New York Mets vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 6, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 1969 at Forbes Field. The New York Mets defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 2 0 0 0
  Swoboda rf 3 1 2 1
Pfeil 2b,3b 4 1 1 0
Jones lf 5 1 1 1
Clendenon 1b 5 1 2 4
Charles 3b 2 2 1 1
  Koonce p 1 0 0 0
Gaspar rf,cf 4 1 1 0
Grote c 5 0 2 1
Weis ss 4 1 1 0
McAndrew p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 1 0 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Garrett ph,2b 2 0 1 0
Totals 39 8 12 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 3 1 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 1 0 0
Stargell lf 3 1 1 0
Clemente rf 4 1 3 3
Oliver 1b 4 0 0 0
May c 4 2 3 3
Patek ss 3 0 0 0
  Sanguillen ph 1 0 0 0
  Alley 2b 0 0 0 0
Martinez 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Walker p 1 1 0 0
  Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 1 0 1 1
  Blass pr 0 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  Kolb ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 8 7
New York 100 214 0008120
Pittsburgh 420 001 000780
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
McAndrew   0.2 2 4 4 2 0
  Ryan   0.2 0 2 2 3 0
  Frisella   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Taylor  W (4-2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Koonce  SV (6) 4.0 3 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
5
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Walker   5.0 7 5 5 4 7
  Hartenstein  L (2-4) 1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Dal Canton   3.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
5
8

  E–None.  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Clendenon (9,off Walker), Pittsburgh May (7,off Koonce); Pagan (8,off Koonce).  HR–New York Charles (2,5th inning off Walker 0 on, 2 out); Clendenon (5,6th inning off Hartenstein 2 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh May (5,1st inning off McAndrew 2 on, 2 out).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:55.  A–11,552.
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