9/27/1968, ELE68-FFC68, Astrodome
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB DP
1968 Elephants 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 11 3 10 2
1968 Colts 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 2 11 3
Elephants AB R H BI AVG Colts AB R H BI AVG
Taylor T 3b 6 2 2 0 .233 Allen B 2b 6 0 1 0 .250
McCraw 1b 6 0 1 0 .261 Shannon 3b 6 1 2 0 .253
Grote c 6 1 3 2 .310 Monday cf 5 1 2 0 .263
Cardenal cf 6 1 2 0 .277 Staub 1b 5 2 1 0 .307
Lum lf 1 1 0 0 .254 Simpson rf 3 1 1 2 .244
Blasingame p 0 0 0 0 .200 Martin J c 2 0 1 0 .219
Melton ph 1 0 1 0 .308 Zimmerman ph 1 0 0 0 .154
Coombs p 0 0 0 0 .182 Kostro lf 4 0 3 2 .272
Etchebarren ph 1 0 0 0 .257 Hague ph 1 0 0 0 .200
Pina p 0 0 0 0 .000 Schroder ss 3 0 0 0 .222
Clarke 2b 4 0 0 0 .238 Renick ph 2 0 0 0 .187
Lock rf 2 1 0 0 .193 Siebert p 2 0 0 0 .109
Torres ss 5 0 2 2 .212 Ribant p 0 0 0 0 .000
McGlothlin p 1 0 0 0 .156 Hickman ph 0 0 0 0 .257
Alou J lf 3 0 0 0 .270 Britton p 0 0 0 0 .050
42 6 11 4 Joseph ph 1 0 0 0 .218
Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0 .000
Booker ph 1 0 0 0 .000
McMahon p 0 0 0 0 .000
42 5 11 4
Elephants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
McGlothlin 4.2 6 5 3 4 5 99 57 3.78
Blasingame 2.1 2 0 0 1 2 34 19 6.57
Coombs 2.0 3 0 0 1 1 28 17 3.23
Pina W 1-2 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 32 16 2.92
11.0 11 5 3 7 11 193 109
Colts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Siebert 4.0 7 5 5 4 3 90 47 2.82
Ribant 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 10 6 3.62
Britton 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 20 15 2.30
Drabowsky 2.0 2 0 0 2 0 39 25 1.73
McMahon L 8-4 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 21 13 2.28
11.0 11 6 5 7 5 180 106
ELE: Alou J inserted at lf in the 5th
Melton batted for Blasingame in the 8th
Etchebarren batted for Coombs in the 10th
FFC: Hickman batted for Ribant in the 6th
Renick batted for Schroder in the 8th
Joseph batted for Britton in the 8th
Renick moved to ss in the 9th
Zimmerman batted for Martin J in the 9th
Zimmerman moved to c in the 10th
Hague batted for Kostro in the 10th
Booker batted for Drabowsky in the 10th
Simpson moved to lf in the 11th
Hague moved to rf in the 11th
E-Cardenal 2, Lock, Shannon, Zimmerman. 2B-Taylor T(24), Kostro(7).
3B-Simpson(2). RBI-Grote 2(32), Torres 2(38), Simpson 2(11), Kostro 2(11).
SB-Taylor T(35), Monday(4). K-Taylor T, McCraw, Grote, Cardenal, Lock,
Shannon 2, Monday, Simpson 2, Kostro, Schroder, Siebert 2, Renick, Hague.
BB-Lum 2, Clarke, Lock 3, McGlothlin, Monday, Staub, Simpson 2, Martin J 2,
Hickman. WP-Siebert.
GWRBI: Grote
Temperature: 70, Wind: none.
