San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 12, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1969 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 4 1 2 0
Hunt 3b 5 1 1 0
Henderson rf 5 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 3 1 1 1
  Burda 1b 1 0 0 0
Hart lf 3 0 2 1
Hiatt c 3 0 0 0
Mason 2b 3 0 0 0
Lanier ss 4 0 1 0
Perry p 3 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 5 2 3 0
Hebner 3b 5 2 4 1
Stargell lf 4 0 2 2
Oliver rf 4 0 2 1
Mazeroski 2b 1 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 1 0 0 0
  Patek ss 2 0 0 0
Robertson 1b 4 0 1 0
Alley ss,2b 4 0 1 0
Veale p 2 0 0 0
  Kolb ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 13 4
San Francisco 201 000 000381
Pittsburgh 001 000 2014132
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perry   8.1 11 3 1 1 9
  Gibbon  L (1-1) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.2
13
4
2
2
9
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale   7.0 7 3 2 4 11
  Kline   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hartenstein  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
5
11

  E–Mason (3), Stargell (1), Mazeroski (2).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Bonds (2,off Veale), Pittsburgh Hebner (6,off Perry); Sanguillen (3,off Perry).  3B–Pittsburgh Alley (1,off Perry); Hebner (2,off Perry); Stargell (1,off Perry).  SH–Perry (3,off Kline).  IBB–Hiatt (2,by Veale); Stargell (5,by Gibbon).  HBP–Oliver (4,by Perry).  SB–Bonds (8,2nd base off Veale/Sanguillen); Robertson (1,2nd base off Perry/Hiatt).  CS–Burda (1,2nd base by Hartenstein/Sanguillen).  WP–Veale (2).  BK–Veale (1).  HBP–Perry (3,Oliver).  IBB–Gibbon (2,Stargell); Veale (1,Hiatt).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Frank Dezelan.  T–2:27.  A–3,396.
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