Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
August 26, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1969 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 8, Chicago Cubs 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 2 3 0
Tolan cf 4 2 1 1
Johnson lf 5 0 1 0
  Stewart lf 0 0 0 0
Perez 3b 3 1 0 0
Bench c 3 2 0 2
May 1b 4 0 2 2
Helms 2b 5 0 2 1
Woodward ss 5 0 0 0
Merritt p 3 1 1 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 10 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 5 1 2 1
Williams lf 4 0 0 1
Santo 3b 5 0 0 0
Banks 1b 3 1 2 1
Hickman rf 4 0 1 0
Hundley c 4 2 2 0
Young cf 4 2 1 2
Selma p 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 1 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Nottebart p 0 0 0 0
  Rudolph ph 1 0 1 2
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
  Popovich ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 37 7 9 7
Cincinnati 340 000 0018102
Chicago 100 120 201792
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt  W (15-5) 8.2 9 7 5 2 5
  Granger  SV (17) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
5
2
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Selma  L (12-6) 1.0 4 6 5 3 0
  Abernathy   4.0 2 1 1 2 3
  Johnson   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Nottebart   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Regan   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
7
6
6

  E–Perez (22), Merritt (1), Kessinger (11), Santo (24).  2B–Cincinnati May (27,off Regan), Chicago Hundley (14,off Merritt); Beckert (20,off Merritt).  HR–Chicago Beckert (1,1st inning off Merritt 0 on, 1 out); Banks (20,4th inning off Merritt 0 on, 2 out); Young (5,5th inning off Merritt 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Bench (6,off Selma); Williams (3,off Merritt).  HBP–Tolan (11,by Selma).  IBB–Perez 2 (7,by Selma,by Abernathy); May (8,by Selma).  SB–Bench (6,Home off Abernathy/Hundley); May (4,2nd base off Abernathy/Hundley).  WP–Selma (6).  HBP–Selma (2,Tolan).  IBB–Selma 2 (7,Perez,May); Abernathy (8,Perez).  U-HP–Frank Dezelan, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:45.  A–31,473.
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