Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
September 2, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1969 at Crosley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 8, Cincinnati Reds 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 2 2 2
Beckert 2b 5 0 2 3
Williams lf 5 0 0 0
Santo 3b 3 0 0 0
Banks 1b 5 2 1 0
Hickman rf 3 0 0 0
  Young pr,rf 1 1 1 0
Hundley c 3 1 1 0
Gamble cf 4 1 2 3
Jenkins p 3 1 1 0
Totals 36 8 10 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 0 3 0
Tolan cf 4 1 1 0
Johnson lf 3 1 1 0
Perez 3b 4 0 1 1
Bench c 4 0 1 0
May 1b 3 0 1 1
  Ruiz pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Savage ph 1 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 1 0
Woodward ss 2 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Cloninger p 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Ramos p 0 0 0 0
  Ribant p 0 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Chicago 100 302 2008100
Cincinnati 000 000 200291
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  W (19-11) 9.0 9 2 2 1 7
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger  L (9-15) 3.2 5 4 1 3 2
  Jackson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Ramos   1.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Ribant   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Fisher   2.0 2 2 2 2 2
  Culver   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
8
5
6
4

  E–Perez (24).  DP–Chicago 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Chicago Kessinger (36,off Ramos).  3B–Chicago Gamble (1,off Fisher).  HR–Chicago Kessinger (4,1st inning off Cloninger 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Jenkins (4,off Ramos).  CS–Bench (6,2nd base by Jenkins/Hundley).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:35.  A–11,604.
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