Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
June 4, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1969 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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 4, Chicago Cubs 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Blefary 1b 5 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
Wynn cf 3 0 0 0
Miller rf 3 1 1 0
Menke ss 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 1 1 0
Edwards c 4 0 1 0
Alou lf 4 1 1 1
Griffin p 2 1 1 2
  Geiger ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 0 0
Williams rf,lf 3 1 1 0
Santo 3b 4 1 1 0
Banks 1b 4 2 2 2
Smith lf 4 0 0 0
  Hickman rf 0 0 0 0
Hundley c 1 1 1 3
Young cf 3 0 0 0
Jenkins p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 5 5
Houston 000 400 000470
Chicago 010 400 00x550
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  L (2-3) 8.0 5 5 5 4 10
Totals
8.0
5
5
5
4
10
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  W (8-2) 9.0 7 4 4 3 8
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
8

  E–None.  2B–Chicago Santo (7,off Griffin); Williams (13,off Griffin).  HR–Houston Griffin (2,4th inning off Jenkins 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Banks (8,2nd inning off Griffin 0 on, 1 out); Hundley (9,4th inning off Griffin 2 on, 1 out).  WP–Griffin 2 (5).  BK–Jenkins (1).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Frank Dezelan, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:18.  A–13,360.
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