| Breaking News |  | Tuesday, August 12th, 1969: Super Swinger -- Unser Slams 5 Hits
It was a great day at the plate for Del Unser of the Houston Generals. He collected 5 hits in 6 tries, but his club still came up short in the win column. The Montreal Alouettes racked up the victory, topping the Generals by the score of 9-8.
D. Unser hit an RBI double in the 1st, grounded out in the 3rd, hit an RBI single in the 5th, singled in the 6th, singled in the 8th and hit a solo-shot off S. Hargan in the 10th.
This year Unser has collected a .267 batting average to date with 185 hits in 693 at-bats, 72 RBIs, 4 home runs and scored 96 times. He has played in 179 games.
|
 | Friday, August 1st, 1969: Siebert Pitches Terrapins to Shutout Victory
In an outstanding outing, Sonny Siebert tamed Houston on a 5-hit shutout. The Baltimore hurler went the distance, finishing with 7 strikeouts and 2 walks in the 7-0 win.
"He had a lot of first pitch strikes and kept us off balance with a lot of off-speed stuff," according to the Houston manager. "We just didn't get too many balls squared up today."
This season to date, Siebert has fashioned a 22-10 mark and 2.54 ERA in 318.1 innings. Opposing clubs are batting .220 against him and he has logged 170 strikeouts.
|
 | Thursday, July 31st, 1969: Generals Nye Dominates Terrapins
Rich Nye went the distance at Colt Stadium today. The Houston hurler yielded 4 hits, walked 0 and had 3 strikeouts in the Generals 3-0 triumph over the Baltimore Terrapins.
On his 1968 stats sheet Nye shows a 6-6 record, 16 starts, 111.1 innings, 50 strikeouts and a 2.91 ERA.
|
|
|
| Team Information | | Record overall | 55-77, .417 PCT | | Position in Division | 4th, 27.0 GB | | Record at home | 33-33, .500 PCT | | Record on the road | 22-44, .333 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 5-4, .556 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 21-26, .447 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 22-24, .478 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 33-53, .384 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 7-21, .250 PCT | | Record in May | 11-18, .379 PCT | | Record in June | 12-15, .444 PCT | | Record in July | 18-11, .621 PCT | | Record in August | 7-12, .368 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .251 - 8th in IL | | On-Base Percentage | .317 - 8th in IL | | Slugging Percentage | .336 - 9th in IL | | On-Base + Slugging | .653 - 9th in IL | | Runs Scored | 507 - 9th in IL | | Hits | 1123 - 8th in IL | | Extra-Base Hits | 280 - 7th in IL | | Home Runs | 41 - 11th in IL | | Bases-On-Balls | 433 - 6th in IL | | Strikeouts | 569 - 7th in IL | | Stolen Bases | 49 - 8th in IL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.75 - 11th in IL | | Starters' ERA | 3.59 - 8th in IL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.29 - 11th in IL | | Runs allowed | 579 - 9th in IL | | Hits allowed | 1196 - 10th in IL | | Opponents AVG | .266 - 10th in IL | | BABIP | .293 - 10th in IL | | Home Runs allowed | 84 - 11th in IL | | Bases-On-Balls | 406 - 4th in IL | | Strikeouts | 620 - 2nd in IL |
|
