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Cardinals
@ Reds
Crosley Field
August 31, 1969
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 31, 1969 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
Date | August 31, 1969 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 31, 1969 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Gibson |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Merritt |
Ballpark | Crosley Field |
City | Cincinnati |
State | OH |
Attendance | 30,021 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 7 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Ken Burkhart 1B: Ed Sudol 2B: Lee Weyer 3B: Harry Wendelstedt |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
Joe Torre | Catcher |
Mike Shannon | Third Baseman |
Phil Gagliano | First Baseman |
Byron Browne | Right Fielder |
Dal Maxvill | Shortstop |
Bob Gibson | Pitcher |
Red Schoendienst | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
Name | Position |
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Pete Rose | Right Fielder |
Bobby Tolan | Center Fielder |
Alex Johnson | Left Fielder |
Tony Perez | Third Baseman |
Johnny Bench | Catcher |
Lee May | First Baseman |
Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
Woody Woodward | Shortstop |
Jim Merritt | Pitcher |
Dave Bristol | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Reds
Crosley Field
August 31, 1969
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Merritt
Brock hits a popup, foul, towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Merritt
Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Merritt
Javier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torre vs. Merritt
Torre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Javier moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shannon vs. Merritt
Shannon hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Gibson
Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Gibson
Tolan hits a line drive towards right. Browne catches it and throws to first to double up Rose. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Gibson
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Gibson
Perez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gagliano vs. Merritt
Gagliano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Browne vs. Merritt
Browne hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Merritt
Maxvill hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Gibson
Bench hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Gibson
May is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Gibson
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodward vs. Gibson
Woodward takes first base on ball four. Helms moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Merritt vs. Gibson
Merritt strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rose vs. Gibson
Rose hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Helms scores. Woodward moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tolan vs. Gibson
Tolan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Browne. Tolan reaches second base with a double. Woodward scores. Rose goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Gibson
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brock throws the ball in to Gagliano who tags Johnson trying to return to first, for the out. Tolan scores. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Merritt
Gibson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Merritt
Brock bunts in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Merritt
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Gibson
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Gibson
Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Gibson
There goes Bench. The throw from Torre and he is out, Javier applying the tag. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Gibson
May strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Merritt
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Merritt
Torre hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Merritt
Shannon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gagliano vs. Merritt
Gagliano hits a line drive towards short. Woodward reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Gibson
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodward vs. Gibson
Woodward hits a fly ball into right field. Browne settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merritt vs. Gibson
Merritt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gagliano scoops it up and throws to first, with Gibson covering, for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Browne vs. Merritt
Browne hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxvill vs. Merritt
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out. Browne moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gibson vs. Merritt
Gibson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Browne moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brock vs. Merritt
There goes Gibson. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Gibson steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brock vs. Merritt
Brock hits a popup towards short. Woodward settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Flood vs. Merritt
Flood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Flood reaches second base with a double. Browne scores. Gibson scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Javier vs. Merritt
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Gibson
Rose hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Gibson
Tolan hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Javier reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Gibson
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Gibson
Perez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Gibson
Bench hits a line drive towards short. Maxvill reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Merritt
Torre hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Torre reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Shannon vs. Merritt
Shannon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gagliano vs. Merritt
Gagliano hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Browne vs. Merritt
Browne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxvill vs. Merritt
Maxvill hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Merritt
Gibson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Browne moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brock vs. Merritt
Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Gibson
May strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Gibson
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodward vs. Gibson
Woodward strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Merritt
Flood hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Carroll
Clay Carroll now pitching.
Javier strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Carroll
Torre takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shannon vs. Carroll
Shannon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Torre moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gagliano vs. Carroll
Gagliano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward misplays the ball. That's an error on Woodward. Torre moves to third. Shannon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Browne vs. Carroll
Browne hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carroll vs. Gibson
Carroll is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Gibson
Rose hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock who is chasing the ball. Rose reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Tolan vs. Gibson
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gagliano scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tolan for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Johnson vs. Gibson
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Carroll
Jimmy Stewart now playing left field. Vada Pinson pinch hits for Dal Maxvill.
Pinson hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davalillo vs. Carroll
Vic Davalillo pinch hits for Bob Gibson.
Davalillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Carroll
Brock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Carroll
Flood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stewart. Flood reaches second base with a double. Brock moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Javier vs. Granger
Wayne Granger now pitching.
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Granger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Grant
Mudcat Grant now pitching. Steve Huntz now playing shortstop.
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gagliano scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Perez for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Grant
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Huntz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Grant
May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gagliano scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats May for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Granger
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Granger
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gagliano vs. Granger
Gagliano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/31/1969 -- St.Louis at Cincinnati (D) St.Louis AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI Brock L, lf 5 0 1 0 Rose P, rf 4 1 3 1 Flood C, cf 5 1 3 3 Tolan B, cf 4 1 1 2 Javier J, 2b 5 0 1 0 Johnson A, lf 4 1 3 1 Torre J, c 4 1 2 0 Stewart J, lf 0 0 0 0 Shannon M, 3b 5 1 3 2 Perez T, 3b 4 1 1 2 Gagliano P, 1b 5 0 0 0 Bench J, c 4 1 2 1 Browne B, rf 4 1 2 0 May L, 1b 4 0 0 0 Maxvill D, ss 3 0 0 0 Helms T, 2b 3 1 1 0 Pinson V, ph 1 0 0 0 Woodward W, ss 2 1 0 0 Grant M, p 0 0 0 0 Merritt J, p 2 0 0 0 Gibson B, p 3 1 2 0 Carroll C, p 1 0 0 0 Davalillo V, ph 1 0 0 0 Granger W, p 0 0 0 0 Huntz S, ss 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41 5 14 5 32 7 11 7 St.Louis 000 022 100 -- 5 Cincinnati 050 020 00x -- 7 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Gibson B (L) 7.0 11 7 7 1 6 Grant M 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO Merritt J (W)* 6.0 11 5 5 0 1 Carroll C 1.2 3 0 0 1 1 Granger W (S) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th E -- Woodward W DP -- St.Louis 1, Cincinnati 1 LOB -- St.Louis 10, Cincinnati 2 2B -- Tolan B, Flood C 2, Torre J 3B -- Rose P HR -- Bench J, Perez T, Shannon M, Flood C SB -- Gibson B CS -- Bench J T -- 2:07 A -- 30021
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