Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
July 7, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1968 at Atlanta Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 5, Atlanta Braves 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Miller rf 5 2 2 1
Torres ss 4 1 2 1
Staub 1b 4 1 1 0
Wynn cf 2 1 2 3
Menke 2b 5 0 1 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Aspromonte lf 3 0 2 0
Bateman c 4 0 1 0
Dierker p 3 0 0 0
  Dukes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 11 5
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 0 2 0
Millan 2b 5 1 1 0
Aaron H. rf 5 2 4 4
Torre c 2 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 5 0 1 0
Francona lf 3 0 1 0
Johnson D. 1b 3 0 0 0
Jackson ss 3 0 0 0
Pappas p 0 0 0 0
  Kelley p 1 0 0 0
  Page ph 1 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 1 0 0
  Britton p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson K. p 0 0 0 0
  Aaron T. ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Houston 400 100 0005111
Atlanta 000 120 100490
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  W (9-10) 6.2 7 4 2 5 3
  Dukes  SV (1) 2.1 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
2
6
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Pappas  L (5-6) 0.0 4 4 4 0 0
  Kelley   5.0 5 1 1 4 1
  Upshaw   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Britton   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Johnson   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
6
5

  E–Dierker (1).  DP–Houston 2, Atlanta 3.  2B–Houston Miller (7,off Kelley), Atlanta H Aaron (14,off Dukes).  HR–Houston Miller (2,1st inning off Pappas 0 on, 0 out); Wynn (10,1st inning off Pappas 2 on, 0 out), Atlanta H Aaron 2 (18,4th inning off Dierker 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Dierker 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Rader (1,off Kelley).  HBP–Wynn (4,by K Johnson).  IBB–Aspromonte (8,by Kelley); Torre (2,by Dukes).  Team LOB–9.  Team–10.  SB–Torres (1,2nd base off Kelley/Torre).  CS–Wynn (8,2nd base by K Johnson/Torre).  WP–Dierker 2 (14).  HBP–K Johnson (8,Wynn).  IBB–Dukes (5,Torre); Kelley (1,Aspromonte).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:42.  A–27,604.
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