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September 5, 1969

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Top 2	R	H	E
Braves	0	1	0
Reds	2	1	2

Top 2	R	H	E
Braves	0	1	0
Reds	2	1	2

Phil Niekro Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.156
OBP	.000	.177
At Bats	0	77
Hits	0	12
• Singles	0	8
• Doubles	0	4
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	2
RBI’s	0	6

Jim Merritt Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
16	5	0

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Crosley Field - September 5, 1969

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Out

Jim Merritt

Johnny Bench

Lee May

Tommy Helms

Tony Perez

Woody Woodward

Alex Johnson

Bobby Tolan

Pete Rose

Phil Niekro

Gil Garrido

Bob Didier

Count: - , 1 Out

Count: - , 0 Outs

Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 2 Garrido hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Didier moves to second.

Top 2 Didier hits a fly ball towards left. Johnson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Johnson.

Top 2 Boyer hits a popup towards short. Woodward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Perez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 1 Johnson takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tolan for the out.

Bottom 1 Rose is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Cepeda hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Aaron moves to second.

Top 1 Aaron takes first base on ball four. Alou moves to second.

Top 1 Millan hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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