9/24/1968, ELE68-FFC68, Astrodome
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1968 Elephants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 6 10 0 8 2
1968 Colts 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 5 x 14 12 1 5 1
Elephants AB R H BI AVG Colts AB R H BI AVG
Taylor T 3b 5 1 1 2 .234 Allen B 2b 3 4 2 1 .251
McCraw 1b 5 1 2 1 .261 Shannon 3b 4 2 2 4 .253
Grote c 3 0 1 1 .302 Monday cf 4 2 3 0 .262
Cardenal cf 5 0 1 1 .272 Staub 1b 4 2 1 2 .311
Lum lf 5 0 2 0 .261 Fosse c 0 0 0 0 .000
Clarke 2b 4 2 2 0 .242 Simpson rf 4 1 2 3 .267
Lock rf 1 0 0 0 .192 Hickman rf 1 1 1 4 .259
Melton ph 1 1 0 0 .302 Martin J c 3 0 0 0 .217
Torres ss 4 0 0 0 .213 Joseph ph 1 0 0 0 .221
Niekro J p 1 0 0 0 .066 Miller B p 0 0 0 0 .167
Blasingame p 0 0 0 0 .200 Wright p 0 0 0 0 .200
Alou J ph 1 0 0 1 .272 Schroder ss 3 0 0 0 .231
Ortega p 1 0 0 0 .167 Wine ph 1 0 0 0 .152
Sanders p 0 0 0 0 .000 Kelly lf 4 0 1 0 .143
Walker p 0 0 0 0 .000 Phoebus p 2 1 0 0 .215
Rudi ph 1 1 1 0 .155 Webster ph 0 1 0 0 .111
37 6 10 6 34 14 12 14
Elephants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Niekro J L 12-16 2.1 6 4 4 2 1 51 30 3.40
Blasingame 1.2 2 2 2 1 2 24 15 7.00
Ortega 3.0 2 3 3 2 1 54 27 4.91
Sanders 0.1 2 5 5 3 0 23 8 7.45
Walker 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 9 6 5.01
8.0 12 14 14 8 6 161 86
Colts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Phoebus W 15-14 8.0 4 1 1 4 7 124 78 3.24
Miller B 0.2 6 5 0 0 0 29 21 4.39
Wright 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2.95
9.0 10 6 1 4 7 157 101
ELE: Alou J batted for Blasingame in the 5th
Melton batted for Lock in the 9th
Rudi batted for Walker in the 9th
FFC: Hickman inserted at rf in the 7th
Webster batted for Phoebus in the 8th
Joseph batted for Martin J in the 8th
Wine batted for Schroder in the 8th
Fosse inserted at c in the 9th
Wine moved to ss in the 9th
Webster moved to 1b in the 9th
E-Wine. 3B-Shannon(2). HR-Allen B(4), Shannon(16), Simpson(3), Hickman(5).
RBI-Taylor T 2(31), McCraw(37), Grote(29), Cardenal(51), Alou J(43),
Allen B(32), Shannon 4(65), Staub 2(70), Simpson 3(8), Hickman 4(32).
K-Taylor T 2, McCraw, Grote, Cardenal, Lock, Niekro J, Monday, Simpson,
Schroder, Phoebus, Joseph, Wine. BB-Grote 2, Lock 2, Allen B, Shannon,
Monday, Staub, Martin J, Schroder, Phoebus, Webster. HBP-Allen B.
PB-Martin J. HB-Ortega.
GWRBI: Allen B
Temperature: 70, Wind: none.
