Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
July 4, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1969 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Atlanta Braves 3, San Francisco Giants 7

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 1 0 0
Jackson ss 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 4 0 2 0
Francona 1b 4 0 2 1
Boyer 3b 3 1 1 0
Millan 2b 4 1 1 0
Lum rf 3 0 1 1
Didier c 4 0 2 1
Reed p 3 0 0 0
  Doyle p 0 0 0 0
  Aaron ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Mason 3b,ss 3 1 0 0
Hunt 2b 3 1 0 0
Bonds cf,rf 4 2 2 1
Hart lf 3 1 2 1
  Mays cf 0 1 0 0
Burda 1b 4 0 2 0
Marshall rf,lf 4 1 1 2
Barton c 4 0 0 0
Lanier ss 3 0 1 1
  Davenport ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Herbel p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 8 5
Atlanta 021 000 000391
San Francisco 000 105 01x781
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  L (7-6) 7.0 8 7 6 3 4
  Doyle   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
7
6
4
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Herbel  W (4-1) 9.0 9 3 3 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
1

  E–Francona (2), Burda (2).  PB–Didier (15).  2B–Atlanta Millan (10,off Herbel), San Francisco Burda (5,off Reed).  HR–San Francisco Bonds (14,4th inning off Reed 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Jackson (4,off Herbel).  SF–Lum (3,off Herbel).  IBB–Davenport (1,by Doyle).  WP–Reed (2).  IBB–Doyle (1,Davenport).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:10.  A–22,014.
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