St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 10, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 1969 at Forbes Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 6 3 4 1
Flood cf 6 2 3 1
Pinson rf 3 1 0 0
  Davalillo pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Torre 1b 4 1 2 5
McCarver c 5 0 1 1
Javier 2b 4 1 1 0
Shannon 3b 4 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 4 1 0 1
Gibson p 5 2 4 1
Totals 41 11 15 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 0 0 0
Alley 2b 3 1 1 0
Stargell lf 4 1 1 1
Clemente rf 4 0 0 1
Oliver 1b 4 0 1 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 3 0 3 0
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Blass p 1 0 0 0
  Brosseau p 0 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 0 0 0 0
  Marone p 0 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 1 0 0 0
  Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
St. Louis 003 231 20011151
Pittsburgh 000 002 000260
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (17-11) 9.0 6 2 2 3 7
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  L (14-9) 3.2 7 5 5 1 3
  Brosseau   0.2 2 2 2 2 0
  Dal Canton   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Marone   2.0 5 3 3 2 0
  Hartenstein   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
11
11
7
3

  E–Shannon (20).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Gibson (5,off Blass); Javier (25,off Brosseau); McCarver (19,off Marone).  3B–St. Louis Torre (5,off Blass); Brock (9,off Blass), Pittsburgh Stargell (4,off Gibson).  HBP–Pinson (3,by Marone).  IBB–Shannon (6,by Brosseau).  SB–Flood (8,2nd base off Blass/Sanguillen).  WP–Dal Canton (2).  HBP–Marone (2,Pinson).  IBB–Brosseau (1,Shannon).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:21.
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