Pirates @ Astros
August 10, 1968

Back Home
Visual
Play By Play
Text
Play By Play
Audio
Play By Play
Box
Score
Lineups
and Summary
Bottom 5 R H E
Pirates 4 4 1
Astros 2 2 2
Bottom 5 R H E
Pirates 4 4 1
Astros 2 3 2

Dick Simpson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .188
OBP .000 .288
At Bats 1 192
Hits 0 36
• Singles 0 24
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 0 17

Al McBean Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 9 0
 FIRSTPLAY/PAUSE  REPLAYLAST/BOX  
Close
1 ▲ ▼ 2 ▲ ▼ 3 ▲ ▼ 4 ▲ ▼ 5 ▲ ▼ 6 ▲ ▼ 7 ▲ ▼ 8 ▲ ▼ 9 ▲ ▼
Astrodome - August 10, 1968
•
Single
Al McBean
Carl Taylor
Donn Clendenon
Gene Alley
Maury Wills
Freddie Patek
Willie Stargell
Matty Alou
Roberto Clemente
Dick Simpson
John Bateman
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Simpson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bateman moves to second.

Return to all plays in text
PRIOR PLAYS:
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.