Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
August 5, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 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 5, Houston Astros 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 0 1 0
Beckert 2b 5 0 2 0
Williams lf 5 2 2 0
Santo 3b 5 0 3 0
Banks 1b 5 0 1 1
Hundley c 4 2 2 0
Hickman rf 4 1 2 1
Young cf 4 0 2 0
Hands p 3 0 1 1
  Regan p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 16 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Valdespino lf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 5 0 2 0
Wynn cf 3 0 0 0
Blefary 1b 4 0 1 0
Menke ss 3 1 0 0
Miller rf 4 1 1 1
Rader 3b 2 0 0 0
  Martinez 3b 2 0 1 0
Edwards c 3 0 1 1
Lemaster p 2 0 0 0
  Womack p 0 0 0 0
  Gotay ph 1 0 0 0
  Blasingame p 0 0 0 0
  Geiger ph 1 0 0 0
  Guinn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Chicago 021 001 1005160
Houston 000 001 010271
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hands  W (13-8) 6.2 6 1 1 5 3
  Regan  SV (13) 2.1 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
5
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemaster  L (8-11) 5.1 11 4 4 0 2
  Womack   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Blasingame   2.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Guinn   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
5
5
0
6

  E–Rader (18).  DP–Houston 2.  PB–Hundley (6).  2B–Chicago Hundley (12,off Lemaster); Hickman 2 (5,off Lemaster 2); Beckert (15,off Lemaster); Young (11,off Lemaster); Banks (12,off Blasingame), Houston Morgan 2 (10,off Hands 2).  HR–Houston Miller (3,8th inning off Regan 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Hickman (1,3rd base off Lemaster/Edwards).  WP–Womack (6).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:41.  A–26,041.
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