| Breaking News |  | Saturday, August 16th, 1969: Taylor Sensational, 5-5
Hawk Taylor did more than his part as Pittsburgh trimmed Philadelphia today at Forbes Field. The Maulers catcher pounded out 5 hits to pace his team to a 8-3 thumping of the Keystones.
H. Taylor singled in the 2nd, hit an RBI double in the 3rd, singled in the 5th, singled in the 7th and singled in the 8th.
This season in 166 games Taylor is batting .193 with 3 home runs, 43 RBIs and has scored 33 times.
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 | Friday, August 15th, 1969: Talbot Guns Down Keystones
Fred Talbot effectively shut down the Keystones today, blanking them 1-0 on 5 hits, ringing up 6 strikeouts and allowing 1 walk. The Maulers pitcher appeared to get stronger as the game went on.
"I don't know if I was getting any stronger," Talbot said after the game, "I feel like my mechanics were getting better. I was able to make some adjustments and get a little more comfortable out there."
The Keystones skipper said, "We had some opportunities, but weren't able to execute. We just didn't swing the bats very well today."
This season Talbot has compiled a 18-23 mark with a 3.68 ERA in 67 starts.
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 | Tuesday, August 5th, 1969: Lemaster Cruises to Shutout
In a very impressive mound performance, Denny Lemaster stopped the Philadelphia Keystones cold. The 30-year-old Monarchs hurler blanked them on 5 hits to post a 8-0 triumph.
To date this year, Lemaster shows a 26-26 record, 62 starts, 464 innings, 272 strikeouts and a 3.03 ERA.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 78-54, .591 PCT | | Position in Division | 2nd, 4.0 GB | | Record at home | 42-24, .636 PCT | | Record on the road | 36-30, .545 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 5-4, .556 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 24-13, .649 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 23-20, .535 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 55-34, .618 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 18-10, .643 PCT | | Record in May | 17-12, .586 PCT | | Record in June | 17-10, .630 PCT | | Record in July | 15-14, .517 PCT | | Record in August | 11-8, .579 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .255 - 5th in IL | | On-Base Percentage | .313 - 9th in IL | | Slugging Percentage | .369 - 5th in IL | | On-Base + Slugging | .682 - 5th in IL | | Runs Scored | 532 - 5th in IL | | Hits | 1141 - 6th in IL | | Extra-Base Hits | 345 - 3rd in IL | | Home Runs | 68 - 6th in IL | | Bases-On-Balls | 368 - 11th in IL | | Strikeouts | 678 - 12th in IL | | Stolen Bases | 57 - 6th in IL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.23 - 5th in IL | | Starters' ERA | 3.37 - 6th in IL | | Bullpen ERA | 2.77 - 2nd in IL | | Runs allowed | 484 - 3rd in IL | | Hits allowed | 1023 - 2nd in IL | | Opponents AVG | .233 - 2nd in IL | | BABIP | .254 - 2nd in IL | | Home Runs allowed | 53 - 1st in IL | | Bases-On-Balls | 481 - 10th in IL | | Strikeouts | 524 - 10th in IL |
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