Montreal Expos vs Cincinnati Reds
May 23, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1969 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 3, Cincinnati Reds 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 0 0 0
Mota cf 4 0 1 0
Staub rf 2 1 0 0
Jones lf 2 2 1 1
Bailey 1b 4 0 0 0
Laboy 3b 4 0 1 1
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
Sutherland 2b 3 0 1 0
Robertson p 2 0 0 0
  McGinn p 1 0 0 0
  Sembera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 4 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose cf 3 0 0 0
Tolan rf 4 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Johnson lf 4 1 1 0
Perez 3b 4 1 1 0
May 1b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 3 1 2 1
Helms 2b 4 1 3 2
Chaney ss 2 0 1 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 1 0
  Savage pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Maloney p 1 0 0 0
  Ruiz ss 2 0 0 1
  Woodward ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Montreal 010 200 000342
Cincinnati 010 000 12x491
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson   6.2 6 2 2 2 9
  McGinn  L (2-2) 0.2 3 2 2 1 1
  Sembera   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
4
10
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Maloney   4.0 4 3 2 2 3
  Granger   3.0 0 0 0 1 4
  Carroll  W (4-3) 2.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
4
3
2
4
10

  E–Mota (2), Laboy (8), Chaney (8).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  PB–Bench (4).  2B–Montreal Laboy (11,off Maloney).  HR–Montreal Jones (8,2nd inning off Maloney 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Bench (6,2nd inning off Robertson 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Ruiz (1,off Robertson).  IBB–Bench (1,by McGinn).  CS–Jones (3,2nd base by Granger/Bench).  SB–Johnson (2,2nd base off Robertson/Bateman).  BK–Robertson (1).  IBB–McGinn (3,Bench).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:19.  A–7,917.
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