Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
May 17, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1969 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, Houston Astros 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 1 0 0
Beckert 2b 5 1 3 0
Williams lf 3 1 1 2
Santo 3b 4 0 2 0
Banks 1b 4 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 1 0
Spangler rf 4 0 0 0
Young cf 3 1 1 0
Jenkins p 2 0 0 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 1
  Nottebart p 0 0 0 0
  Aguirre p 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Jimenez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 2 0 0 1
Miller rf 4 1 2 1
Wynn cf 2 0 0 2
Blefary 1b 3 0 1 0
Menke ss 4 0 1 0
Rader 3b 4 1 1 0
Alou lf 4 1 2 0
Edwards c 3 1 1 1
Wilson p 1 1 0 0
  Gotay ph 0 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 8 5
Chicago 100 021 000490
Houston 000 131 00x581
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   4.1 6 4 4 1 4
  Regan   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Nottebart  L (1-1) 0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Aguirre   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy   2.2 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
3
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W (3-4) 6.0 9 4 3 1 3
  Gladding  SV (5) 3.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
2
3

  E–Morgan (5).  DP–Chicago 1, Houston 1.  2B–Chicago Beckert (4,off Wilson); Young (5,off Wilson), Houston Alou (8,off Jenkins).  3B–Chicago Beckert (1,off Wilson), Houston Miller (1,off Jenkins).  HR–Chicago Williams (3,5th inning off Wilson 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Wilson (1,off Jenkins); Edwards (2,off Aguirre).  SF–Wynn 2 (2,off Jenkins,off Regan); Morgan (1,off Abernathy).  IBB–Blefary (1,by Regan).  CS–Blefary (3,2nd base by Jenkins/Hundley).  IBB–Regan (2,Blefary).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:21.  A–18,307.
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