St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 30, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1969 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Flood cf 4 0 1 0
Pinson rf 4 0 0 0
Torre 1b 2 0 0 0
  Hicks pr 0 0 0 0
  Huntz ss 1 0 0 0
McCarver c 3 1 1 1
Shannon 3b 3 0 0 0
Javier 2b 2 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 2 0 1 0
  White ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Giusti p 2 0 1 0
  Hague ph 1 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 0 3 0
Hebner 3b 3 1 1 0
Stargell lf 4 0 1 0
Oliver rf 4 1 1 1
  Davis rf 0 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 1 1
Robertson 1b 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 1 0
Patek ss 3 0 1 0
Bunning p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
St. Louis 000 010 000150
Pittsburgh 000 020 00x291
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Giusti  L (2-2) 7.0 9 2 2 1 6
  Willis   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
9
2
2
1
9
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  W (2-2) 9.0 5 1 1 2 10
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
10

  E–Sanguillen (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–St. Louis Maxvill (3,off Bunning), Pittsburgh Hebner (2,off Giusti); Oliver (1,off Giusti); Sanguillen (2,off Giusti).  HR–St. Louis McCarver (2,5th inning off Bunning 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Shannon (1,off Bunning).  SB–Brock (6,2nd base off Bunning/Sanguillen).  WP–Giusti (2).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Frank Dezelan.  T–2:08.
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