San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
September 9, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1969 at Crosley Field. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 7, Cincinnati Reds 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 5 1 1 0
Hunt 2b 4 0 1 1
  Mason pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Mays cf 5 1 2 0
McCovey 1b 3 2 1 2
Hart lf 1 0 0 0
  Henderson lf 3 1 1 1
Dietz c 4 1 2 2
Fuentes 3b 4 0 1 0
Lanier ss 3 0 1 1
Perry p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 10 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 1 0 0 0
  Savage rf 1 0 0 1
Tolan cf 5 0 1 0
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
Perez 3b 3 0 0 0
  Carbo pr 0 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
Bench c 4 1 1 0
May 1b 4 1 1 1
Helms 2b 4 1 1 0
Woodward ss 1 0 0 0
  de la Hoz ph 1 0 0 0
  Chaney ss 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
Merritt p 1 0 0 0
  Ramos p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph,3b 2 1 2 1
Totals 32 4 6 3
San Francisco 000 010 2407102
Cincinnati 010 000 012460
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (17-12) 9.0 6 4 0 4 10
Totals
9.0
6
4
0
4
10
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt  L (16-7) 7.0 6 4 4 1 7
  Ramos   1.0 4 3 3 1 1
  Fisher   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
2
8

  E–Mays (2), Hart (4).  DP–San Francisco 1.  PB–Dietz (14).  2B–San Francisco Fuentes (3,off Merritt); Bonds (22,off Merritt); Hunt (21,off Ramos).  HR–San Francisco Dietz (10,5th inning off Merritt 0 on, 1 out); McCovey (42,7th inning off Merritt 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Lanier (4,by Merritt); McCovey (42,by Ramos).  SH–Merritt (11,off Perry).  SF–Savage (1,off Perry).  IBB–Merritt (8,Lanier); Ramos (10,McCovey).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:37.  A–14,268.
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