Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 30, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1969 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Houston Astros 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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Houston Astros 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Blefary 1b 3 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 1 0 0
Wynn cf 3 1 1 0
Miller rf 4 0 0 0
Menke ss 4 0 2 2
Rader 3b 2 0 0 0
Alou lf 4 0 1 0
Edwards c 4 0 0 0
Lemaster p 1 0 0 0
  Guinn p 1 0 0 0
  Womack p 0 0 0 0
  Geiger ph 1 0 0 0
  Coombs p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 1 3 1
  Davis cf 0 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 0 2 1
Stargell lf 5 1 2 0
  Martinez pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Clemente rf 4 2 2 2
Sanguillen c 5 0 1 2
Alley ss 5 2 2 1
Oliver 1b 4 0 2 1
Mazeroski 2b 3 1 3 1
Bunning p 4 1 0 0
Totals 39 9 17 9
Houston 300 000 000351
Pittsburgh 001 300 23x9170
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemaster  L (3-6) 3.1 9 4 4 0 2
  Guinn   3.0 2 1 1 1 4
  Womack   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Coombs   1.0 4 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
17
9
9
2
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  W (5-4) 9.0 5 3 3 5 7
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
5
7

  E–Rader (10).  DP–Houston 1.  TP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Houston Blefary (8,off Bunning), Pittsburgh Hebner (11,off Lemaster); Alou 2 (17,off Lemaster,off Coombs); Mazeroski (5,off Guinn); Oliver (4,off Womack).  3B–Pittsburgh Clemente (1,off Lemaster).  SF–Hebner (1,off Guinn).  IBB–Mazeroski (1,by Womack).  BK–Bunning (1).  IBB–Womack (3,Mazeroski).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:41.
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