9/1/1968, FOR68-FFC68, Astrodome 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 1968 Fortress 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 8 14 2 7 1 1968 Colts 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 6 1 7 0 Fortress AB R H BI AVG Colts AB R H BI AVG Belanger ss 5 0 2 0 .265 Brock lf 5 0 0 0 .317 Stroud cf 3 1 1 0 .234 McMahon p 0 0 0 0 .000 Motton ph 1 0 0 0 .168 Hickman cf 4 0 0 0 .265 Brown G ph 1 1 1 0 .377 Shannon 3b 4 1 1 0 .255 Buford lf 0 0 0 0 .258 Staub 1b 4 1 1 0 .303 Hart 3b 4 2 3 3 .273 Simpson rf 5 1 1 0 .200 Alvis 3b 1 0 0 0 .210 Knoop 2b 4 0 1 0 .223 Northrup rf 5 1 1 0 .304 Renick ss 2 0 0 1 .235 Blefary lf 4 2 1 0 .212 Oliva ph 1 1 1 2 .264 Smith W 1b 3 0 0 0 .264 Schaffer c 0 0 0 0 .000 Price ph 1 0 0 0 .180 Zimmerman c 3 0 0 0 .150 Phillips cf 1 1 1 2 .198 Monday ph 1 0 0 0 .243 May J c 4 0 0 1 .195 Dierker p 1 0 0 0 .044 Alomar 2b 2 0 1 0 .280 Joseph ph 0 0 0 0 .230 Lahoud ph 1 0 1 0 .219 Kelly pr 0 0 0 0 .000 Ruiz pr 1 0 1 2 .252 Gardner p 0 0 0 0 .000 McNally p 4 0 1 0 .141 Miller B p 0 0 0 0 .200 DalCanton p 0 0 0 0 .000 Wright p 0 0 0 0 .250 Pierce p 0 0 0 0 .000 Webster ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Mitterwald ph 1 0 0 0 .162 Wynne p 0 0 0 0 .000 Carroll p 0 0 0 0 .400 Kubiak ph 1 0 1 0 .274 42 8 14 8 36 4 6 3 Fortress INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA McNally 8.2 4 3 3 2 10 134 81 2.68 DalCanton BS 1 0.0 2 1 0 0 0 12 7 1.00 Pierce W 2-0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1.88 Carroll 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 11 7 3.22 10.0 6 4 3 3 11 160 97 Colts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Dierker 6.0 7 4 3 1 4 89 56 3.24 Gardner 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 9 6 0.00 Miller B 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 10 6 4.53 Wright 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 3.34 Wynne 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 12 7 0.00 McMahon L 8-3 1.0 4 4 4 1 3 43 23 2.53 10.0 14 8 7 2 10 174 105 FOR: Motton batted for Stroud in the 7th Motton moved to rf in the 7th Alvis inserted at 3b in the 7th Northrup moved to cf in the 7th Price batted for Smith W in the 8th Motton moved to lf in the 8th Northrup moved to rf in the 8th Blefary moved to 1b in the 8th Phillips inserted at cf in the 8th Lahoud batted for Alomar in the 9th Ruiz ran for Lahoud in the 9th Ruiz moved to 2b in the 9th Brown G batted for Motton in the 10th Mitterwald batted for Pierce in the 10th Buford inserted at lf in the 10th FFC: Joseph batted for Dierker in the 6th Kelly ran for Joseph in the 6th Webster batted for Wright in the 8th Oliva batted for Renick in the 9th Monday batted for Zimmerman in the 9th Kubiak batted for Wynne in the 9th Schaffer inserted at c in the 10th Monday moved to lf in the 10th Kubiak moved to ss in the 10th E-Belanger, Hart, Shannon. 2B-Belanger(13), Stroud(10), Blefary(10), McNally(3), Ruiz(4), Shannon(30), Staub(27). 3B-Oliva(4). HR-Hart 2(31). RBI-Hart 3(93), May J(21), Phillips 2(31), Ruiz 2(7), Renick(16), Oliva 2(63). CS-Belanger, Ruiz. K-Belanger, Hart, Northrup, Smith W, May J 2, McNally, Motton, Alvis, Mitterwald, Brock 3, Shannon, Staub, Simpson 2, Knoop, Renick, Zimmerman, Dierker. BB-Blefary, Alomar, Hickman, Shannon, Staub. SH-May J. SF-Renick. HBP-Joseph. HB-McNally. WP-Dierker. GWRBI: Phillips Rick Joseph was ejected from this game Temperature: 70, Wind: none. 9/1/1968, FOR68-FFC68, Astrodome 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 1968 Fortress 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 8 14 2 7 1 1968 Colts 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 6 1 7 0 Fortress -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Belanger ss 1>k 3>S 5>63 D 8 Stroud cf D CS2(26) 63 53 Motton ph Miller B 0>McMahon k Brown G ph S Buford lf Hart 3b HR.2-H S HR k Alvis 3b k Northrup rf 63 64/f k 8>Wright S.1-2 43 Blefary lf 9 4>D 6>e5.B-2 43 W.2-3;1-2 Smith W 1b 2>8 31.2-3 k Price ph 43 Phillips cf note 1 May J c 9 k wp.2-3 9>Wynne k 13/SH.3-H 8 Alomar 2b S IW 7 Lahoud