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Pirates 4 @ Braves 3
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
August 27, 1968

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on August 27, 1968 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. The home team Braves were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 27, 1968 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 4 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Atlanta Braves
R: 3 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 16
Runs: 3
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 16
Winning PitcherRon Kline  
Losing PitcherJim Britton  
SaveRoy Face  
Game Winning RBIJerry May 

Game Info

DateAugust 27, 1968 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamAtlanta Braves 
Visiting Starting PitcherJim Bunning  
Home Starting PitcherRon Reed  
BallparkAtlanta-Fulton County Stadium 
CityAtlanta 
StateGA 
Attendance6,633 
Time of Game2 hours 54 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Al Barlick
1B: Stan Landes
2B: Ed Vargo
3B: Bob Engel

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Right Fielder 
Maury Wills  Third Baseman 
Matty Alou  Center Fielder 
Donn Clendenon  First Baseman 
Manny Mota  Left Fielder 
Bill Mazeroski  Second Baseman 
Gene Alley  Shortstop 
Jerry May  Catcher 
Jim Bunning  Pitcher 
Larry Shepard  Manager 

Atlanta Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Marty Martinez  Third Baseman 
Wayne Causey  Second Baseman 
Felipe Alou  Center Fielder 
Joe Torre  Catcher 
Tito Francona  First Baseman 
Mike Lum  Right Fielder 
Tommie Aaron  Left Fielder 
Gil Garrido  Shortstop 
Ron Reed  Pitcher 
Lum Harris  Manager 

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Pirates 4 @ Braves 3
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
August 27, 1968

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         Game of 8/27/1968 -- Pittsburgh at Atlanta (N)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Atlanta            AB  R  H RBI
Patek F, rf           5  2  2  0   Martinez M, 3b-ss     4  0  1  0   
Wills M, 3b           5  1  2  1   Causey W, 2b          5  0  1  1   
Alou M, cf            4  0  1  2   Alou F, cf            4  0  1  0   
Clendenon D, 1b       5  1  0  0   Torre J, c            6  0  0  0   
Mota M, lf            4  0  1  0   Francona T, 1b        6  0  3  0   
Mazeroski B, 2b       5  0  0  0   Lum M, rf             5  1  2  1   
Alley G, ss           4  0  1  0   Aaron T, lf           6  1  2  0   
May J, c              5  0  1  1   Garrido G, ss         4  1  1  0   
Bunning J, p          3  0  1  0   Johnson B, ph-3b      0  0  0  0   
Jimenez M, ph         1  0  0  0   Reed R, p             3  0  2  1   
Kline R, p            1  0  0  0   Upshaw C, p           1  0  1  0   
Face R, p             0  0  0  0   Aaron H, ph           0  0  0  0   
                                   Britton J, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42  4  9  4                        44  3 14  3

Pittsburgh       200 000 010 01 --  4
Atlanta          000 020 010 00 --  3

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bunning J             8.0  9  3  3  2  4
Kline R (W)           2.2  5  0  0  3  2
Face R (S)            0.1  0  0  0  0  0

  Atlanta              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Reed R*               7.0  8  3  2  0  2
Upshaw C              3.0  0  0  0  1  1
Britton J (L)         1.0  1  1  1  1  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th

E -- Aaron T
DP -- Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 8, Atlanta 16
2B -- Aaron T, Reed R, Francona T, Patek F, Wills M
3B -- Causey W
HR -- Lum M
SH -- Martinez M 2, Mota M
SF -- Causey W
WP -- Britton J
T -- 2:54
A -- 6633

    

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