Houston Astros 1 – 4 Atlanta Braves
8 September 1968 · ATL01
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Mike Lum | 1 in 107 games |
| 17 | final score 4–1 | 1 in 35 games | |
| 8 | struck out 3 times | Norm Miller | 1 in 65 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Atlanta Braves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | 7 | 2 |
Box score
Houston Astros batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Menke | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Miller | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jim Wynn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rusty Staub | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Doug Rader | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Aspromonte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Leon McFadden | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Dave Adlesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| John Bateman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Giusti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lee Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 34 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Houston Astros pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Giusti | 7.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Danny Coombs | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Atlanta Braves batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felipe Alou | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Felix Millan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hank Aaron | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joe Torre | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tito Francona | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Tommie Aaron | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Lum | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob Johnson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sonny Jackson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milt Pappas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 31 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Atlanta Braves pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Pappas | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |