Cincinnati Reds vs Atlanta Braves
July 1, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1969 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 4, Atlanta Braves 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 3 1 1 0
Tolan cf 4 1 1 0
Johnson lf 5 1 2 1
Perez 3b 5 1 2 3
May 1b 5 0 1 0
Bench c 5 0 0 0
Helms 2b 5 0 3 0
Chaney ss 4 0 0 0
Merritt p 2 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 10 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 1 4 0
Millan 2b 5 1 1 0
Aaron H. rf 4 1 1 2
Cepeda 1b 4 1 1 1
Boyer 3b 5 0 2 0
Aspromonte lf 3 0 1 0
  Gonzalez ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Tillman c 2 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 1 1 0
  Didier c 1 0 0 0
Garrido ss 3 0 1 0
  Jackson ph,ss 1 0 1 1
Jarvis p 2 0 0 0
  Aaron T. ph 1 0 0 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Doyle p 0 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 1 1
  Reed pr 0 0 0 0
  Neibauer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 14 5
Cincinnati 300 010 000 04100
Atlanta 000 000 031 15140
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt   7.2 7 3 3 1 2
  Granger   0.2 4 1 1 0 0
  Carroll  L (11-4) 1.0 3 1 1 3 0
Totals
9.1
14
5
5
4
2
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Jarvis   8.0 10 4 4 1 9
  Raymond   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Doyle   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Upshaw   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Neibauer  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
4
4
3
11

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Atlanta Aspromonte (7,off Merritt); Garrido (2,off Merritt); H Aaron (21,off Merritt).  3B–Cincinnati Tolan (8,off Jarvis).  HR–Cincinnati Perez (18,1st inning off Jarvis 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Merritt (8,off Jarvis); Rose (2,off Raymond); Jackson (3,off Granger).  IBB–H Aaron (12,by Carroll); Gonzalez (3,by Carroll).  IBB–Carroll 2 (11,H Aaron,Gonzalez).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:50.  A–21,043.
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