Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
June 7, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 7, 1969 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Reds tied the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 5, Chicago Cubs 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose cf 5 0 1 1
Tolan rf 5 0 1 0
Johnson lf 4 1 1 0
Perez 3b 3 2 2 0
May 1b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 2 2
  Woodward pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Helms 2b 4 1 1 1
Chaney ss 3 0 2 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 1 1
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Merritt p 1 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Savage ph 0 0 0 0
  Corrales c 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 2 2
Oliver 2b 4 1 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 1 2 1
Banks 1b 3 1 1 2
Hundley c 3 1 1 0
Hickman rf 4 0 1 0
Young cf 4 1 2 0
Hands p 2 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Selma p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 0 0 0 0
  Aguirre p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Cincinnati 000 100 1305110
Chicago 300 002 00x590
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt   6.0 8 5 5 3 4
  Granger   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Carroll   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hands   7.0 7 3 3 2 5
  Abernathy   0.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Selma   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Aguirre   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.2
11
5
5
2
6

  E–None.  2B–Cincinnati Perez (10,off Hands); Chaney (5,off Hands); Helms (5,off Hands); Bench (8,off Abernathy), Chicago Santo (8,off Merritt); Kessinger (18,off Merritt).  HR–Chicago Banks (10,1st inning off Merritt 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Hands (7,off Merritt).  IBB–Banks (5,by Merritt); Kessinger (2,by Merritt).  CS–Stewart (1,2nd base by Selma/Hundley).  WP–Merritt (3), Abernathy (2).  IBB–Merritt 2 (4,Banks,Kessinger).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–2:27.  A–25,514.
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