Events of Friday, August 9, 1968 (original) (raw)

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Events of Friday, August 9, 1968

8-8-1968 8-10-1968 8-9-1967 8-9-1969

CAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 BAL A 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 x - 3 5 0

BOX+PBP WP: McNally (15-8) LP: Harrelson (0-3) HR: Buford (9)

CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 CHI A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x - 1 5 1

BOX+PBP WP: John (8-5) LP: Hargan (7-12) SV: Wilhelm (9)

BOS A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 5 7 1 DET A 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 4 0

BOX+PBP WP: Stange (4-3) LP: Dobson (3-4) HR: Foy (6), Stanley (9), Tracewski (4), Brown (2)

MIN A 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 4 8 2 NY A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0

BOX+PBP WP: Roland (3-1) LP: Peterson (6-8) HR: Roseboro (6)

OAK A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 - 4 9 0 (1) WAS A 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 4 2

BOX+PBP WP: Aker (3-2) LP: Higgins (2-4) HR: Green (1), French (1)

OAK A 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 11 1 (2) WAS A 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 3 6 0

BOX+PBP WP: Ortega (5-10) LP: Lindblad (4-3) HR: McMullen (15)

STL N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 ATL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0

BOX+PBP WP: Gibson (16-5) LP: Niekro (10-9)

CHI N 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 12 0 CIN N 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 x - 7 13 2

BOX+PBP WP: Ritchie (2-1) LP: Jenkins (12-11) SV: Carroll (7) HR: Hundley (5)

PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 0 HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 6 1

BOX+PBP WP: Shea (2-2) LP: Ellis (2-2)

PHI N 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 3 6 0 LA N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: Short (11-11) LP: Osteen (8-17) SV: Wagner (1) HR: Joseph (2), Boyer (2)

NY N 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 10 0 SF N 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 - 4 5 2

BOX+PBP WP: Koonce (4-4) LP: Marichal (20-5) SV: Taylor (11) HR: Bonds (3)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 9, 1968

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA St. Louis Cardinals 115 75 40 0 .652 - 419 309 Chicago Cubs 115 60 55 0 .522 15.0 417 430 Cincinnati Reds 111 57 53 1 .518 15.5 461 441 Atlanta Braves 115 59 56 0 .513 16.0 357 363 San Francisco Giants 112 57 55 0 .509 16.5 386 372 Pittsburgh Pirates 115 55 59 1 .482 19.5 396 371 Philadelphia Phillies 112 53 59 0 .473 20.5 371 404 New York Mets 116 53 63 0 .457 22.5 345 348 Los Angeles Dodgers 115 51 64 0 .443 24.0 297 339 Houston Astros 114 49 65 0 .430 25.5 342 414

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Detroit Tigers 114 71 42 1 .628 - 466 359 Baltimore Orioles 112 65 47 0 .580 5.5 414 335 Boston Red Sox 113 62 51 0 .549 9.0 434 445 Cleveland Indians 117 60 56 1 .517 12.5 378 366 Oakland Athletics 114 58 55 1 .513 13.0 385 370 Minnesota Twins 111 52 59 0 .468 18.0 401 380 New York Yankees 110 51 58 1 .468 18.0 356 378 California Angels 114 52 62 0 .456 19.5 362 439 Chicago White Sox 110 48 62 0 .436 21.5 326 340 Washington Senators 111 42 69 0 .378 28.0 367 477

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Births on This Date

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