The longest game of the 1968 NL season was played tonight in Houston and the LA Dodgers ended up defeating the Astros in 16 innings 1-0. Denny Lemaster started for Houston and pitched 11 scoreless innings. Don Sutton threw 8 scoreless innings for LA. Both teams have had trouble scoring runs this season and tonight's game was a great example of the ballclubs' inabilities at the plate. On the other hand, for those fans that love low scoring pitching duels, this game couldn't get any better. LA did have 11 hits during the game, but Houston could mange only 6.
BOXSCORE: 1968 Los Angeles Dodgers At 1968 Houston Astros 5/24/1968
Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Astros AB R H RBI AVG
W.Davis CF 8 1 1 0 .174 R.Davis CF 7 0 1 0 .161
Z.Versalles SS 7 0 2 0 .129 D.Menke 2B 7 0 0 0 .233
W.Parker LF 5 0 2 1 .192 R.Staub 1B 6 0 2 0 .303
E-J.Fairey LF 0 0 0 0 .214 L.Thomas RF 6 0 1 0 .158
K.Boyer 1B 6 0 1 0 .263 J.Wynn LF 6 0 0 0 .273
B.Bailey 3B 6 0 2 0 .303 B.Aspromonte 3B 5 0 0 0 .261
R.Fairly RF 7 0 0 0 .193 D.Adlesh C 6 0 0 0 .120
P.Popovich 2B 4 0 1 0 .288 H.Torres SS 6 0 2 0 .207
D-R.Colavito PR 0 0 0 0 .165 D.Lemaster P 2 0 0 0 .100
J.Brewer P 1 0 1 01.000 B-J.Bateman PH 0 0 0 0 .275
T.Haller C 6 0 0 0 .244 J.Buzhardt P 1 0 0 0 .000
D.Sutton P 3 0 1 0 .333 W.Blasingame P 0 0 0 0 .500
A-L.Gabrielson PH 0 0 0 0 .182 F-J.Gotay PH 1 0 0 0 .275
J.Billingham P 1 0 0 0 .000
C-L.Alcaraz PH,2B 2 0 0 0 .139
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Totals 56 1 11 1 Totals 53 0 6 0
A-Pinch Hit For Sutton In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Lemaster In 11th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Billingham In 13th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Popovich In 13th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Parker In 16th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Blasingame In 16th Inning
Dodgers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 11 1
Astros.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0
Dodgers (20-22) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Sutton 8 2 0 0 1 5 0 2.29
J.Billingham 4 2 0 0 1 3 0 2.82
J.Brewer WIN(1-1) 4 2 0 0 1 3 0 1.15
Totals 16 6 0 0 3 11 0
Astros (9-30) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Lemaster 11 6 0 0 9 8 0 2.56
J.Buzhardt LOSS(0-2) 4 1/3 4 1 1 2 5 0 2.21
W.Blasingame 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.38
Totals 16 11 1 1 12 13 0
ATTENDANCE- 16,365 DATE- Friday, May 24th 1968 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Paul Pryor, Melvin Steiner, Auggie Donatelli, Tony Verzon
T- 4:10
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers:20 Astros: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0 Astros: 1
ERRORS- T.Haller
DOUBLES- Z.Versalles(5th), H.Torres(3rd)
TRIPLES- P.Popovich(1st)
RBIs- W.Parker(7th)
STOLEN BASES- W.Davis(13th), Z.Versalles(6th), D.Menke(2nd), L.Thomas(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Bailey, J.Wynn
SACRIFICE FLIES- W.Parker
WALKS- Z.Versalles, W.Parker-2, K.Boyer-2, B.Bailey-2, R.Fairly, P.Popovich-2,
T.Haller, L.Gabrielson, B.Aspromonte, D.Lemaster, J.Bateman
STRIKE OUTS- Z.Versalles-2, W.Parker, K.Boyer-3, B.Bailey-2, R.Fairly-2,
P.Popovich, T.Haller, L.Alcaraz, R.Davis, D.Menke-2, R.Staub,
L.Thomas, B.Aspromonte, D.Adlesh-2, H.Torres, D.Lemaster,
J.Buzhardt
WILD PITCHES- J.Buzhardt
RLISP 2-out- R.Fairly-4, D.Adlesh, P.Popovich-3, W.Davis, R.Davis, L.Alcaraz,
L.Thomas
TEAM RISP- Dodgers: 2 for 13 Astros: 0 for 6
Don Sutton pitched 8 strong innings at The Astrodome as the Los Angeles
Dodgers beat the Houston Astros in 16 innings 1 to 0.
The score was a scoreless tie after nine. Finally, Los Angeles prevailed in
the 16th inning. After an out was recorded, Willie Davis ripped a base-hit.
Davis got a good lead and stole second. Zoilo Versalles then stroked a
one-base hit. Los Angeles continued their aggressive style with another
stolen base. Wes Parker came up to bat and hit a deep fly scoring the run.
Los Angeles out-hit Houston for the game, 11 hits to 6.
Jim Brewer(1-1) allowed no runs in 4 innings, and picked up the victory. John
Buzhardt(0-2) ended up with the loss in relief. He surrendered 4 hits and 2
walks in 4 and 1/3 innings.
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