Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
June 24, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1968 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago Cubs 1, Houston Astros 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 1 3 0
Williams lf 4 0 2 0
Santo 3b 4 0 0 1
Banks 1b 3 0 0 0
Johnson rf 4 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 1 0
Phillips cf 2 0 0 0
Nye p 2 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 1 0 0 0
  Lamabe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Simpson rf 3 1 0 0
Torres ss 4 1 1 0
Staub 1b 3 1 2 1
Wynn cf 2 0 0 1
Menke 2b 4 0 1 1
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Watson lf 2 0 1 0
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
Dierker p 3 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 5 3
Chicago 000 100 000–160
Houston 003 000 00x–350
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Nye  L (4-8) 7.0 4 3 3 4 4
  Lamabe   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
4
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  W (7-10) 9.0 6 1 1 2 6
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
6
  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Hundley (11,off Dierker).  3B–Houston Menke (3,off Nye).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Wynn (1,off Nye).  Team–5.  WP–Dierker (11).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:08.  A–13,471.
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