Astros @ Cubs
August 1, 1968

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Astros 1 8 1
Cubs 4 9 1
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Astros 1 8 1
Cubs 4 9 1

Dick Simpson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .174
OBP .000 .276
At Bats 3 167
Hits 0 29
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 0 15

Phil Regan Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 2 17
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Wrigley Field - August 1, 1968
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Out
Phil Regan
Randy Hundley
Dick Nen
Glenn Beckert
Ron Santo
Don Kessinger
Billy Williams
Adolfo Phillips
Jim Hickman
Dick Simpson
Denis Menke

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 1 8 1 7
Chicago Cubs 4 9 1 10
Winning Pitcher Joe Niekro
Losing Pitcher Dave Giusti
Save Phil Regan
Game Winning RBI Ron Santo
Attendance 20,356
Time of Game 2 hours 27 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Adlesh is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Menke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Beckert hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kessinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hickman scores.
Bottom 8 Nen hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hickman moves to third.
Bottom 8 Phillips hits a line drive towards short. Torres reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hickman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Simpson. Hickman reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Wynn hits a popup towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Dick Nen now playing first base. Phil Regan now pitching. Torres hits a ball on the ground towards first. Nen juggles the ball. That's an error on Nen.
Bottom 7 Hundley hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Banks strikes out.
Bottom 7 Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kessinger scores. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 7 Williams is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Beckert bunts towards first. Staub scoops it up and throws to first, with Menke covering, for the out. Kessinger moves to second.
Bottom 7 Tom Dukes now pitching. Dave Adlesh now catching. Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Staub fields the ball and throws to Dukes covering. Safe.
Top 7 Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bob Aspromonte pinch hits for Dave Giusti. Aspromonte hits a line drive into right field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ron Brand pinch runs for John Bateman. Simpson is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Bateman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Niekro is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 There goes Phillips. The throw from Bateman and he is safe. Phillips steals second.
Bottom 6 Phillips is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Hickman strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hundley bunts towards first. Staub scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hundley for the out. Banks moves to third.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Simpson. Banks reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to second for the out. Torres moves to third.
Top 6 Wynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torres moves to second.
Top 6 Staub hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Torres hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miller scores.
Top 6 Miller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Miller reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Santo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 5 Beckert hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Simpson. Beckert reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Giusti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Simpson hits a fly ball into right field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bateman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Niekro strikes out.
Bottom 4 Phillips hits a popup, foul, towards first. Staub settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hickman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Hundley bunts in front of the plate. Bateman fields it and throws to first for the out. Banks moves to second.
Bottom 4 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader juggles the ball. That's an error on Rader.
Top 4 Rader hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Wynn hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Staub hits a popup, foul, towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Santo hits a line drive into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Beckert hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kessinger hits a line drive towards third. Rader reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Torres for the out.
Top 3 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Giusti hits a fly ball into right field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Phillips strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hickman strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hundley hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Simpson strikes out.
Top 2 Bateman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Bateman reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Banks strikes out.
Bottom 1 Santo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kessinger scores.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Giusti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kessinger hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Miller who is chasing the ball. Kessinger reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Wynn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Beckert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Beckert fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 1 Torres takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.