Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
August 10, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 1968 at Astrodome. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Houston Astros 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Wills 3b 5 0 0 0
Patek ss 5 1 2 0
Alou cf 5 2 2 1
Clemente rf 3 2 1 0
Stargell lf 4 0 1 1
Clendenon 1b 2 1 1 2
Alley 2b 4 1 1 2
Taylor c 3 0 0 0
  Jimenez ph 1 0 1 1
  Kolb c 0 0 0 0
McBean p 3 0 0 0
  Kline p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 9 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Miller rf 3 0 0 0
Torres ss 4 0 0 0
Staub 1b 3 0 0 0
Wynn lf 3 1 1 0
Rader 3b 4 1 1 2
Menke 2b 4 1 2 0
Bateman c 1 0 0 0
  Brand pr,c 2 0 0 0
Simpson cf 4 1 2 2
Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Ray p 1 0 0 0
  Dierker ph 1 0 0 0
  Dukes p 0 0 0 0
  Gotay ph 1 0 0 0
  House p 0 0 0 0
  Shea p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Pittsburgh 400 000 030–791
Houston 020 000 200–462
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
McBean   6.2 5 4 4 4 2
  Kline  W (10-1) 2.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
4
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Giusti   0.2 4 4 4 1 0
  Ray   4.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Dukes   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  House  L (1-1) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Shea   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
2
2
  E–Wills (16), Staub 2 (8).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Patek (2); Alley (16); Jimenez (1).  3B–Pittsburgh Alou (3).  HR–Houston Rader (4); Simpson (6).  SF–Clendenon (7).  Team LOB–5.  Team–5.  CS–Patek (4).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:37.  A–25,814.
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