Cardinals @ Braves
August 16, 1969

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 8 8 1
Braves 1 5 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 8 8 1
Braves 1 5 1

Tito Francona Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .302
OBP .000 .379
At Bats 0 86
Hits 0 26
• Singles 0 23
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 22

Bob Gibson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
14 8 0
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - August 16, 1969
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Bob Gibson
Tim McCarver
Joe Torre
Julian Javier
Mike Shannon
Dal Maxvill
Lou Brock
Curt Flood
Vada Pinson
Tito Francona
Hank Aaron

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 8 8 1 4
Atlanta Braves 1 5 1 5
Winning Pitcher Bob Gibson
Losing Pitcher Jim Britton
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Joe Torre
Attendance 24,731
Time of Game 2 hours 15 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Tito Francona pinch hits for George Stone. Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibson fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Boyer strikes out.
Bottom 9 Cepeda hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Flood hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Brock hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Gibson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Didier scores.
Bottom 8 Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Garrido hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Didier hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pinson. Didier reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Maxvill hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Javier hits a line drive into center field. Alou picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Alou. Torre scores. McCarver scores. Shannon goes all the way around to score. Javier moves to second.
Top 8 Shannon takes first base on ball four. McCarver moves to second.
Top 8 George Stone now pitching. Bob Aspromonte now playing second base. McCarver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brock scores. Pinson scores. Torre moves to third.
Top 8 Torre takes first base on ball four. Pinson moves to second.
Top 8 Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maxvill scores. Brock moves to third.
Top 8 Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brock is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Gibson bunts towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Millan covering, for the out. Maxvill moves to second.
Top 8 Maxvill takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Millan for the out.
Bottom 7 Boyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Aaron strikes out.
Top 7 Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gary Neibauer now pitching. McCarver hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mike Lum pinch hits for Jim Britton. Lum hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pinson is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Flood hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Garrido hits a popup towards third. Shannon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Didier hits a popup, foul, towards third. Shannon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre juggles the ball. That's an error on Torre.
Bottom 5 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Brock strikes out.
Top 5 Gibson strikes out.
Top 5 Maxvill bunts in front of the plate. Didier fields it and throws to first for the out. Javier moves to third.
Top 5 Javier hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Javier reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Shannon hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McCarver hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Torre hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Pinson 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 3 Britton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Garrido hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Didier strikes out.
Top 3 Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gibson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Shannon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Boyer strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cepeda hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Javier reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garrido scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Javier hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Aaron is thrown out, attempting to steal, by unknown player in unknown way.
Bottom 1 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McCarver hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Torre hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Torre reaches second base with a double. Flood scores.
Top 1 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pinson for the out.
Top 1 Flood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gonzalez who is chasing the ball. Flood reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Brock strikes out.