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Braves 2 @ Pirates 0
Forbes Field
August 30, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Atlanta Braves, played on August 30, 1968 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Braves with a score of 2 to 0.

Game Summary

DateAugust 30, 1968 
Visiting Team
Atlanta Braves
R: 2 H: 5 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 2
Hits: 5
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 0 H: 5 E: 2 LOB: 4
Runs: 0
Hits: 5
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 4
Winning Pitcher—Milt Pappas  
Losing Pitcher—Dock Ellis  
Save—Claude Raymond  
Game Winning RBI—Felipe Alou 

Game Info

DateAugust 30, 1968 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamAtlanta Braves 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherMilt Pappas  
Home Starting PitcherDock Ellis  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance5,896 
Time of Game2 hours 10 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Doug Harvey
1B: John Kibler
2B: Shag Crawford
3B: Chris Pelekoudas

Atlanta Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Felipe Alou  Center Fielder 
Felix Millan  Second Baseman 
Hank Aaron  Right Fielder 
Tito Francona  Left Fielder 
Deron Johnson  First Baseman 
Marty Martinez  Third Baseman 
Bob Tillman  Catcher 
Gil Garrido  Shortstop 
Milt Pappas  Pitcher 
Lum Harris  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Maury Wills  Third Baseman 
Matty Alou  Center Fielder 
Willie Stargell  First Baseman 
Manny Mota  Left Fielder 
Gary Kolb  Right Fielder 
Bill Mazeroski  Second Baseman 
Jerry May  Catcher 
Dock Ellis  Pitcher 
Larry Shepard  Manager 

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Braves 2 @ Pirates 0
Forbes Field
August 30, 1968

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         Game of 8/30/1968 -- Atlanta at Pittsburgh (N)

  Atlanta            AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Alou F, cf            4  0  1  1   Patek F, ss           4  0  1  0   
Millan F, 2b          4  0  1  1   Wills M, 3b           4  0  1  0   
Aaron H, rf           2  0  0  0   Alou M, cf            3  0  1  0   
Francona T, lf        4  0  0  0   Stargell W, 1b        4  0  0  0   
Lum M, lf             0  0  0  0   Mota M, lf            3  0  0  0   
Johnson D, 1b         4  0  1  0   Kolb G, rf            3  0  0  0   
Martinez M, 3b        3  0  1  0   Mazeroski B, 2b       3  0  2  0   
Tillman B, c          3  1  0  0   May J, c              0  0  0  0   
Garrido G, ss         4  1  1  0   Cannizzaro C, c       3  0  0  0   
Pappas M, p           3  0  0  0   Ellis D, p            1  0  0  0   
Raymond C, p          0  0  0  0   Jimenez M, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Kline R, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Pagan J, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Face R, p             0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  2  5  2                        30  0  5  0

Atlanta          000 020 000 --  2
Pittsburgh       000 000 000 --  0

  Atlanta              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Pappas M (W)          8.0  4  0  0  1  7
Raymond C (S)         1.0  1  0  0  0  1

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ellis D (L)           6.0  4  2  1  4  2
Kline R               2.0  0  0  0  0  2
Face R                1.0  1  0  0  0  0

E -- Cannizzaro C, Alou M
DP -- Atlanta 1
LOB -- Atlanta 6, Pittsburgh 4
SB -- Aaron H, Wills M 2
CS -- Mazeroski B, Martinez M
T -- 2:10
A -- 5896

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