Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers
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 Dodger Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 11, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 2 3 0
Hebner 3b 3 1 0 0
Stargell lf 5 1 1 1
Clemente rf 4 2 2 1
  Davis rf 0 0 0 0
Oliver 1b 4 1 2 1
Sanguillen c 5 2 3 2
Alley ss 5 0 1 1
Mazeroski 2b 5 1 1 2
Blass p 5 1 2 0
Totals 41 11 15 8
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 3 1 1 0
Davis cf 4 0 3 0
Gabrielson rf 4 1 0 0
Kosco lf 4 1 1 3
Haller c 4 0 0 0
Sudakis 3b 4 0 1 0
Hutton 1b 4 0 1 0
Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 0
Drysdale p 1 0 0 0
  Crawford ph 1 0 0 0
  Foster p 0 0 0 0
  Grabarkewitz ph 1 0 0 0
  Mikkelsen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Pittsburgh 011 001 10711150
Los Angeles 000 003 000373
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  W (11-7) 9.0 7 3 3 1 5
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale   6.0 8 3 2 1 2
  Foster  L (3-6) 2.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Mikkelsen   1.0 6 7 4 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
11
7
1
5

  E–Wills (19), Kosco (3), Hutton (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Los Angeles 1.  PB–Haller (11).  2B–Pittsburgh Oliver (9,off Mikkelsen).  HR–Pittsburgh Sanguillen (3,6th inning off Drysdale 0 on, 0 out); Stargell (18,7th inning off Foster 0 on, 1 out); Mazeroski (3,9th inning off Mikkelsen 1 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Kosco (16,6th inning off Blass 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Hebner 2 (7,off Drysdale 2).  HBP–Oliver (8,by Drysdale).  HBP–Drysdale (2,Oliver).  U-HP–Frank Dezelan, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:11.  A–22,604.
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