Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
May 24, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1969 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, San Francisco Giants 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 1 1 0
Stargell lf 4 1 2 2
Clemente rf 3 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 2 0
Oliver 1b 3 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 0 0
Patek ss 2 0 0 0
  Alley ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Veale p 1 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 1 0 1 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 1 0
  Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 1 1 1
Fuentes ss,3b 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 1 2 0
McCovey 1b 3 2 1 2
Henderson lf 4 1 1 1
Hiatt c 4 0 2 1
Etheridge 3b 3 0 1 0
  Lanier ss 1 0 0 0
Mason 2b 3 0 0 0
McCormick p 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 000 002 000270
San Francisco 100 020 20x591
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale  L (3-4) 5.0 6 3 3 4 4
  Dal Canton   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Hartenstein   2.0 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
6
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick  W (2-2) 9.0 7 2 2 2 8
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
8

  E–Henderson (1).  DP–San Francisco 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Stargell (10,off McCormick), San Francisco Etheridge (3,off Veale); Henderson (4,off Hartenstein).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (7,6th inning off McCormick 1 on, 2 out), San Francisco Bonds (5,1st inning off Veale 0 on, 0 out); McCovey (11,5th inning off Veale 1 on, 1 out).  SH–McCormick (2,off Hartenstein).  BK–Hartenstein (2).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:19.  A–18,616.
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