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Phillies
@ Astros
Astrodome
August 4, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on August 4, 1968 at Astrodome.
Game Summary
Date | August 4, 1968 |
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Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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Home Team |
Houston Astros
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 4, 1968 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
Home Team | Houston Astros |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rick Wise |
Home Starting Pitcher | Don Wilson |
Ballpark | Astrodome |
City | Houston |
State | TX |
Attendance | 15,003 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 39 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Doug Harvey 1B: John Kibler 2B: Shag Crawford 3B: Chris Pelekoudas |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tony Taylor | Third Baseman |
Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
Johnny Callison | Right Fielder |
Don Lock | Left Fielder |
Bill White | First Baseman |
Tony Gonzalez | Center Fielder |
Gary Sutherland | Shortstop |
Mike Ryan | Catcher |
Rick Wise | Pitcher |
Bob Skinner | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Denis Menke | Second Baseman |
Hector Torres | Shortstop |
Norm Miller | Right Fielder |
Rusty Staub | First Baseman |
Bob Aspromonte | Left Fielder |
Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
John Bateman | Catcher |
Dick Simpson | Center Fielder |
Don Wilson | Pitcher |
Harry Walker | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Phillies
@ Astros
Astrodome
August 4, 1968
Top 1
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Phillies, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Wilson
Taylor hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Menke reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Wilson
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Callison vs. Wilson
Callison strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Phillies, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Wise
Menke hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torres vs. Wise
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wise fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Wise
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sutherland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Phillies, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lock vs. Wilson
Lock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Wilson
White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Wilson
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lock moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sutherland vs. Wilson
Sutherland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lock scores. Gonzalez moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ryan vs. Wilson
Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Wise
Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Staub for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Wise
Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sutherland fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Sutherland. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Wise
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Taylor fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wise vs. Wilson
Wise takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Wilson
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Wilson
Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wise moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Callison vs. Wilson
Callison strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lock vs. Wilson
There's a wild pitch. Wise moves to third. Rojas moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lock vs. Wilson
Lock is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bateman vs. Wise
Bateman strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Wise
Simpson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Wise
Wilson bunts towards the mound. Wise fields it and throws to first for the out. Simpson moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Menke vs. Wise
Menke hits a fly ball into left field. Lock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Wilson
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Wilson
Gonzalez hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Menke reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sutherland vs. Wilson
Sutherland hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ryan vs. Wilson
Ryan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Wise
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Wise
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staub vs. Wise
Staub hits a fly ball into right field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wise vs. Wilson
Wise hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Aspromonte. Wise reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Taylor vs. Wilson
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first, with Wilson covering, for the out. Wise moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rojas vs. Wilson
Rojas hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wise tags and scores. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Callison vs. Wilson
Callison hits a popup towards short. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Phillies, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Wise
Aspromonte takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Wise
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Taylor throws to second for one, and Rojas throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Rader moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bateman vs. Wise
Bateman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sutherland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rader moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Simpson vs. Wise
Simpson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Rader scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Wise
Wilson hits a popup towards short. Sutherland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Phillies, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lock vs. Wilson
Lock hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Wilson
White hits a fly ball into left field. Aspromonte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Wilson
Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sutherland vs. Wilson
There's a wild pitch. Gonzalez moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sutherland vs. Wilson
Sutherland hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Phillies, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Wise
Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sutherland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Wise
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sutherland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Wise
Miller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Staub vs. Wise
Staub hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Callison. Staub reaches second base with a double. Miller goes all the way around to score. Staub moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Aspromonte vs. Wise
Aspromonte strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Wilson
Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wise vs. Wilson
Wise hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Wilson
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Wise
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Taylor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bateman vs. Wise
Bateman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sutherland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Wise
Simpson is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Wise
Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simpson moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Menke vs. Wise
Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Taylor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Wilson
Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Callison vs. Wilson
Callison bunts towards the mound. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out. Rojas moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lock vs. Wilson
Lock takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Allen vs. House
Pat House now pitching. Dick Allen pinch hits for Bill White.
Allen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to second for the out. Rojas moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Joseph vs. Shea
Rick Joseph pinch hits for Tony Gonzalez. Steve Shea now pitching.
Joseph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Wise
Dick Allen now playing left field. Rick Joseph now playing first base. Don Lock now playing center field.
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sutherland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Wise
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sutherland fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Staub vs. Wise
Staub hits a fly ball into left field. Allen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aspromonte vs. Wise
Aspromonte is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sutherland vs. Shea
Sutherland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Shea
Ryan is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wise vs. Shea
Wise hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Miller. Wise reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Taylor vs. Shea
Taylor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wise scores. Taylor moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rojas vs. Shea
Rojas strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Phillies, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Wise
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Taylor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bateman vs. Wise
Bateman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sutherland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Wise
Simpson hits a popup into center field, out of the reach of Lock. Simpson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Wise
Lee Thomas pinch hits for Steve Shea.
Thomas hits a popup towards short. Sutherland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/4/1968 -- Philadelphia at Houston (D) Philadelphia AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI Taylor T, 3b 5 0 1 1 Menke D, 2b 4 0 1 0 Rojas C, 2b 4 0 2 1 Torres H, ss 4 0 0 0 Callison J, rf 3 0 0 0 Miller N, rf 4 1 2 0 Lock D, lf-cf 3 1 1 0 Staub R, 1b 4 0 1 1 White B, 1b 2 0 0 0 Aspromonte B, lf 3 0 0 0 Allen D, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Rader D, 3b 4 1 0 0 Gonzalez T, cf 3 0 2 0 Bateman J, c 4 0 0 0 Joseph R, ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Simpson D, cf 2 0 2 1 Sutherland G, ss 4 0 1 1 Wilson D, p 2 0 1 0 Ryan M, c 4 0 0 0 House P, p 0 0 0 0 Wise R, p 3 2 2 0 Shea S, p 0 0 0 0 Thomas L, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 3 9 3 32 2 7 2 Philadelphia 010 010 001 -- 3 Houston 000 011 000 -- 2 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Wise R (W) 9.0 7 2 1 2 3 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Wilson D 7.1 7 2 2 3 5 House P 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Shea S (L) 1.1 2 1 1 0 2 E -- Sutherland G, Rojas C DP -- Philadelphia 2, Houston 1 LOB -- Philadelphia 8, Houston 7 2B -- Wise R 2, Staub R, Simpson D SH -- Wilson D, Callison J SF -- Rojas C HBP -- by Wise R (Simpson D) WP -- Wilson D 2 T -- 2:39 A -- 15003
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