1968 > Aug 20, 1968, Dodgers at Astros Box Score and Play by Play
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Astrodome, Attendance: 19,534 |
Tuesday, August 20, 1968 Time of Game: 3:00 |
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Dodgers
5
54-70
Lost 4
10th, 25 GB
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Dodgers 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 10 3
Astros 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 X 8 9 0
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Astros
8
58-69
Won 3
8th, 22½ GB
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Batting Stats
Los Angeles Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details W Crawford LF 4 2 1 0 1 3 .250 .707 4 0 L Gabrielson RF 4 1 1 1 1 1 .268 .745 1 0 3B W Davis CF 5 2 3 1 0 2 .239 .633 3 0 3B,SB T Haller C 2 0 1 3 1 1 .289 .732 5 1 2·SF R Fairly 1B 5 0 2 0 0 1 .217 .557 9 1 B Bailey 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .232 .663 1 1 P Popovich 2B-SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 .224 .555 0 2 Z Versalles SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .191 .507 0 4 J Lefebvre PH-2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .204 .548 0 0 D Drysdale P 2 0 1 0 0 0 .182 .387 0 0 J Purdin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1.000 0 0 J Fairey PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .191 .509 0 0 M Grant P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158 .474 0 0 H Aguirre P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 K Boyer PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .253 .633 0 0 J Brewer P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .333 1 0 Totals 35 5 10 0 4 11 24 9
Batting Events
3B: W Davis (7); L Gabrielson (1).
SF: T Haller (5).
TB: W Davis 5; L Gabrielson 3; R Fairly 2; W Crawford; D Drysdale; T Haller; B Bailey.
RBI: T Haller 3 (37); L Gabrielson (26); W Davis (25).
Team LOB: 9.
With RISP: 0 for 0.
Fielding Events
PB: T Haller (11).
E: Z Versalles (25); B Bailey (11); R Fairly (3).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details J Herrera RF 4 2 1 0 0 0 .067 .133 1 0 SH N Miller RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .609 0 0 H Torres SS 5 0 1 1 0 1 .230 .527 0 2 J Wynn CF 3 2 1 0 2 0 .255 .817 4 0 R Staub 1B 3 1 1 3 0 0 .296 .774 7 0 2B,SF,SH D Rader 3B 2 1 0 0 1 0 .257 .708 0 1 HBP D Menke 2B 3 0 2 1 1 1 .253 .685 3 3 B Aspromonte LF 3 0 1 1 0 1 .244 .599 2 0 SF J Bateman C 4 1 2 0 0 0 .243 .631 10 2 L Dierker P 4 1 0 0 0 2 .081 .192 0 0 D Coombs P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .444 .889 0 0 Totals 31 8 9 0 4 5 27 8
Batting Events
2B: R Staub (32).
SF: B Aspromonte (3); R Staub (3).
SH: R Staub (4); J Herrera (1).
HBP: D Rader (1).
TB: D Menke 2; J Bateman 2; R Staub 2; J Wynn; J Herrera; H Torres; B Aspromonte.
RBI: R Staub 3 (57); B Aspromonte (34); D Menke (44); H Torres (23).
Team LOB: 8.
With RISP: 0 for 0.
Pitching Stats
Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA D Drysdale, L (14-11) 4.2 7 5 5 3 2 0 2.01 24 - · · · · · 29 - J Purdin 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.90 1 - · · · · · - M Grant 0.2 2 3 0 1 0 0 3.05 8 - · · · · · - H Aguirre 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.56 4 - · · · · · - J Brewer 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.59 3 - · · · · · - Totals 8 9 8 5 4 5 0 40 - · · · · · -
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA L Dierker, W (12-10) 8.1 10 5 5 4 10 0 3.21 39 - · · · · · 49 - D Coombs, S (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.68 2 - · · · · · - Totals 9 10 5 5 4 11 0 41 - · · · · · -
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: M Grant (5).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.
Other Info
Umpires:
HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Ed Sudol.
Time of Game: 3:00.
Attendance: 19,534.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.
Lineups
Los Angeles Dodgers Houston Astros 1. Willie Crawford LF 1. Jose Herrera RF 2. Len Gabrielson RF 2. Hector Torres SS 3. Willie Davis CF 3. Jimmy Wynn CF 4. Tom Haller C 4. Rusty Staub 1B 5. Ron Fairly 1B 5. Doug Rader 3B 6. Bob Bailey 3B 6. Denis Menke 2B 7. Paul Popovich 2B 7. Bob Aspromonte LF 8. Zoilo Versalles SS 8. John Bateman C 9. Don Drysdale P 9. Larry Dierker P
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