Astros @ Giants
August 29, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 6 9 0
Giants 1 4 4
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Astros 6 9 0
Giants 1 4 4

Dick Dietz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .304
OBP .333 .375
At Bats 3 240
Hits 1 73
• Singles 1 56
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 0 33

Dave Giusti Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 9 1
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Candlestick Park - August 29, 1968
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Out
Dave Giusti
John Bateman
Rusty Staub
Jose Herrera
Bob Aspromonte
Denis Menke
Lee Thomas
Jim Wynn
Norm Miller
Dick Dietz

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 6 9 0 5
San Francisco Giants 1 4 4 5
Winning Pitcher Dave Giusti
Losing Pitcher Juan Marichal
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Denis Menke
Attendance 5,449
Time of Game 2 hours 5 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Dietz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Herrera settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Hart hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bateman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 McCovey hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Miller hits a popup towards short. Oliver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Herrera hits a fly ball into center field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ron Herbel now pitching. Giusti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hart fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aspromonte fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Hunt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Schroder scores.
Bottom 8 Bonds hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Wynn. Bonds reaches second base with a double. Schroder moves to third.
Bottom 8 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bob Schroder pinch hits for Bill Monbouquette. Schroder is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 Bateman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Oliver fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Aspromonte for the out.
Top 8 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cline hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dietz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Hart hits a popup towards short. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McCovey is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Wynn hits a fly ball into left field. Cline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Nate Oliver now playing shortstop. Bill Monbouquette now pitching. Miller hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aspromonte fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hunt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bonds moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bonds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Nate Oliver pinch hits for Joe Gibbon. Oliver is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Lanier strikes out.
Top 6 Herrera hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Herrera for the out.
Top 6 Giusti hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bateman hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cline hits a popup towards short. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dietz strikes out.
Bottom 5 Hart takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 McCovey hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thomas for the out.
Top 5 Aspromonte takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Menke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibbon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Staub hits a fly ball into left field. Cline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a popup towards first. Staub settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hunt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Herrera settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aspromonte fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Wynn hits a line drive towards short. Lanier catches it and throws to second to double up Miller.
Top 4 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards second. Hunt picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hunt. Miller moves to second.
Top 4 Herrera hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gibbon hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Bateman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Lanier hits a popup towards first. Staub settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Herrera settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Giusti hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibbon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bateman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomas moves to second.
Top 3 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Menke strikes out.
Bottom 2 Dietz hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aspromonte fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herrera scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Lanier fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 2 Joe Gibbon now pitching. Staub hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Dietz settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Dietz.
Top 2 Wynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miller scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 There goes Miller. The throw from Dietz and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 2 Miller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bateman scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Herrera bunts towards the mound. Marichal races to the bag and beats Herrera for the out, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Thomas scores. Bateman moves to third.
Top 2 Giusti hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bateman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas moves to third.
Top 2 Jesus Alou now playing right field. Bobby Bonds now playing center field. Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mays strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hunt hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Menke hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Staub is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Wynn strikes out.
Top 1 Miller hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Dietz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Herrera hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cline. Herrera reaches second base with a double.