Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
September 14, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1969 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 3, San Francisco Giants 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 1 1 0
Tolan cf 5 0 2 2
Johnson lf 4 0 2 1
Perez 3b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 1 0
May 1b 3 0 1 0
Helms 2b 4 1 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
Woodward ss 3 1 1 0
  Savage ph 1 0 0 0
Merritt p 2 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart 2b 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes 3b 3 0 1 0
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 5 0 1 1
McCovey 1b 3 2 2 0
Bonds rf 4 0 1 0
Dietz c 4 2 2 2
  Barton c 0 0 0 0
Henderson lf 3 0 1 1
Lanier ss 4 0 2 1
Bolin p 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Etheridge ph 1 1 1 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 5
Cincinnati 000 030 000391
San Francisco 020 001 11x5111
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt  L (16-8) 6.2 9 4 4 1 2
  Carroll   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Granger   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
2
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bolin   4.2 6 3 3 1 4
  McMahon  W (2-1) 2.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Linzy  SV (11) 2.0 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
9

  E–Stewart (4), Hunt (11).  2B–San Francisco Dietz (8,off Carroll).  HR–San Francisco Dietz (11,2nd inning off Merritt 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Merritt (12,off Bolin); McMahon (1,off Merritt); Fuentes (2,off Merritt); Hunt (8,off Merritt); Linzy (3,off Granger).  HBP–Johnson (8,by Linzy).  SF–Henderson (4,off Merritt).  IBB–Fuentes (1,by Granger).  CS–Helms (6,2nd base by McMahon/Dietz).  HBP–Linzy (3,Johnson).  IBB–Granger (13,Fuentes).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:50.  A–15,905.
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