Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
June 27, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 1969 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 4, Houston Astros 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 0 1 0
Millan 2b 5 2 3 0
Aaron rf 4 2 3 2
Carty lf 5 0 3 2
Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 5 0 0 0
Tillman c 4 0 1 0
Garrido ss 3 0 0 0
  Jackson ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Britton p 0 0 0 0
  Neibauer p 3 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Valdespino lf 3 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 1
Wynn cf 3 0 2 3
Menke ss 4 0 1 0
Edwards c 5 0 0 0
Blefary 1b 5 1 2 0
Geiger rf 2 1 0 0
Rader 3b 3 1 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Gotay ph 1 0 0 0
Lemaster p 2 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez 3b 1 1 1 1
Totals 32 5 7 5
Atlanta 100 020 1004121
Houston 030 000 011570
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Britton   1.2 1 3 3 6 2
  Neibauer   5.0 2 0 0 5 2
  Upshaw  L (3-3) 2.0 4 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.2
7
5
5
12
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemaster   6.2 10 4 4 1 5
  Ray   1.0 0 0 0 3 1
  Gladding  W (1-1) 1.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
4
6

  E–Upshaw (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Atlanta Millan (9,off Lemaster); H Aaron (20,off Lemaster); Cepeda (11,off Gladding), Houston Wynn (11,off Britton); Blefary (14,off Neibauer).  HR–Atlanta H Aaron (20,5th inning off Lemaster 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Upshaw (3,off Ray); Geiger (3,off Upshaw).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Frank Dezelan, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–3:12.  A–24,580.
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