Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
August 24, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1969 at Wrigley Field. 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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Houston Astros 9, Chicago Cubs 10

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou lf 5 1 1 0
  Geiger lf 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 5 2 2 1
Wynn cf 3 3 3 3
Miller rf 4 1 1 2
Blefary 1b 5 1 3 1
Menke ss 5 0 3 1
Rader 3b 5 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 0 3 1
  Geronimo pr 0 0 0 0
Billingham p 1 1 1 0
  Ray p 2 0 0 0
  Womack p 0 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Valdespino ph 0 0 0 0
  Gotay ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 17 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 1 0 0
Beckert 2b 5 1 1 0
Williams lf 5 2 3 2
Santo 3b 4 3 3 1
Banks 1b 4 2 3 3
Hickman rf 3 1 2 2
Hundley c 2 0 0 0
  Oliver c 1 0 0 0
  Popovich ph 1 0 0 1
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
  Aguirre p 0 0 0 0
Young cf 3 0 0 0
Jenkins p 1 0 0 0
  Nye p 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Selma p 0 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 1 0 0 0
  Nottebart p 0 0 0 0
  Rudolph c 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 12 9
Houston 201 500 0019171
Chicago 020 100 34x10120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham   3.0 5 3 3 0 2
  Ray   3.1 4 3 3 3 3
  Womack   0.2 0 1 1 2 0
  Gladding  L (2-5) 1.0 3 3 3 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
10
10
5
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   3.2 8 6 6 1 2
  Nye   0.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Abernathy   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Selma   2.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Nottebart   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Regan  W (12-5) 1.1 4 1 1 0 0
  Aguirre  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
9
9
4
4

  E–Alou (9).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Houston Morgan (12,off Jenkins), Chicago Williams (26,off Gladding).  3B–Chicago Williams (10,off Ray).  HR–Houston Wynn 2 (28,1st inning off Jenkins 1 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Jenkins 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Banks 2 (19,2nd inning off Billingham 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Gladding 1 on, 2 out); Hickman (14,2nd inning off Billingham 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Billingham (1,off Jenkins).  IBB–Wynn (11,by Nye).  HBP–Young (4,by Ray).  HBP–Ray (2,Young).  IBB–Nye (4,Wynn).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–3:22.
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