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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 1, 1969
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on May 1, 1969 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
Date | May 1, 1969 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 1, 1969 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Nelson Briles |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Veale |
Ballpark | Forbes Field |
City | Pittsburgh |
State | PA |
Attendance | 7,043 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 8 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Doug Harvey 1B: Frank Dezelan 2B: Shag Crawford 3B: Chris Pelekoudas |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
Joe Torre | First Baseman |
Mike Shannon | Third Baseman |
Tim McCarver | Catcher |
Jim Hicks | Right Fielder |
Dal Maxvill | Shortstop |
Nelson Briles | Pitcher |
Red Schoendienst | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Matty Alou | Center Fielder |
Richie Hebner | Third Baseman |
Willie Stargell | Left Fielder |
Manny Sanguillen | Catcher |
Al Oliver | Right Fielder |
Bill Mazeroski | Second Baseman |
Bob Robertson | First Baseman |
Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
Bob Veale | Pitcher |
Larry Shepard | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 1, 1969
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Veale
Brock strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Veale
Javier hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Veale
Flood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torre vs. Veale
Torre hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Briles
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hebner vs. Briles
Hebner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Hebner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stargell vs. Briles
Stargell hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hebner moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sanguillen vs. Briles
Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Veale
Shannon hits a popup towards first. Robertson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Veale
McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hicks vs. Veale
Hicks is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Briles
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Briles
Mazeroski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robertson vs. Briles
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Briles
Patek strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Veale
Maxvill takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Briles vs. Veale
Briles bunts towards first. Robertson scoops it up and throws to first, with Mazeroski covering, for the out. Maxvill moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brock vs. Veale
Brock hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Javier vs. Veale
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veale vs. Briles
Veale hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Briles
Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hebner vs. Briles
Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Briles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Veale
Flood strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Veale
Torre takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shannon vs. Veale
Shannon is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarver vs. Veale
McCarver takes first base on ball four. Torre moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hicks vs. Veale
Hicks hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Alou who is chasing the ball. Hicks reaches third base with a triple. Torre scores. McCarver goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maxvill vs. Veale
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stargell vs. Briles
Stargell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Briles
Sanguillen 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, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Briles
Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Briles vs. Veale
Jose Martinez now playing second base.
Briles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Veale
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Veale
Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brock moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Flood vs. Veale
Javier is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Javier moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Flood vs. Veale
Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brock tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Torre vs. Veale
Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Briles
Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Briles
Robertson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Briles
Patek 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
Top 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Veale
Shannon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarver vs. Veale
McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Shannon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hicks vs. Hartenstein
Chuck Hartenstein now pitching.
Hicks strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maxvill vs. Hartenstein
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hartenstein fields it and throws to first for the out. Shannon moves to third. McCarver moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Briles vs. Hartenstein
Briles strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kolb vs. Briles
Gary Kolb pinch hits for Chuck Hartenstein.
Kolb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier misplays the ball. That's an error on Javier. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Briles
Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hebner vs. Briles
Hebner hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. Brock chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards third. Shannon fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Shannon. Kolb goes all the way around to score. Hebner moves all the way to home. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stargell vs. Briles
Stargell strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Briles
Sanguillen hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Dal Canton
Bruce Dal Canton now pitching.
Brock hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Dal Canton
Javier hits a popup towards third. Hebner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Dal Canton
Flood hits a popup towards first. Robertson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Briles
Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Briles
Martinez 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, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Briles
Robertson strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Dal Canton
Torre takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shannon vs. Dal Canton
Shannon hits a popup towards first. Robertson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarver vs. Dal Canton
McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Torre moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pinson vs. Dal Canton
Vada Pinson pinch hits for Jim Hicks.
Pinson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stargell. Pinson reaches second base with a double. Torre scores. McCarver goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maxvill vs. Dal Canton
Maxvill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pinson scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Briles vs. Dal Canton
Briles strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. Dal Canton
Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Briles
Vada Pinson now playing right field.
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Briles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Briles
Carl Taylor pinch hits for Bruce Dal Canton.
Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Briles
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out. Taylor moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hebner vs. Briles
Hebner hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Shellenback
Jim Shellenback now pitching.
Javier hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stargell. Javier reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flood vs. Shellenback
Flood bunts towards the mound. Shellenback juggles the ball. That's an error on Shellenback. Javier moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Torre vs. Shellenback
Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Javier scores. Flood moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Shannon vs. Shellenback
Shannon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flood scores. Torre moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McCarver vs. Shellenback
McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pinson vs. Shellenback
Pinson hits a fly ball into right field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Torre tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxvill vs. Shellenback
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stargell vs. Briles
Stargell strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Briles
Sanguillen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Briles
There's a wild pitch. Sanguillen moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliver vs. Briles
Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sanguillen scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Briles
Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robertson vs. Briles
Robertson is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/1/1969 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (N) St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Brock L, lf 5 1 0 0 Alou M, cf 4 0 1 0 Javier J, 2b 5 1 2 0 Hebner R, 3b 4 1 2 0 Flood C, cf 3 1 1 1 Stargell W, lf 4 0 0 0 Torre J, 1b 3 3 1 1 Sanguillen M, c 4 1 1 0 Shannon M, 3b 5 0 2 1 Oliver A, rf 4 0 1 1 McCarver T, c 4 2 2 0 Mazeroski B, 2b 0 0 0 0 Hicks J, rf 3 0 1 2 Martinez J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Pinson V, ph-rf 1 1 1 3 Robertson B, 1b 4 0 0 0 Maxvill D, ss 4 0 1 1 Patek F, ss 3 0 0 0 Briles N, p 3 0 0 0 Veale B, p 1 0 0 0 Hartenstein C, p 0 0 0 0 Kolb G, ph 1 1 0 0 Dal Canton B, p 0 0 0 0 Taylor C, ph 1 0 1 0 Shellenback J, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 9 11 9 33 3 6 1 St.Louis 000 210 033 -- 9 Pittsburgh 000 002 001 -- 3 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Briles N (W) 9.0 6 3 1 1 6 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Veale B (L)* 5.0 5 3 2 3 4 Hartenstein C 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Dal Canton B 2.0 3 3 3 1 1 Shellenback J 1.0 3 3 1 0 0 * Pitched to 2 batters in 6th E -- Patek F, Martinez J, Javier J, Shannon M, Shellenback J DP -- St.Louis 1 LOB -- St.Louis 8, Pittsburgh 4 2B -- Hebner R 2, Pinson V, Javier J 3B -- Hicks J CS -- Javier J SH -- Briles N, Flood C SF -- Flood C, Pinson V WP -- Briles N T -- 2:08 A -- 7043
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