9/24/1968, ELE68-FFC68, Astrodome
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1968 Elephants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 6 10 0 8 2
1968 Colts 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 5 x 14 12 1 5 1
Elephants -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Taylor T 3b 1>k k 8 63 note 1
McCraw 1b 43 k 6>3/g S S.3-H;1-2
Grote c k 4>W 43 W.1-2 S.2-H;1-2
Cardenal cf 2>9 363/gdp k 43 S.2-H;1-3
Lum lf S 43 7>S 9>Miller B Wright
43 7
Clarke 2b 6 5>S 54/f.B-1 S
Lock rf W.1-2 pb.1-2 k
W
Melton ph e6.1-2;B-1
Torres ss 3/fl 8.2-3 54/f 7
Niekro J p 3>k
Blasingame p
Alou J ph note 2
Ortega p 8>7
Sanders p
Walker p
Rudi ph S.2-3;1-2
1: S.3-H;2-H;1-3 2: 36/f.3-H;1x2;B-1
Colts -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Allen B 2b 1>8 3>HR W HBP.1-2 S.1-2
Shannon 3b W 53 HR.1-H T.2-H;1-H 43.2-3;1-2
Monday cf S.1-2 S S k W
Staub 1b 63.2-3;1-2 S.1-2 64/f 43.3-H note 1
Fosse c
Simpson rf k HR.2-H;1-H 5>Ortega 63
S
Hickman rf note 2
Martin J c 2>W Blasingame 9 7>9 Walker
8
Joseph ph k
Miller B p
Wright p
Schroder ss 43/gdp k W.1-2 6
Wine ph k
Kelly lf S 4>7 643/gdp 9
Phoebus p 7 k 6>W 8>Sanders
Webster ph W
1: W.3-H;2-3;1-2 2: HR.3-H;2-H;1-H
Elephants IN OUT ER Colts IN OUT ER
Niekro J A1 B5 4 L 12-16 Phoebus A1 D4 1 W 15-14
Blasingame B6 C4 2 Miller B D5 E4 0
Ortega C5 D8 3 Wright E5 E5 0
Sanders D9 E5 5
Walker E6 E7 0
9/24/1968, ELE68-FFC68, Astrodome
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1968 Elephants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 6 10 0 8 2
1968 Colts 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 5 x 14 12 1 5 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Elephants batting
0-0 0 --- 02 Taylor T struck out (CSS)
0-0 1 --- 22 McCraw grounded out to second (BCSBX)
0-0 2 --- 22 Grote struck out (BBCFC)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Colts batting
0-0 0 --- 02 Allen B flied out to center (CFX)
0-0 1 --- 31 Shannon walked (BCBBB)
0-0 1 1-- 12 Monday grounded a single between first and second,
Shannon to second (FSBX)
0-0 1 12- 01 Staub grounded out to short, Shannon to third, Monday to
second (CX)
0-0 2 -23 22 Simpson struck out (CBSBS)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Elephants batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Cardenal lined out to right (X)
0-0 1 --- 10 Lum reached on an infield single to first (BX)
0-0 1 1-- 22 Clarke popped out to short (BFBFX)
0-0 2 1-- 31 Lock walked, Lum to second (BCBBB)
0-0 2 12- 12 Torres popped out to first (BFSX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Colts batting
0-0 0 --- 32 Martin J walked (BBSFBB)
0-0 0 1-- 10 Schroder grounded into a double play, Clarke to McCraw
(BX)
0-0 2 --- 11 Kelly lined a single to shallow center (FBX)
0-0 2 1-- 12 Phoebus flied out to left (CSFBX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Elephants batting
0-0 0 --- 12 Niekro J struck out (BCSC)
0-0 1 --- 12 Taylor T struck out (SBSS)
0-0 2 --- 02 McCraw struck out (CFC)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Colts batting
0-0 0 --- 10 Allen B homered deep to right (BX)
0-1 0 --- 02 Shannon grounded out to third (SFX)
0-1 1 --- 31 Monday grounded a single up the middle (CBBBX)
0-1 1 1-- 00 Staub singled to shallow center, Monday to second (X)
0-1 1 12- 31 Simpson homered deep to left, Monday scored, Staub scored
(BBCBX)
Blasingame now pitching
0-4 1 --- 20 Martin J flied out to center (BBX)
0-4 2 --- 02 Schroder struck out (CFC)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Elephants batting
0-4 0 --- 32 Grote walked (CBBBCB)
0-4 0 1-- 12 Cardenal grounded into a double play, Staub to Schroder
to Staub (BCCX)
0-4 2 --- 01 Lum grounded out to second (CX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Colts batting
0-4 0 --- 12 Kelly flied out to left (FBFX)
0-4 1 --- 12 Phoebus struck out (FFBC)
0-4 2 --- 30 Allen B walked (BBBB)
0-4 2 1-- 11 Shannon homered deep down the left-field line, Allen B
scored (FBX)
0-6 2 --- 01 Monday grounded a single between third and short (SX)
