Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
August 8, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1969 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 2, Houston Astros 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Sutherland 2b 5 0 2 1
Fairly cf 5 0 1 0
Staub rf 4 0 1 0
Jones lf 3 1 1 0
Bailey 1b 3 1 1 0
Laboy 3b 3 0 1 1
Brand c 4 0 1 0
Wine ss 4 0 0 0
Reed p 2 0 0 0
  Collins ph 0 0 0 0
  Jaster p 0 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  McGinn p 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
  Stoneman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Valdespino lf 3 1 0 0
  Geiger lf 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 2 2 0
Wynn cf 3 1 1 1
Menke ss 3 1 0 0
Blefary 1b 3 0 1 2
Miller rf 4 0 1 2
Rader 3b 4 0 1 0
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Blasingame p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 6 5
Montreal 011 000 000281
Houston 301 010 00x561
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  L (6-3) 5.0 4 5 5 4 3
  Jaster   1.1 2 0 0 2 2
  Face   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  McGinn   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Stoneman   1.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
7
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W (14-7) 5.2 8 2 2 4 4
  Blasingame  SV (1) 3.1 0 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
5
8

  E–Wine (19), Menke (18).  DP–Montreal 1, Houston 1.  2B–Montreal Jones (14,off Wilson).  HR–Houston Wynn (26,5th inning off Reed 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Sutherland (2,2nd base by Wilson/Edwards).  SB–Morgan 2 (28,2nd base off Reed/Brand,3rd base off Reed/Brand).  WP–Wilson (11).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–2:36.  A–18,641.
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