Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
August 4, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1969 at Astrodome. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 9, Houston Astros 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 4 2 0
Beckert 2b 6 1 5 2
Williams lf 3 2 2 2
  Young pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Santo 3b 0 0 0 0
  Popovich pr,3b 4 0 1 0
Banks 1b 5 1 0 0
  Smith 1b 0 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 2 4
Hickman rf 5 0 2 1
Qualls cf 5 0 1 0
Jenkins p 5 1 1 0
Totals 41 9 16 9
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Valdespino lf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Wynn cf 4 0 0 0
Blefary 1b 4 1 1 0
Menke ss 4 1 1 0
Miller rf 2 0 0 1
Rader 3b 3 1 1 2
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Griffin p 1 0 0 0
  Womack p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
  Blasingame p 0 0 0 0
  Geiger ph 1 0 0 0
  Guinn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 3
Chicago 103 201 0209160
Houston 000 010 200342
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  W (15-9) 9.0 4 3 3 1 12
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
1
12
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  L (7-5) 3.1 6 6 6 2 4
  Womack   2.2 4 1 1 1 0
  Blasingame   2.0 4 2 0 1 3
  Guinn   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
9
7
4
8

  E–Morgan (15), Rader (17).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Hundley (5).  2B–Chicago Beckert 2 (14,off Griffin,off Womack); Hundley (11,off Griffin); Jenkins (1,off Griffin); Kessinger (32,off Womack).  3B–Houston Menke (4,off Jenkins).  HR–Houston Rader (8,7th inning off Jenkins 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Popovich (6,off Blasingame).  SF–Williams (2,off Womack); Hundley (3,off Blasingame); Miller (3,off Jenkins).  HBP–Santo (1,by Griffin).  IBB–Williams (14,by Griffin).  HBP–Griffin (6,Santo).  IBB–Griffin (2,Williams).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:36.  A–31,722.
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