Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
April 11, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1969 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 0, Chicago Cubs 1

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 5 0 0 0
Mota cf 5 0 1 0
Staub rf 3 0 0 0
Jones lf 5 0 3 0
Bailey 1b 5 0 1 0
Bateman c 5 0 0 0
Laboy 3b 5 0 2 0
Sutherland 2b 5 0 0 0
Morton p 3 0 0 0
  Cline ph 1 0 0 0
  Sembera p 1 0 0 0
  McGinn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 0 7 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 1 0 0
Beckert 2b 5 0 1 0
Williams lf 6 0 3 1
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Banks 1b 4 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 1 0
Spangler rf 4 0 0 0
Young cf 3 0 2 0
  Qualls ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Hickman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 1 7 1
Montreal 000 000 000 000071
Chicago 000 000 000 001171
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Morton   9.0 6 0 0 3 3
  Sembera  L (0-1) 2.2 0 1 1 3 1
  McGinn   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.2
7
1
1
6
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   9.0 7 0 0 1 2
  Abernathy  W (1-0) 3.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
12.0
7
0
0
3
4

  E–Bateman (1), Spangler (1).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Montreal Mota (1,off Niekro); Laboy (4,off Niekro); Jones (3,off Niekro).  IBB–Staub (2,by Abernathy).  SH–Niekro (1,off Morton); Spangler (1,off Morton).  SB–Wills (2,2nd base off Abernathy/Hundley); Williams (1,2nd base off Morton/Bateman); Kessinger (1,2nd base off Sembera/Bateman).  IBB–Abernathy (1,Staub).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–3:02.  A–7,281.
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