Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 15, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1969 at Forbes Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Jackson ss 5 0 0 0
Gonzalez cf 4 1 2 1
Aaron rf 5 0 2 1
Cepeda 1b 4 0 0 1
Carty lf 4 1 1 0
  Lum lf 0 0 0 0
Millan 2b 4 2 3 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 2 1
Didier c 4 1 2 2
Reed p 4 1 1 0
  Doyle p 0 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 13 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 2 3 0
Hebner 3b 4 2 2 0
Clemente rf 4 0 2 3
Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0
Oliver lf 3 0 0 1
May c 3 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
Patek ss 3 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
Blass p 0 0 0 0
  Moose p 1 0 0 0
  Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb ph 1 0 0 0
  Marone p 0 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 1 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Sanguillen ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Atlanta 120 300 0006130
Pittsburgh 000 002 020490
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (6-5) 7.0 8 4 4 1 5
  Doyle   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Upshaw  SV (13) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  L (6-3) 1.0 6 3 3 0 0
  Moose   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Hartenstein   0.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Walker   3.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Marone   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Gibbon   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  PB–Didier (11).  2B–Atlanta Millan (7,off Moose), Pittsburgh Hebner (14,off Reed).  3B–Atlanta Gonzalez (1,off Blass).  HBP–Gonzalez (4,by Walker).  SF–Oliver (2,off Doyle).  SB–Millan (5,2nd base off Walker/May).  HBP–Walker (1,Gonzalez).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:57.  A–19,974.
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