Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 27, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1969 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 0 0 0
Popovich 3b,2b 4 0 1 1
Hall lf 3 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Smith 1b,lf 4 0 0 0
Spangler rf 4 0 1 0
Gamble cf 3 0 1 0
Rudolph c 2 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Hundley c 1 0 0 0
Oliver 2b 2 0 0 0
  Santo ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Holtzman p 1 0 0 0
  Beckert ph 0 1 0 0
  Decker p 0 0 0 0
  Banks ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 1 4 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 0 1 0
Cash 2b 3 1 0 0
Clemente rf 3 1 2 1
Pagan 3b 4 1 1 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 1 1
Oliver 1b 4 0 0 1
Jeter lf 3 0 1 1
Patek ss 3 0 0 0
Blass p 2 1 1 0
  Moose p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
Chicago 000 010 000141
Pittsburgh 013 000 00x471
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (17-13) 4.0 5 4 2 2 1
  Decker   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Abernathy   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
7
4
2
3
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  W (16-10) 6.0 3 1 1 4 5
  Moose  SV (4) 3.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
8

  E–Popovich (5), Patek (29).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Popovich (6,off Blass), Pittsburgh Pagan (11,off Holtzman); Clemente (19,off Holtzman); Alou (39,off Abernathy).  3B–Pittsburgh Blass (2,off Holtzman).  HBP–Beckert (6,by Blass).  IBB–Jeter (1,by Holtzman).  SB–Jeter (1,2nd base off Holtzman/Rudolph); Alou (22,3rd base off Abernathy/Hundley); Clemente (4,2nd base off Abernathy/Hundley).  HBP–Blass (6,Beckert).  IBB–Holtzman (6,Jeter).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:25.  A–4,157.
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