Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
August 17, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1969 at Crosley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Cincinnati Reds 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 1 1 0
Hebner 3b 4 0 0 0
  Pagan 3b 1 0 0 0
Stargell lf 5 3 3 2
Clemente rf 5 0 2 0
Oliver 1b 5 2 2 2
Sanguillen c 4 1 1 1
Alley 2b 3 1 1 3
Patek ss 4 0 3 0
Blass p 4 0 1 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 14 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 5 1 3 1
Tolan cf 3 1 2 1
Johnson lf 5 0 0 0
Perez 3b 2 2 2 1
Bench c 4 1 2 2
May 1b 4 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 0 0
  Savage ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Woodward ss 3 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Chaney ss 0 0 0 0
Fisher p 2 0 0 0
  Ramos p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Ruiz ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 501 010 0018140
Cincinnati 401 000 000592
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  W (13-7) 7.1 8 5 5 2 4
  Gibbon   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Hartenstein  SV (9) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  L (3-3) 4.0 9 7 7 1 1
  Ramos   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Carroll   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Granger   1.2 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
1
3

  E–Perez (20), May (8).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 3.  PB–Bench (10).  2B–Pittsburgh Stargell 2 (23,off Fisher 2), Cincinnati Perez (25,off Blass); Rose (27,off Blass).  HR–Pittsburgh Alley (4,1st inning off Fisher 2 on, 2 out); Oliver (11,3rd inning off Fisher 0 on, 1 out); Stargell (22,9th inning off Granger 0 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Rose (15,1st inning off Blass 0 on, 0 out); Tolan (20,1st inning off Blass 0 on, 0 out); Bench (20,1st inning off Blass 1 on, 1 out); Perez (29,3rd inning off Blass 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Tolan (9,by Blass).  CS–Rose (7,2nd base by Blass/Sanguillen).  HBP–Blass (4,Tolan).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:40.  A–20,732.
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