ph S Ruiz pr OA.1-2 D.3-H;2-H McNally p 64/f 13 7>Gardner CS2(26) k D DalCanton p Pierce p Mitterwald ph k Carroll p 1: S.3-H;2-H;1-3 Colts -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Brock lf 1>k k 463/gdp k Pierce 9 McMahon p Hickman cf 9 4>43 W 9 0>Carroll 63 Shannon 3b k 53 43 9>D W Staub 1b 2>8 D 7>53 W k Simpson rf 8 k S k 54/f Knoop 2b 3/g 5>3 S.1-3 k Renick ss 3>e5.B-1 k 7/SF.3-H DalCanton Oliva ph T.2-H;1-H Schaffer c Zimmerman c k 7 54/f Monday ph e6.3-H;B-1 Dierker p k Joseph ph 6>HBP Kelly pr Gardner p Miller B p Wright p Webster ph 8>63 Wynne p Kubiak ph S.1-2 Fortress IN OUT ER Colts IN OUT ER McNally A1 D6 3 Dierker A1 C8 3 DalCanton D7 D9 0 BS 1 Gardner C9 D1 0 Pierce E1 E1 0 W 2-0 Miller B D2 D3 0 Carroll E2 E5 0 Wright D4 D6 0 Wynne D7 E1 0 McMahon E2 E9 4 L 8-3 9/1/1968, FOR68-FFC68, Astrodome 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 1968 Fortress 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 8 14 2 7 1 1968 Colts 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 6 1 7 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Fortress batting 0-0 0 --- 02 Belanger struck out (SFS) 0-0 1 --- 12 Stroud lined a double to left center (BFFX) 0-0 1 -2- 32 Hart homered deep to left, Stroud scored (BCSBFBX) 2-0 1 --- 21 Northrup grounded out to short (BBSX) 2-0 2 --- 10 Blefary flied out to right (BX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Colts batting 2-0 0 --- 12 Brock struck out (CBFC) 2-0 1 --- 12 Hickman flied out to right (FBSX) 2-0 2 --- 32 Shannon struck out (SBBSBFFS) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Fortress batting 2-0 0 --- 01 Smith W flied out to center (FX) 2-0 1 --- 32 May J popped out to right (BBCBSX) 2-0 2 --- 01 Alomar grounded a single up the middle (CX) 2-0 2 1-- 10 McNally grounded to short, forcing Alomar at second (BX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Colts batting 2-0 0 --- 21 Staub flied out to center (BFBX) 2-0 1 --- 21 Simpson popped out to center (BFBX) 2-0 2 --- 32 Knoop grounded out to first (CBBBCFX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Fortress batting 2-0 0 --- 12 Belanger reached on an infield single to the pitcher (SCBX) 2-0 0 1-- 10 Belanger was caught stealing second (B>B) 2-0 1 --- 20 Stroud grounded out to third (B>B.X) 2-0 2 --- 21 Hart lined a single to left (CBBX) 2-0 2 1-- 01 Northrup grounded to short, forcing Hart at second (FX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Colts batting 2-0 0 --- 01 Renick to first on an error by the third baseman Hart (CX) 2-0 0 1-- 12 Zimmerman struck out (CCBS) 2-0 1 1-- 12 Dierker struck out (FCBS) 2-0 2 1-- 22 Brock struck out (CBSBS) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Fortress batting 2-0 0 --- 10 Blefary lined a double down the right field line (BX) 2-0 0 -2- 01 Smith W grounded out to first, Blefary to third (FX) 2-0 1 --3 02 May J struck out (CFS) 2-0 2 --3 30 Alomar was walked intentionally (IIII) 2-0 2 1-3 12 McNally grounded out to the mound (CBSX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Colts batting 2-0 0 --- 10 Hickman grounded out to second (BX) 2-0 1 --- 12 Shannon grounded out to third (SSBX) 2-0 2 --- 12 Staub grounded a double down the third base line (BSSX) 2-0 2 -2- 22 Simpson struck out (CBBFS) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Fortress batting 2-0 0 --- 02 Belanger grounded out to short (SCX) 2-0 1 --- 00 Stroud grounded out to short (X) 2-0 2 --- 10 Hart homered deep to left (BX) 3-0 2 --- 22 Northrup struck out (BSFBS) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Colts batting 3-0 0 --- 01 Knoop popped out to first (CX) 3-0 1 --- 22 Renick struck out (BCBCS) 3-0 2 --- 21 Zimmerman lined out to left (BCBX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Fortress batting 3-0 0 --- 21 Blefary to second on an error by the third baseman Shannon (BFBX) 3-0 0 -2- 22 Smith W struck out (CBBFS) 3-0 1 -2- 21 Dierker threw a wild pitch, Blefary to third (BBCB) 3-0 1 --3 31 May J sacrifice bunted to the mound, Blefary scored (BBCB.Xb) 4-0 2 --- 12 Alomar flied