Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
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 Forbes Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Stewart cf 5 2 3 1
Tolan rf 4 0 1 1
Johnson lf 5 1 3 1
Perez 3b 4 0 2 0
May 1b 3 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 2 1
  Ruiz pr 0 1 0 0
  Corrales c 0 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 1 0
Chaney ss 3 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 1 1
  Woodward pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Culver p 3 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 13 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 1 1 1
Hebner 3b 3 2 3 0
Stargell lf 4 0 1 0
Clemente rf 3 0 2 1
Oliver 1b 4 0 0 1
Sanguillen c 3 0 0 0
Alley 2b 2 0 0 0
Patek ss 3 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 0 0 0 0
Bunning p 2 0 0 0
  Kolb ph 1 0 0 0
  Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Cincinnati 000 002 0035131
Pittsburgh 000 001 020371
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Culver   7.1 6 3 2 1 6
  Carroll  W (7-3) 0.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Granger  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
4
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning   8.0 9 2 2 1 4
  Hartenstein  L (2-2) 0.2 3 3 3 0 0
  Walker   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
1
5

  E–Tolan (3), Sanguillen (4).  DP–Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 2.  PB–Bench (6).  2B–Cincinnati Tolan (6,off Walker).  HR–Pittsburgh Alou (1,8th inning off Culver 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Tolan (3,off Bunning); Helms (4,off Hartenstein); Carroll (1,off Hartenstein); Alley (1,off Culver).  IBB–May (4,by Bunning); Clemente (5,by Carroll).  HBP–Hebner (2,by Culver).  SB–Stewart (1,2nd base off Hartenstein/Sanguillen).  WP–Granger (3).  HBP–Culver (4,Hebner).  IBB–Carroll (8,Clemente); Bunning (3,May).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:18.  A–6,685.
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