St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 19, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 1969 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Flood cf 5 0 2 0
Pinson rf 3 0 2 1
Torre 1b 4 0 1 0
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
McCarver c 3 0 0 0
Shannon 3b 4 1 2 0
Maxvill ss 2 1 0 0
  Ricketts ph 1 0 0 0
Briles p 2 0 1 1
  Browne ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 2 10 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 2 2 0
Taylor lf,1b 3 0 2 1
Stargell 1b 4 1 0 1
  Davis lf 0 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 0 2 1
Hebner 3b 2 0 0 0
  Pagan 3b 1 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 3 0 0 0
Martinez 2b 3 0 0 0
Patek ss 3 0 1 0
Veale p 2 0 0 0
  Moose p 1 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 3
St. Louis 010 000 1002102
Pittsburgh 101 010 00x371
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  L (9-9) 6.0 7 3 3 0 5
  Taylor   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
1
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale  W (5-11) 6.2 9 2 2 3 7
  Moose   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Gibbon  SV (6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
3
7

  E–McCarver (10), Shannon (13), Taylor (3).  DP–St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Alou (30,off Briles).  3B–Pittsburgh Clemente (7,off Briles).  HBP–Brock (2,by Gibbon).  SB–Brock (34,2nd base off Veale/Sanguillen); Patek (8,2nd base off Briles/McCarver); Alou (13,2nd base off Briles/McCarver).  CS–Martinez (2,2nd base by Briles/McCarver).  HBP–Gibbon (3,Brock).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:14.  A–8,915.
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