1968 NL Game:LA @ Atl.

July 12, 1968

 Hank Aaron launched 3 homeruns and Jim Britton shutout the LA Dodgers on 2 hits in tonight's 4-0 Atlanta victory. Aaron is the 1st player to hit 3 homers in a game this season in the NL. Don Drysdale took the loss for LA. His record now stands at 9-9 despite a spectacular 1.81 ERA.

BOXSCORE: 1968 Los Angeles Dodgers At 1968 Atlanta Braves           7/12/1968
 
  Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Fairey LF         4  0  0  0 .143     F.Alou CF           4  1  2  0 .293  
  P.Popovich 2B       3  0  0  0 .268     F.Millan 2B         3  0  0  0 .287  
  W.Davis CF          3  0  1  0 .207     H.Aaron RF          4  3  3  3 .231  
  T.Haller C          3  0  0  0 .289     J.Torre C           4  0  1  1 .304  
  J.Lefebvre 3B       3  0  0  0 .278     C.Boyer 3B          4  0  1  0 .211  
  W.Crawford RF       3  0  0  0 .000     T.Francona LF       3  0  0  0 .343  
  W.Parker 1B         3  0  0  0 .229     T.Aaron 1B          3  0  1  0 .218  
  Z.Versalles SS      3  0  1  0 .173     S.Jackson SS        3  0  0  0 .209  
  D.Drysdale P        2  0  0  0 .143     J.Britton P         3  0  0  0 .071  
A-K.Boyer PH          1  0  0  0 .288                                          
  J.Billingham P      0  0  0  0 .333                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      28  0  2  0                 Totals      31  4  8  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Drysdale In 8th Inning
 
Dodgers......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  1
Braves.......... 1 0 1  0 0 1  0 1    -  4  8  0
 
Dodgers (46-41)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Drysdale LOSS(9-9)      7       7   3   3   1   2   2   1.81
J.Billingham              1       1   1   1   0   1   1   2.60
Totals                    8       8   4   4   1   3   3
 
Braves (43-42)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Britton WIN(5-0)        9       2   0   0   4  10   0   2.36
Totals                    9       2   0   0   4  10   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 13,633 DATE- Friday, July 12th 1968 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:10
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 5  Braves: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0  Braves: 0
ERRORS- D.Drysdale
DOUBLES- Z.Versalles(14th), C.Boyer(8th)
HOME RUNS- H.Aaron-3(18th)
RBIs- H.Aaron-3(42nd), J.Torre(27th)
STOLEN BASES- T.Aaron(4th)
CAUGHT STEALING- W.Davis
SACRIFICE HITS- F.Millan
WALKS- P.Popovich, W.Davis, T.Haller, J.Lefebvre, T.Francona
STRIKE OUTS- J.Fairey, W.Davis, T.Haller-2, J.Lefebvre, W.Crawford-2,
             D.Drysdale-2, K.Boyer, F.Millan, C.Boyer-2
2-out RBI- J.Torre, H.Aaron
RLISP 2-out- J.Lefebvre, C.Boyer, J.Britton, J.Fairey, T.Aaron
TEAM RISP- Dodgers: 0 for 3  Braves: 1 for 6
WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Sonny Jackson robbed Wes Parker of a base hit.
 
Hank Aaron cracked 3 homeruns and Jim Britton allowed 2 hits while blanking
Los Angeles as the Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers by a score of
4 to 0.
 
Aaron punished Los Angeles with his bat.  He cracked a solo homerun in the 3rd
inning, delivered a solo blast in the 6th inning and blasted a solo shot in
the 8th inning.  Atlanta had 8 hits for the night.  
 
Britton(5-0) was credited with the shutout. Don Drysdale(9-9) suffered the
loss.  Lum Harris was asked about the performance of Britton, 'He had his
good stuff out there tonight.  The fans really get into it when the
strikeouts start mounting up - and that seems to give him even more
adrenalin.'