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Events of Friday, August 23, 1968

Events of Friday, August 23, 1968
8-22-1968 8-24-1968 8-23-1967 8-23-1969
BOS A 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 1
BAL A 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Pizarro (6-4)
LP: Leonhard (6-6)
HR: Jones (5), F. Robinson (13), Blair (5)
MIN A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 8 0
CHI A 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 x - 4 7 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Wood (9-9)
LP: Chance (12-12)
HR: Oliva (18)
DET A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0 (1)
NY A 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 2 5 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Bahnsen (12-9)
LP: Wilson (10-11)
HR: Wilson (4), Tresh (11)
DET A 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 13 0 (2)
NY A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 1
BOX+PBP
HR: White (12)
CAL A 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 - 4 7 2
OAK A 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 x - 9 12 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Krausse (9-10)
LP: McGlothlin (8-12)
SV: Aker (11)
HR: Reichardt (17)
CLE A 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 - 6 10 0
WAS A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 5 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Paul (1-6)
LP: Pascual (11-8)
SV: Fisher (3)
HR: F. Howard (36)
PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1
ATL N 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 x - 6 12 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Jarvis (13-9)
LP: Wise (8-11)
HR: H. Aaron (23)
NY N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 6 3
CIN N 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 x - 4 10 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Nolan (6-2)
LP: Cardwell (7-11)
SV: Carroll (12)
CHI N 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 10 0
HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 9 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Shea (3-2)
LP: Regan (10-3)
HR: Santo (20)
SF N 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 - 8 8 0
LA N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 4 2
BOX+PBP
WP: McCormick (9-13)
LP: Singer (9-14)
PIT N 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0
STL N 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 6 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Hoerner (6-2)
LP: Kline (10-3)
HR: Cepeda (13)
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Standings At Close of Play of August 23, 1968
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
St. Louis Cardinals 129 82 47 0 .636 - 477 362
San Francisco Giants 127 68 59 0 .535 13.0 441 408
Cincinnati Reds 125 66 58 1 .532 13.5 535 526
Chicago Cubs 130 68 62 0 .523 14.5 493 498
Atlanta Braves 128 64 64 0 .500 17.5 414 433
Pittsburgh Pirates 129 61 67 1 .477 20.5 459 432
Houston Astros 129 60 69 0 .465 22.0 415 459
Philadelphia Phillies 126 58 68 0 .460 22.5 415 458
New York Mets 130 58 72 0 .446 24.5 379 386
Los Angeles Dodgers 127 54 73 0 .425 27.0 326 392
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Detroit Tigers 129 81 46 2 .638 - 525 407
Baltimore Orioles 126 73 53 0 .579 7.5 458 383
Boston Red Sox 129 69 60 0 .535 13.0 489 505
Cleveland Indians 132 70 61 1 .534 13.0 425 408
Oakland Athletics 128 65 62 1 .512 16.0 439 418
New York Yankees 125 60 63 2 .488 19.0 401 418
Minnesota Twins 126 59 67 0 .468 21.5 445 428
California Angels 128 57 71 0 .445 24.5 410 484
Chicago White Sox 127 53 74 0 .417 28.0 382 401
Washington Senators 124 47 77 0 .379 32.5 409 531
ML League Leaders
Deaths on This Date
Dutch Henry (66)
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