9/27/1968, ELE68-FFC68, Astrodome
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB DP
1968 Elephants 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 11 3 10 2
1968 Colts 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 2 11 3
Elephants -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Taylor T 3b 1>D note 1 4>k 7>Britton S
8
McCraw 1b 9.2-3 63 k 63 SB2
S.2-3
Grote c S.3-H 3>S 13 k 63
Cardenal cf 46/f.B-1 S.1-2 5>S 8>43 0>63
Lum lf W.1-2 W.2-3;1-2 Ribant
643/gdp
Blasingame p
Melton ph S
Coombs p
Etchebarren ph 5/L
Pina p
Clarke 2b 5 note 2 4/L 7 W
13
Lock rf 2>W k(23) 6>W 53 W.1-2
Torres ss S.1-3 S.3-H;2-H 643/gdp 9>Drabowsky 54/f
31
McGlothlin p W.1-2 9
Alou J lf 8 4 1>McMahon
13
1: 643/gdp.3-H;2-3 2: wp.3-H;2-3;1-2
Colts -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Allen B 2b 1>63 53 53 8 S.1-2
Shannon 3b S.B-2(e8) 53 5>43 S.1x3(85) k
Monday cf 43.2-3 3>k S.B-2(e9) 6/f 9>S
Staub 1b IW 3/g e8.2-H;B-2 7>S 7
Simpson rf T.3-H;1-H W k k SB2
W
Martin J c IW S.1-3 IW 63/gdp
Zimmerman ph 643/gdp
Kostro lf S.3-H;1-2 k D.2-H;1-3 8>Coombs 0>Pina
S
Hague ph k
Schroder ss 7 4>43 Blasingame
k
Renick ph 9 k
Siebert p 2>k k
Ribant p
Hickman ph 6>W
Britton p
Joseph ph 9
Drabowsky p
Booker ph 3/fl
McMahon p
Elephants -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------
Taylor T 3b e5.B-1
McCraw 1b 53.1-2
Grote c S.2-H
Cardenal cf e2/fl
k
Lum lf
Blasingame p
Melton ph
Coombs p
Etchebarren ph
Pina p
Clarke 2b
Lock rf
Torres ss
McGlothlin p
Alou J lf
Colts -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------
Allen B 2b 1>8
Shannon 3b k(23)
Monday cf W
Staub 1b 43
Simpson rf
Martin J c
Zimmerman ph
Kostro lf
Hague ph
Schroder ss
Renick ph
Siebert p
Ribant p
Hickman ph
Britton p
Joseph ph
Drabowsky p
Booker ph
McMahon p
Elephants IN OUT ER Colts IN OUT ER
McGlothlin A1 C7 3 Siebert A1 C4 5
Blasingame C8 D6 0 Ribant C5 C9 0
Coombs D7 E6 0 Britton D1 D7 0
Pina E7 F4 0 W 1-2 Drabowsky D8 E8 0
McMahon E9 F4 0 L 8-4
9/27/1968, ELE68-FFC68, Astrodome
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB DP
1968 Elephants 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 11 3 10 2
1968 Colts 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 2 11 3
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Elephants batting
0-0 0 --- 32 Taylor T lined a double to right center (SBSFBFBFX)
0-0 0 -2- 12 McCraw flied out to right, Taylor T to third (CBCX)
0-0 1 --3 12 Grote lined a single between first and second, Taylor T
scored (CBFX)
1-0 1 1-- 20 Cardenal grounded to second, forcing Grote at second,
Cardenal to first (BBX)
1-0 2 1-- 31 Lum walked, Cardenal to second (BBFBB)
1-0 2 12- 11 Clarke popped out to third (BFX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Colts batting
1-0 0 --- 01 Allen B grounded out to short (FX)
1-0 1 --- 00 Shannon lined a single to shallow center, Shannon to
second on an error by the center fielder Cardenal (X)
1-0 1 -2- 21 Monday grounded out to second, Shannon to third (BBSX)
1-0 2 --3 30 Staub was walked intentionally (IIII)
1-0 2 1-3 10 Simpson tripled deep to right center, Shannon scored,
Staub scored (BX)
1-2 2 --3 30 Martin J was walked intentionally (IIII)
1-2 2 1-3 02 Kostro grounded a single between first and second,
Simpson scored, Martin J to second (CFX)
1-3 2 12- 32 Schroder lined out to left (CFBBFB>F>X)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Elephants batting
