San Diego Padres vs Montreal Expos
May 31, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1969 at Parc Jarry. The San Diego Padres defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 6, Montreal Expos 2

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Dean ss 5 0 0 0
Sipin 2b 4 1 2 0
Brown rf 5 1 1 1
Colbert 1b 5 2 3 0
Ferrara lf 2 2 2 4
  Murrell pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Spiezio 3b 4 0 0 1
Gaston cf 1 0 1 0
  Gonzalez pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Cannizzaro c 3 0 2 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 11 6
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 3 0 1 0
Mota cf 4 0 1 0
Staub rf 4 0 0 0
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
Bailey 1b 2 1 1 0
Laboy 3b 4 1 1 2
Sutherland 2b 4 0 1 0
Boccabella c 4 0 0 0
Jaster p 1 0 0 0
  Sembera p 1 0 0 0
  Shea p 0 0 0 0
  Cline ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
San Diego 100 202 1006111
Montreal 000 000 200250
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (2-3) 9.0 5 2 2 3 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
2
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Jaster  L (1-4) 3.0 4 3 3 2 2
  Sembera   3.1 6 3 3 3 0
  Shea   1.2 1 0 0 3 0
  Grant   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
8
2

  E–Sipin (1).  DP–San Diego 1, Montreal 3.  2B–San Diego Gaston (8,off Jaster); Sipin 2 (3,off Sembera,off Shea).  HR–San Diego Brown (8,1st inning off Jaster 0 on, 2 out); Ferrara 2 (5,4th inning off Jaster 1 on, 0 out,6th inning off Sembera 1 on, 0 out), Montreal Laboy (6,7th inning off Niekro 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Gaston (1,by Sembera).  IBB–Cannizzaro (4,by Jaster); Ferrara (1,by Shea); Gonzalez (2,by Shea).  WP–Sembera (2).  HBP–Sembera (1,Gaston).  IBB–Jaster (2,Cannizzaro); Shea 2 (2,Ferrara,Gonzalez).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Frank Dezelan, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:31.  A–20,667.
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