San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 1, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1969 at Forbes Field. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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San Francisco Giants 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Marshall lf 4 0 1 0
Mason 2b 4 0 1 0
Bonds cf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 2 2 1 1
  Burda pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Dietz c 3 1 1 2
Henderson rf 3 1 0 0
Fuentes 3b 3 0 0 0
  Davenport 3b 1 0 1 2
Lanier ss 4 0 0 0
McCormick p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 5 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 0 0 0
Taylor lf 2 0 1 0
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 0 0
Pagan 3b 4 0 2 0
Oliver 1b 4 0 1 0
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Alley 2b 3 1 2 0
Bunning p 1 0 0 0
  Mazeroski ph 1 0 0 0
  Belinsky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 0
San Francisco 000 010 202550
Pittsburgh 001 000 000171
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick  W (7-5) 9.0 7 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  L (9-8) 7.0 3 3 3 1 9
  Belinsky   2.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
5
5
2
10

  E–Alley (8).  DP–San Francisco 2.  2B–San Francisco Davenport (9,off Belinsky), Pittsburgh Alley (1,off McCormick).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (33,5th inning off Bunning 0 on, 0 out); Dietz (7,7th inning off Bunning 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Dietz (2,off Belinsky); Bunning (7,off McCormick).  HBP–McCovey (3,by Belinsky).  WP–McCormick (3).  HBP–Belinsky (1,McCovey).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:14.  A–10,500.
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