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 St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 3 2
Flood cf 5 1 1 0
Pinson rf 4 1 2 1
Torre 1b 5 1 3 3
McCarver c 3 1 0 0
Shannon 3b 4 0 1 0
Gagliano 2b 4 1 1 1
Maxvill ss 3 1 0 0
Gibson p 4 1 1 1
Totals 37 8 12 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 0 1 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 0 0 0
Stargell lf 3 0 0 0
Oliver rf 4 0 0 0
May c 4 0 2 0
Mazeroski 2b 2 1 0 0
Robertson 1b 4 0 1 0
Patek ss 3 0 0 1
Blass p 1 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 4 1
St. Louis 100 500 1018121
Pittsburgh 000 000 001140
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (2-2) 9.0 4 1 1 4 8
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  L (2-1) 3.2 5 6 6 3 1
  Dal Canton   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Kline   2.0 3 1 1 1 4
  Walker   2.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
4
9

  E–Maxvill (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–St. Louis Brock (5,off Kline); Torre (3,off Walker), Pittsburgh May (4,off Gibson).  HR–St. Louis Torre (4,4th inning off Blass 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Pinson (1,by Kline).  SB–Gibson (1,2nd base off Dal Canton/May); Patek (2,2nd base off Gibson/McCarver).  WP–Walker (2).  BK–Blass (1).  IBB–Kline (1,Pinson).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Frank Dezelan, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:11.  A–10,895.
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