1-3 0 --- 31 Lock walked (BBSBB)
1-3 0 1-- 20 Torres lined a single down the right field line, Lock to
third (BBX)
1-3 0 1-3 31 McGlothlin walked, Torres to second (BBBCB)
1-3 0 123 20 Taylor T grounded into a double play, Schroder to Allen B
to Staub, Lock scored, Torres to third (BBX)
2-3 2 --3 01 McCraw grounded out to short (FX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Colts batting
2-3 0 --- 12 Siebert struck out (BSSFS)
2-3 1 --- 21 Allen B grounded out to third (BFBX)
2-3 2 --- 00 Shannon grounded out to third (X)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Elephants batting
2-3 0 --- 10 Grote reached on an infield single to second (BX)
2-3 0 1-- 01 Cardenal lined a single to shallow center, Grote to
second (CX)
2-3 0 12- 32 Lum walked, Grote to third, Cardenal to second (BbBCBSB)
2-3 0 123 10 Siebert threw a wild pitch, Grote scored, Cardenal to
third, Lum to second (BB)
3-3 0 -23 20 Clarke grounded out to the mound (BB.X)
3-3 1 -23 22 Lock struck out, Martin J to Staub (CSBBS)
3-3 2 -23 21 Torres lined a single to shallow right, Cardenal scored,
Lum scored (CBBX)
5-3 2 1-- 12 McGlothlin flied out to right (BCSX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Colts batting
5-3 0 --- 32 Monday struck out (CSBBBS)
5-3 1 --- 12 Staub grounded out to first (FBCX)
5-3 2 --- 32 Simpson walked (BSBSBB)
5-3 2 1-- 10 Martin J grounded a single between first and second,
Simpson to third (BX)
5-3 2 1-3 22 Kostro struck out (CBFBC)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Elephants batting
5-3 0 --- 22 Taylor T struck out (CBSFBS)
5-3 1 --- 32 McCraw struck out (CBFFBBS)
5-3 2 --- 11 Grote grounded out to the mound (BFX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Colts batting
5-3 0 --- 12 Schroder grounded out to second (BCFX)
5-3 1 --- 12 Siebert struck out (SBSFS)
5-3 2 --- 22 Allen B grounded out to third (BCBFX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Elephants batting
5-3 0 --- 10 Cardenal lined a single up the middle (BX)
Ribant now pitching
5-3 0 1-- 01 Lum grounded into a double play, Schroder to Allen B to
Staub (CX)
5-3 2 --- 00 Clarke lined out to second (X)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Colts batting
5-3 0 --- 11 Shannon grounded out to second (BCX)
5-3 1 --- 21 Monday lined a single to shallow right, Monday to second
on an error by the right fielder Lock (CBBX)
5-3 1 -2- 11 Monday scored, Staub to second on an error by the center
fielder Cardenal (SBX)
5-4 1 -2- 22 Simpson struck out (CCBBFFS)
5-4 2 -2- 30 Martin J was walked intentionally (IIII)
5-4 2 12- 02 Kostro lined a double to left center, Staub scored,
Martin J to third (CSX)
Alou J now playing left field
Blasingame now pitching
5-5 2 -23 22 Schroder struck out (BCFBS)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Elephants batting
5-5 0 --- 30 Lock walked (BBBB)
5-5 0 1-- 00 Torres grounded into a double play, Schroder to Allen B
to Staub (X)
5-5 2 --- 01 Alou J lined out to center (CX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Colts batting
Hickman pinch hitting for Ribant
5-5 0 --- 31 Hickman walked (CBBBB)
5-5 0 1-- 10 Allen B flied out to center (BX)
5-5 1 1-- 12 Shannon lined a single to shallow center, Hickman out at
third (1CBSX)
5-5 2 1-- 21 Monday grounded to short, forcing Shannon at second (BSBX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Elephants batting
