Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
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 Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 2, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 0 1 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 1 2 0
Banks 1b 3 1 3 0
Hundley c 4 0 2 0
Hickman rf 3 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 1 0 0 1
Young cf 3 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 1
  Oliver pr 0 0 0 0
Hands p 1 0 0 0
  Aguirre p 1 0 0 0
  Rudolph ph 1 0 0 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
  Popovich ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 0 1 0
Davalillo cf 4 0 0 0
Pinson rf 4 0 0 0
White 1b 3 3 2 0
McCarver c 3 1 1 1
Shannon 3b 4 0 1 0
Gagliano 2b 3 0 2 1
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
Huntz ss 4 0 1 2
Carlton p 3 0 1 0
  Javier 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Chicago 000 000 0022100
St. Louis 010 200 01x491
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hands  L (9-7) 3.1 4 3 3 3 3
  Aguirre   2.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Regan   2.0 4 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
4
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  W (10-5) 8.0 8 2 2 1 2
  Grant   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Hoerner  SV (9) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
1
4

  E–Carlton (2).  DP–Chicago 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–Chicago Hundley (9,off Carlton).  3B–St. Louis McCarver (3,off Hands).  WP–Grant (3).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Frank Dezelan, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:39.
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