0-6 2 1-- 00 Staub grounded to short, forcing Monday at second (X)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Elephants batting
0-6 0 --- 22 Clarke grounded a single up the middle (BFCBFX)
0-6 0 1-- 20 Martin J allowed a passed ball, Clarke to second (1BBB)
0-6 0 -2- 30 Lock walked (1BBB.B)
0-6 0 12- 11 Torres flied out to center, Clarke to third (CBX)
Alou J pinch hitting for Blasingame
0-6 1 1-3 01 Alou J grounded to first, forcing Lock at second, Clarke
scored, Lock out at second, Alou J to first (FX)
1-6 2 1-- 12 Taylor T flied out to center (BSCX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Colts batting
Ortega now pitching
1-6 0 --- 00 Simpson lined a single to left center (X)
1-6 0 1-- 20 Martin J flied out to right (BBX)
1-6 1 1-- 32 Schroder walked, Simpson to second (BBFBFB)
1-6 1 12- 31 Kelly grounded into a double play, Torres to Clarke to
McCraw (BBFBX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Elephants batting
1-6 0 --- 21 McCraw grounded out to first (BFBX)
1-6 1 --- 10 Grote grounded out to second (BX)
1-6 2 --- 22 Cardenal struck out (CBBCFFFFFS)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Colts batting
1-6 0 --- 31 Phoebus walked (BCBBB)
1-6 0 1-- 22 Allen B was hit by a pitch, Phoebus to second (CSBBFH)
1-6 0 12- 32 Shannon lined a triple down the first base line, Phoebus
scored, Allen B scored (SCFBBBX)
1-8 0 --3 12 Monday struck out (S+3BFS)
1-8 1 --3 00 Staub grounded out to second, Shannon scored (X)
1-9 2 --- 22 Simpson grounded out to short (CBFBX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Elephants batting
Hickman now playing right field
1-9 0 --- 22 Lum lined a single down the right field line (BFBSX)
1-9 0 1-- 12 Clarke grounded to third, forcing Lum at second, Clarke
to first (BCCFX)
1-9 1 1-- 22 Lock struck out (BCSFBS)
1-9 2 1-- 00 Torres grounded to third, forcing Clarke at second (X)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Colts batting
1-9 0 --- 12 Martin J flied out to right (CBFX)
1-9 1 --- 21 Schroder popped out to short (BBFX)
1-9 2 --- 20 Kelly flied out to right (BBX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Elephants batting
1-9 0 --- 32 Ortega flied out to left (BBCFBX)
1-9 1 --- 21 Taylor T grounded out to short (BBFX)
1-9 2 --- 01 McCraw grounded a single up the middle (SX)
1-9 2 1-- 32 Grote walked, McCraw to second (BCBBS>B)
1-9 2 12- 00 Cardenal grounded out to second (X)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Colts batting
Sanders now pitching
Webster pinch hitting for Phoebus
1-9 0 --- 32 Webster walked (BBSCBB)
1-9 0 1-- 00 Allen B grounded a single between third and short,
Webster to second (X)
1-9 0 12- 11 Shannon grounded out to second, Webster to third, Allen B
to second (CBX)
1-9 1 -23 31 Monday walked (BSBBB)
1-9 1 123 31 Staub walked, Webster scored, Allen B to third, Monday to
second (CBBBB)
1-10 1 123 20 Hickman homered deep to left, Allen B scored, Monday
scored, Staub scored (BBX)
Walker now pitching
Joseph pinch hitting for Martin J
1-14 1 --- 32 Joseph struck out (BBCBSS)
Wine pinch hitting for Schroder
1-14 2 --- 02 Wine struck out (CFS)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Elephants batting
Fosse now playing catcher
Miller B now pitching
Wine moved to shortstop
Webster moved to first base
1-14 0 --- 01 Lum grounded out to second (CX)
1-14 1 --- 12 Clarke grounded a single up the middle (CCBX)
Melton pinch hitting for Lock
1-14 1 1-- 22 Clarke to second, Melton to first on an error by the
shortstop Wine (SFBBX)
1-14 1 12- 01 Torres flied out to left (CX)
Rudi pinch hitting for Walker
1-14 2 12- 11 Rudi lined a single to center, Clarke to third, Melton to
second (FBX)
1-14 2 123 32 Taylor T lined a single to right center, Clarke scored,
Melton scored, Rudi to third (CBBSFB>X)
3-14 2 1-3 12 McCraw lined a single to shallow center, Rudi scored,
Taylor T to second (CFBX)
4-14 2 12- 00 Grote lined a single to shallow left, Taylor T scored,
McCraw to second (X)
5-14 2 12- 00 Cardenal lined a single to right center, McCraw scored,
Grote to third (X)
Wright now pitching
6-14 2 1-3 21 Lum flied out to left (BBSX)