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August 10, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 7 9 1
Astros 4 6 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 7 9 1
Astros 4 6 2

Lee Thomas Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .190
OBP .000 .232
At Bats 0 142
Hits 0 27
• Singles 0 22
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 9

Ron Kline Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 1 5
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Astrodome - August 10, 1968
Out
Ron Kline
Gary Kolb
Donn Clendenon
Gene Alley
Maury Wills
Freddie Patek
Willie Stargell
Matty Alou
Roberto Clemente
Lee Thomas
Denis Menke

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 7 9 1 5
Houston Astros 4 6 2 5
Winning Pitcher Ron Kline
Losing Pitcher Pat House
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Willie Stargell
Attendance 25,814
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Lee Thomas pinch hits for Steve Shea. Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Simpson hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Brand hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out. Menke moves to second.
Bottom 9 Menke hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Wynn hits a fly ball into left field. Stargell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gary Kolb now catching. Staub hits a popup towards first. Clendenon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kline hits a line drive into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Manny Jimenez pinch hits for Carl Taylor. Jimenez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Miller. Jimenez reaches second base with a double. Alley goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Alley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Steve Shea now pitching. Clendenon hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Clemente tags and scores.
Top 8 Stargell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alou scores. Clemente moves to third.
Top 8 Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alou moves to third.
Top 8 Pat House now pitching. Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Ron Kline now pitching. Torres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Miller takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Julio Gotay pinch hits for Tom Dukes. Gotay hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Simpson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Brand hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Menke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 There goes Patek. The throw from Brand and he is out, Torres applying the tag.
Top 7 Patek bunts in front of the plate. Brand fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McBean hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Wynn takes first base on ball four. Staub moves to second.
Bottom 6 Staub takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Alley hits a popup towards short. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Clendenon takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Ron Brand now catching. Tom Dukes now pitching. Stargell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Stargell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Larry Dierker pinch hits for Jim Ray. Ron Brand pinch runs for John Bateman. Dierker bunts towards the mound. McBean fields it, throws to third for one, and over to first - double play. Simpson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Simpson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bateman moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bateman takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Clemente strikes out.
Top 5 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Menke strikes out.
Bottom 4 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Wills hits a line drive towards third. Rader reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McBean hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Top 4 Taylor hits a line drive towards short. Torres reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Alley hits a line drive into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clendenon scoops it up and throws to first, with McBean covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Torres hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Clendenon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stargell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Staub fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Staub.
Top 3 Clemente hits a fly ball into left field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ray is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wills fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Bateman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wills fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Wills.
Bottom 2 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wills fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rader hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Wynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Patek is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McBean hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Staub hits a line drive into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wills fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Stargell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jim Ray now pitching. Taylor hits a popup, foul, towards first. Staub settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Alley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wynn. Alley reaches second base with a double. Clemente scores. Clendenon goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Clendenon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alou scores. Clemente moves to third.
Top 1 Stargell hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Clemente takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Alou hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Miller who is chasing the ball. Alou reaches third base with a triple. Patek scores.
Top 1 Patek hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Wynn. Patek reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.