San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
June 23, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1969 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 9

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 5 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 3 1 0 0
  Robertson p 0 0 0 0
Davenport 3b 3 0 1 0
  Burda 1b 1 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 2 0 0 0
  Etheridge 3b 1 0 1 1
Hart lf 3 1 1 0
Henderson rf 4 0 0 0
Dietz c 3 1 1 2
Lanier ss 4 0 1 0
Sadecki p 1 0 0 0
  Herbel p 1 0 0 0
  Mason ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
McFadden rf 2 1 1 0
  Geiger ph,rf 3 1 1 3
Morgan 2b 3 1 2 1
Wynn cf 3 0 0 0
Menke ss 4 1 2 3
Martinez lf 4 0 1 1
  Geronimo lf 1 0 1 0
Rader 3b 5 1 2 0
Blefary 1b 3 1 1 0
Edwards c 4 1 1 0
Wilson p 2 2 1 1
Totals 34 9 13 9
San Francisco 020 000 010361
Houston 003 400 11x9130
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  L (3-7) 3.0 6 5 5 4 1
  Herbel   4.0 5 3 3 3 2
  Robertson   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
8
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W (7-6) 9.0 6 3 3 3 9
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
9

  E–Etheridge (6).  DP–San Francisco 1.  PB–Dietz (5).  2B–Houston Menke (16,off Sadecki).  3B–Houston Geiger (1,off Herbel).  HR–San Francisco Dietz (4,2nd inning off Wilson 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Hunt (9,by Wilson).  SH–Wilson (2,off Herbel).  CS–Morgan (7,2nd base by Sadecki/Dietz); Wynn (1,2nd base by Sadecki/Dietz).  HBP–Wilson (7,Hunt).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:51.  A–15,524.
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