Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
September 19, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1969 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 2, Houston Astros 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 0 1 0
Tolan cf 4 0 0 0
Johnson lf 3 1 0 0
  Stewart lf 0 0 0 0
Perez 3b 3 0 1 0
Bench c 4 0 0 0
May 1b 4 1 2 2
Helms 2b 4 0 1 0
Woodward ss 4 0 1 0
Merritt p 2 0 0 0
  Granger p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
Alou rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Wynn cf 0 2 0 0
Davis lf 3 0 1 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Lampard ph 1 1 1 2
Menke 1b 3 0 1 0
Rader 3b 2 0 0 1
Martinez ss 3 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Ray p 1 0 0 0
  Gotay ph 1 0 0 0
  Bouton p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 4 3
Cincinnati 000 002 000260
Houston 000 000 102341
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt   6.1 3 1 1 3 2
  Granger  L (8-6) 2.0 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.1
4
3
3
4
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ray   6.0 3 2 2 3 5
  Bouton   2.0 1 0 0 0 4
  Gladding  W (4-7) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
10

  E–Menke (27).  2B–Cincinnati Helms (14,off Gladding).  3B–Cincinnati Rose (11,off Bouton).  HR–Cincinnati May (37,6th inning off Ray 1 on, 2 out), Houston Lampard (1,9th inning off Granger 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Merritt (13,off Ray).  SF–Rader (3,off Granger).  SB–Perez (4,2nd base off Ray/Edwards).  CS–Davis (1,2nd base by Merritt/Bench); Wynn (7,2nd base by Merritt/Bench).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:29.  A–12,205.
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