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Events of Wednesday, August 21, 1968

8-20-1968 8-22-1968 8-21-1967 8-21-1969

BAL A 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 8 1 CAL A 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 2

BOX+PBP WP: Brabender (6-4) LP: Pattin (3-4) HR: Buford (12), F. Robinson (12)

BOS A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 8 0 CLE A 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 x - 8 7 1

BOX+PBP WP: Pina (1-0) LP: Lonborg (3-5) SV: Romo (7) HR: Salmon (3)

CHI A 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0 DET A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: Patterson (2-2) LP: Wood (8-9) HR: McNertney (2), Stanley (10), Price (2)

NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 5 1 MIN A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 3 1

BOX+PBP WP: Downing (2-1) LP: Kaat (9-10) SV: McDaniel (7) HR: Colavito (2), Allison (15)

ATL N 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 1 (1) CHI N 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 x - 5 11 1

BOX+PBP WP: Jenkins (14-12) LP: Upshaw (7-6) SV: Regan (21) HR: Banks 2 (25)

ATL N 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 9 0 (2) CHI N 0 0 3 0 2 2 2 4 x - 13 15 0

BOX+PBP WP: Lamabe (3-2) LP: K. Johnson (5-8) SV: Holtzman (1) HR: H. Aaron (22), D. Johnson (5), Williams (22), Santo (19), Phillips (9)

PIT N 1 3 1 0 1 0 3 4 6 - 19 23 0 CIN N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0

BOX+PBP WP: Blass (11-5) LP: Maloney (11-8) SV: Face (12) HR: Clemente 2 (14), Clendenon (15)

LA N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 3 HOU N 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 x - 6 10 1

BOX+PBP WP: Wilson (11-12) LP: Kekich (2-7) HR: Lefebvre (3)

SF N 0 1 0 0 6 4 0 2 0 - 13 18 0 NY N 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 12 0

BOX+PBP WP: Marichal (23-5) LP: McAndrew (0-5) HR: Mays (16), Hiatt (3), Hart (20), Stahl (3)

STL N 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 2 - 8 16 3 PHI N 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0

BOX+PBP WP: Hughes (2-2) LP: Johnson (0-1) SV: Hoerner (13)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 21, 1968

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA St. Louis Cardinals 127 81 46 0 .638 - 471 353 San Francisco Giants 125 66 59 0 .528 14.0 430 404 Chicago Cubs 129 68 61 0 .527 14.0 491 495 Cincinnati Reds 123 64 58 1 .525 14.5 524 519 Atlanta Braves 127 63 64 0 .496 18.0 408 433 Pittsburgh Pirates 127 61 65 1 .484 19.5 452 422 Houston Astros 128 59 69 0 .461 22.5 412 457 Philadelphia Phillies 124 57 67 0 .460 22.5 408 449 New York Mets 129 58 71 0 .450 24.0 377 382 Los Angeles Dodgers 125 54 71 0 .432 26.0 322 381

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Detroit Tigers 126 80 45 1 .640 - 517 400 Baltimore Orioles 125 73 52 0 .584 7.0 455 379 Boston Red Sox 127 68 59 0 .535 13.0 484 499 Cleveland Indians 130 68 61 1 .527 14.0 416 405 Oakland Athletics 126 63 62 1 .504 17.0 428 413 New York Yankees 122 59 62 1 .488 19.0 395 411 Minnesota Twins 124 58 66 0 .468 21.5 440 423 California Angels 126 57 69 0 .452 23.5 405 473 Chicago White Sox 125 52 73 0 .416 28.0 376 395 Washington Senators 123 47 76 0 .382 32.0 407 525

ML League Leaders

Births on This Date

Mike Misuraca Tuffy Rhodes

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) CAL A Orlando McFarlane (33)

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