Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
July 9, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1969 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros 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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Houston Astros 3, San Francisco Giants 10

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Geiger lf 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 2 2
Wynn cf 3 0 0 0
Miller rf 4 0 0 0
Blefary 1b 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 1 1 0
Menke ss 4 1 2 0
Rader 3b 3 0 1 1
Lemaster p 3 0 1 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Valdespino ph 1 0 0 0
  Womack p 0 0 0 0
  Guinn p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes ss 5 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 3 1 1 0
Bonds rf 3 2 0 0
Mays cf 4 2 2 2
Davenport 3b 4 2 2 0
Henderson lf 3 1 1 2
Burda 1b 3 1 1 4
Barton c 1 0 0 0
  Mason ph 1 0 0 0
  Bryant p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 1 1
  Linzy p 1 0 0 0
Bolin p 1 0 0 0
  Dietz ph,c 3 1 1 1
Totals 33 10 9 10
Houston 020 010 000370
San Francisco 000 000 46x1090
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemaster  L (7-9) 6.0 4 4 4 1 4
  Billingham   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Womack   0.1 2 3 3 0 1
  Guinn   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Martinez   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
10
10
3
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bolin   6.0 6 3 3 3 5
  Bryant  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Linzy  SV (8) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
8

  E–None.  2B–Houston Menke (17,off Bolin), San Francisco Henderson (8,off Lemaster); Mays (9,off Womack).  3B–San Francisco Hunt (3,off Lemaster).  HR–Houston Morgan (11,5th inning off Bolin 0 on, 1 out), San Francisco Burda (4,8th inning off Guinn 3 on, 1 out); Dietz (5,8th inning off Martinez 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Rader (2,by Bolin); Burda (2,by Billingham).  HBP–Hunt (12,by Lemaster).  SB–Menke (2,2nd base off Bolin/Barton).  WP–Womack (5).  HBP–Lemaster (1,Hunt).  IBB–Billingham (7,Burda); Bolin (3,Rader).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:24.  A–4,118.
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