Pittsburgh Pirates vs Atlanta Braves
June 6, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 1969 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Atlanta Braves 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 0 2 1
Hebner 3b 4 0 0 0
Stargell 1b 4 0 2 0
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 0 0
Pagan lf 4 0 0 0
Alley 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Patek ss 0 0 0 0
  Martinez 2b 3 1 2 0
Ellis p 1 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Lum cf 4 0 2 1
Jackson ss 3 0 2 0
Aaron H. rf 2 1 1 1
Cepeda 1b 2 0 0 1
Millan 2b 4 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
  Boyer 3b 1 0 0 0
Aaron T. lf 3 1 2 0
Didier c 3 1 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 7 3
Pittsburgh 001 000 000170
Atlanta 000 110 10x370
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  L (3-6) 6.0 6 2 2 3 1
  Dal Canton   0.2 0 1 1 4 0
  Hartenstein   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
7
2
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (8-4) 9.0 7 1 1 0 7
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
7

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  PB–Didier (9).  2B–Atlanta Lum (3,off Ellis).  HR–Atlanta H Aaron (14,4th inning off Ellis 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Ellis (2,off Niekro); Niekro (4,off Dal Canton).  IBB–H Aaron (10,by Dal Canton).  CS–T Aaron (1,2nd base by Hartenstein/Sanguillen).  IBB–Dal Canton (4,H Aaron).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:14.  A–17,049.
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