Montreal Expos vs Pittsburgh Pirates
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 Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Phillips cf 4 1 2 1
  Radatz p 1 0 0 0
Sutherland 2b,ss 5 0 1 0
Staub rf 4 1 1 2
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Bailey 1b 3 0 1 0
Laboy 3b 4 0 1 0
Brand c 4 0 1 0
Wine ss 2 0 0 0
  Bosch pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Robertson p 2 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  McGinn p 0 0 0 0
  Cline ph 1 0 1 0
  Collins 2b 0 0 0 0
  Herrera ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 1 3 0
Taylor 1b 4 1 2 0
  Kolb pr 0 0 0 0
  Oliver 1b 0 0 0 0
Stargell lf 4 1 3 1
  Davis lf 1 0 0 0
Clemente rf 3 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 1 2 1
Sanguillen c 5 0 1 1
Martinez 2b 5 0 1 1
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Bunning p 3 0 0 0
  Moose p 0 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 12 4
Montreal 100 100 010 0381
Pittsburgh 100 020 000 14120
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson   4.2 8 3 3 1 3
  Face   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  McGinn   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Radatz  L (0-1) 2.1 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.1
12
4
4
2
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning   7.1 4 3 3 2 3
  Moose   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Gibbon  W (3-3) 2.1 3 0 0 0 4
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
2
7

  E–Wine (10).  DP–Montreal 1, Pittsburgh 1.  3B–Montreal Phillips (4,off Bunning), Pittsburgh Hebner (4,off Radatz).  HR–Montreal Staub (10,4th inning off Bunning 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Staub (1,off Bunning).  HBP–Clemente (2,by Robertson); Hebner (5,by McGinn).  IBB–Clemente (8,by Robertson).  SB–Alou (10,2nd base off Robertson/Brand).  HBP–Robertson (1,Clemente); McGinn (4,Hebner).  IBB–Robertson (6,Clemente).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:55.
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