out to left (CBFX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Colts batting Joseph pinch hitting for Dierker 4-0 0 --- 21 Joseph was hit by a pitch (CBBH) Joseph was ejected Kelly pinch running for Joseph 4-0 0 1-- 21 Brock grounded into a double play, Alomar to Belanger to Smith W (1BCBX) 4-0 2 --- 30 Hickman walked (BBBB) 4-0 2 1-- 01 Shannon grounded out to second (SX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Fortress batting Gardner now pitching 4-0 0 --- 32 McNally struck out (BBSCBFC) 4-0 1 --- 01 Belanger doubled deep to left center (CX) Motton pinch hitting for Stroud Miller B now pitching 4-0 1 -2- 22 Motton struck out (CFBBS) 4-0 2 -2- 22 Hart struck out (BSBSS) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Colts batting Motton moved to right field Alvis now playing third base Northrup moved to center field 4-0 0 --- 00 Staub grounded out to third (X) 4-0 1 --- 11 Simpson lined a single to shallow left (CBX) 4-0 1 1-- 21 Knoop lined a single to left center, Simpson to third (FBBX) 4-0 1 1-3 01 Renick hit a sacrifice fly to left, Simpson scored (FX) 4-1 2 1-- 10 Zimmerman grounded to third, forcing Knoop at second (1BX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Fortress batting Wright now pitching 4-1 0 --- 01 Northrup grounded out to second (CX) 4-1 1 --- 22 Blefary grounded out to second (BCBCX) Price pinch hitting for Smith W 4-1 2 --- 21 Price grounded out to second (FBBX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Colts batting Motton moved to left field Northrup moved to right field Blefary moved to first base Phillips now playing center field Webster pinch hitting for Wright 4-1 0 --- 12 Webster grounded out to short (FBCX) 4-1 1 --- 22 Brock struck out (BBFSS) 4-1 2 --- 21 Hickman flied out to right (CBBX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Fortress batting Wynne now pitching 4-1 0 --- 10 May J flied out to center (BX) Lahoud pinch hitting for Alomar 4-1 1 --- 12 Lahoud lined a single between first and second (BCFX) Ruiz pinch running for Lahoud 4-1 1 1-- 00 Ruiz was caught stealing second (>S) 4-1 2 --- 21 McNally grounded a double down the first base line (>S.BBX) 4-1 2 -2- 10 Belanger lined out to center (BX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Colts batting Ruiz moved to second base 4-1 0 --- 32 Shannon doubled deep to left center (BCBCBX) 4-1 0 -2- 31 Staub walked (BBFBB) 4-1 0 12- 02 Simpson struck out (SFS) 4-1 1 12- 32 Knoop struck out (2CBB+2SFBFFS) DalCanton now pitching Oliva pinch hitting for Renick 4-1 2 12- 11 Oliva tripled deep to right center, Shannon scored, Staub scored (BCX) Monday pinch hitting for Zimmerman 4-3 2 --3 21 Oliva scored, Monday to first on an error by the shortstop Belanger (BBSX) Kubiak pinch hitting for Wynne 4-4 2 1-- 22 Kubiak grounded a single between third and short, Monday to second (11FBBSX) Pierce now pitching 4-4 2 12- 11 Brock popped out to right (BFX) ************** Top of the 10th inning, Fortress batting McMahon now pitching Schaffer now playing catcher Monday moved to left field Kubiak moved to shortstop Brown G pinch hitting for Motton 4-4 0 --- 32 Brown G lined a single down the right field line (FBBBFFX) 4-4 0 1-- 32 Alvis struck out (BBBCFS) 4-4 1 1-- 10 Northrup grounded a single between first and second, Brown G to second (BX) 4-4 1 12- 32 Blefary walked, Brown G to third, Northrup to second (BCSBBB) 4-4 1 123 32 Phillips singled to right center, Brown G scored, Northrup scored, Blefary to third (BBCSBX) 6-4 1 1-3 32 May J struck out (BCFBFBFS) 6-4 2 1-3 10 Phillips to second on defensive indifference (B>C) 6-4 2 -23 21 Ruiz grounded a double down the third base line, Blefary scored, Phillips scored (B>C.BX) Mitterwald pinch hitting for Pierce 8-4 2 -2- 12 Mitterwald struck out (BCSC) ************** Bottom of the 10th inning, Colts batting Buford now playing left field Carroll now pitching 8-4 0 --- 00 Hickman grounded out to short (X) 8-4 1 --- 32 Shannon walked (BCBFBB) 8-4 1 1-- 02 Staub struck out (CFS) 8-4 2 1-- 00 Simpson grounded to third, forcing Shannon at second (X)