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 Houston Astros defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Blefary 1b 5 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 1 2 1
Wynn cf 4 1 0 0
Miller rf 5 2 3 0
Menke ss 5 1 4 3
Rader 3b 5 2 1 0
Alou lf 4 0 1 0
  Geiger ph,lf 0 1 0 0
Edwards c 5 0 2 3
Griffin p 2 1 1 1
  Blasingame p 0 0 0 0
  Billingham p 1 0 0 0
  Gotay ph 1 0 0 1
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 15 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 1 3 1
Alley ss 5 1 1 0
Hebner 3b 5 1 1 1
Stargell lf 4 2 2 1
Oliver 1b 5 0 2 1
Taylor rf 4 0 1 1
  Davis rf 0 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 3 1
May c 4 0 1 0
Moose p 1 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 1 1 1 0
  Hartenstein p 1 0 0 0
  Marone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 15 6
Houston 212 100 0039150
Pittsburgh 400 110 0006151
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin   2.1 10 4 4 1 4
  Blasingame   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Billingham  W (4-2) 4.1 3 1 1 0 7
  Gladding  SV (10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
6
6
2
11
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Moose   2.0 5 5 5 2 2
  Dal Canton   3.1 4 1 1 2 3
  Hartenstein  L (2-1) 3.1 6 3 3 1 2
  Marone   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
9
9
5
7

  E–Alley (2).  DP–Houston 1, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Houston Menke (8,off Moose); Miller (9,off Moose); Rader (8,off Hartenstein), Pittsburgh May (5,off Griffin).  3B–Houston Edwards (1,off Dal Canton), Pittsburgh Dal Canton (1,off Billingham).  HR–Houston Griffin (1,2nd inning off Moose 0 on, 2 out); Morgan (6,4th inning off Dal Canton 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Blefary (2,by Moose).  IBB–Geiger (1,by Hartenstein).  CS–Morgan (6,2nd base by Moose/May); Mazeroski (1,2nd base by Billingham/Edwards).  HBP–Moose (3,Blefary).  IBB–Hartenstein (1,Geiger).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–3:10.  A–18,381.
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