Britton now pitching
5-5 0 --- 00 Taylor T flied out to center (X)
5-5 1 --- 01 McCraw grounded out to short (CX)
5-5 2 --- 12 Grote struck out (CCBS)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Colts batting
5-5 0 --- 22 Staub lined a single to shallow right (CBBCX)
5-5 0 1-- 12 Simpson struck out (1SBSS)
5-5 1 1-- 22 Martin J grounded into a double play, Torres to McCraw
(BBSSX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Elephants batting
5-5 0 --- 01 Cardenal grounded out to second (CX)
Melton pinch hitting for Blasingame
5-5 1 --- 12 Melton grounded a single up the middle (BCSX)
5-5 1 1-- 11 Clarke flied out to left (BCX)
5-5 2 1-- 21 Lock grounded out to third (CBBX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Colts batting
Coombs now pitching
5-5 0 --- 11 Kostro grounded a single up the middle (CBX)
Renick pinch hitting for Schroder
5-5 0 1-- 00 Renick flied out to right (X)
Joseph pinch hitting for Britton
5-5 1 1-- 12 Joseph flied out to right (BCCX)
5-5 2 1-- 00 Allen B lined a single to center, Kostro to second (X)
5-5 2 12- 12 Shannon struck out (CBFS)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Elephants batting
Renick moved to shortstop
Drabowsky now pitching
5-5 0 --- 02 Torres grounded out to first (CFFX)
5-5 1 --- 11 Alou J popped out to second (CBX)
5-5 2 --- 02 Taylor T lined a single to shallow left (CFFX)
5-5 2 1-- 10 Taylor T stole second (B>C)
5-5 2 -2- 22 McCraw reached on an infield single to short, Taylor T to
third (B>C.CFFBX)
5-5 2 1-3 00 Grote grounded out to short (X)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Colts batting
5-5 0 --- 32 Monday lined a single to left center (BFSBBX)
5-5 0 1-- 10 Staub flied out to left (BX)
5-5 1 1-- 00 Monday stole second (>B)
5-5 1 -2- 31 Simpson walked (>B.BCBB)
Zimmerman pinch hitting for Martin J
5-5 1 12- 01 Zimmerman grounded into a double play, Torres to Clarke
to McCraw (SX)
************** Top of the 10th inning, Elephants batting
Zimmerman moved to catcher
5-5 0 --- 00 Cardenal grounded out to short (X)
Etchebarren pinch hitting for Coombs
5-5 1 --- 00 Etchebarren lined out to third (X)
5-5 2 --- 32 Clarke walked (CFFBBBFB)
5-5 2 1-- 31 Lock walked, Clarke to second (CBBBB)
5-5 2 12- 31 Torres grounded to third, forcing Lock at second (BBCBX)
************** Bottom of the 10th inning, Colts batting
Pina now pitching
Hague pinch hitting for Kostro
5-5 0 --- 22 Hague struck out (FSBBS)
5-5 1 --- 32 Renick struck out (BBCBFC)
Booker pinch hitting for Drabowsky
5-5 2 --- 22 Booker popped out to first (CBSFBX)
************** Top of the 11th inning, Elephants batting
Simpson moved to left field
Hague moved to right field
McMahon now pitching
5-5 0 --- 32 Alou J grounded out to the mound (CBCFFBBX)
5-5 1 --- 10 Taylor T to first on an error by the third baseman
Shannon (BX)
5-5 1 1-- 00 McCraw grounded out to third, Taylor T to second (X)
5-5 2 -2- 21 Grote grounded a single up the middle, Taylor T scored
(BBSX)
6-5 2 1-- 20 Cardenal continues to bat after the catcher Zimmerman
dropped a foul popup for an error (BBXF)
6-5 2 1-- 22 Cardenal struck out (BBXF.CS)
************** Bottom of the 11th inning, Colts batting
6-5 0 --- 20 Allen B flied out to center (BBX)
6-5 1 --- 02 Shannon struck out, Grote to McCraw (SCS)
6-5 2 --- 30 Monday walked (BBBB)
6-5 2 1-- 31 Staub grounded out to second (BBFBX)