San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
April 15, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1969 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 10, Cincinnati Reds 11

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Mays cf 7 2 3 2
Hunt 2b 5 2 1 0
Bonds rf 6 1 2 0
McCovey 1b 3 2 1 1
  Burda 1b 0 0 0 0
Hiatt c 4 0 0 0
Marshall lf 5 1 2 4
  Johnson lf 1 0 0 0
Davenport 3b 6 0 2 1
Lanier ss 6 0 0 0
Bolin p 1 1 0 0
  Herbel p 0 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Mason ph 1 0 0 0
  Linzy p 1 0 0 0
  McCormick p 1 1 1 1
  Perry p 1 0 0 0
Totals 48 10 12 9
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose cf 5 3 2 0
Tolan rf 7 2 4 0
Johnson lf 7 3 4 5
Perez 3b 3 0 2 1
  Ruiz pr,3b 0 1 0 0
  Stewart ph,3b 0 0 0 0
May 1b 4 0 1 1
Bench c 7 1 3 2
Helms 2b 4 0 2 1
Woodward ss 4 0 1 0
  Whitfield ph 0 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0
  Chaney ss 0 0 0 0
Maloney p 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 1 0 0 0
  Merritt p 0 0 0 0
  Savage ph 1 1 1 0
  Culver p 1 0 0 0
Totals 47 11 20 10
San Francisco 000 310 103 20010121
Cincinnati 100 130 003 20111204
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bolin   4.1 6 5 5 2 1
  Herbel   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Gibbon   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Linzy   2.2 6 3 3 2 1
  McCormick   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Perry  L (1-2) 2.0 3 1 1 4 3
Totals
11.0
20
11
11
9
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Maloney   5.0 4 4 3 5 4
  Carroll   2.0 2 1 0 0 2
  Granger   2.0 5 5 2 1 2
  Merritt   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Culver  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
12
10
5
7
10

  E–Lanier (2), Perez (2), Stewart (1), Helms (3), Woodward (2).  DP–San Francisco 1, Cincinnati 1.  PB–Hiatt (1); Bench (1).  2B–San Francisco Mays (2,off Maloney); Davenport (1,off Granger), Cincinnati Perez (2,off Bolin); Helms (1,off Bolin); Tolan (1,off Linzy).  3B–Cincinnati Johnson (1,off Perry).  HR–San Francisco McCormick (1,10th inning off Granger 0 on, 0 out); Mays (2,10th inning off Granger 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Johnson 2 (3,1st inning off Bolin 0 on, 2 out,5th inning off Bolin 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Bonds (1,off Maloney); Hunt (2,off Culver); Perez (1,off Linzy); Chaney (1,off Perry).  IBB–McCovey 2 (3,by Maloney,by Granger); Hiatt (1,by Merritt); Rose 2 (2,by Herbel,by Perry); May 2 (2,by Linzy,by Perry); Helms (2,by Linzy); Stewart 2 (2,by Perry 2).  SF–May (1,off Perry).  HBP–Perez (1,by Bolin).  CS–Mays (1,3rd base by Culver/Bench); Helms (1,2nd base by Bolin/Hiatt).  WP–Maloney (1), Merritt (1).  BK–Granger (1).  HBP–Bolin (1,Perez).  IBB–Herbel (1,Rose); Linzy 2 (2,May,Helms); Perry 4 (5,Stewart 2,Rose,May); Maloney (1,McCovey); Granger (1,McCovey); Merritt (2,Hiatt).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–3:54.  A–5,726.
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