Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
May 18, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 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 5, Houston Astros 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 1 4 2
Beckert 2b 5 1 3 1
Williams lf 5 1 2 0
Santo 3b 3 0 0 0
Banks 1b 4 0 1 2
Hundley c 4 0 1 0
Spangler rf 4 0 0 0
Young cf 3 1 0 0
Selma p 2 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 1 1 1 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 1 0 0 0
  Torres ss 4 1 0 0
Miller rf 4 1 1 1
Wynn cf 3 1 1 0
Blefary 1b 3 0 1 2
Menke ss,2b 3 1 1 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Alou lf 4 1 0 0
Edwards c 4 0 1 0
Griffin p 1 0 1 0
  Martinez ph 0 0 0 0
  Womack p 0 0 0 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Geiger ph 1 1 1 1
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Gotay ph 0 0 0 1
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 7 5
Chicago 200 010 2005123
Houston 000 003 21x671
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Selma   5.2 4 3 3 2 3
  Abernathy   0.1 2 2 0 1 0
  Regan  L (5-1) 2.0 1 1 1 3 0
Totals
8.0
7
6
4
6
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin   6.0 6 3 3 2 6
  Womack   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Billingham   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Ray  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Gladding  SV (6) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
3
7

  E–Santo 2 (5), Spangler (2), Blefary (9).  DP–Chicago 1, Houston 1.  2B–Chicago Abernathy (1,off Womack), Houston Miller (7,off Selma); Blefary (4,off Selma).  CS–Kessinger (2,2nd base by Griffin/Edwards).  BK–Griffin (1).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:39.  A–13,126.
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