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June 3, 1969

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 7 10 2
Pirates 3 6 4
Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 7 10 2
Pirates 3 6 4

Matty Alou Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .344
OBP .250 .375
At Bats 4 212
Hits 1 73
• Singles 1 52
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 17

Jim Merritt Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 0
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Forbes Field - June 3, 1969
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Out
Jim Merritt
Johnny Bench
Lee May
Tommy Helms
Tony Perez
Darrel Chaney
Alex Johnson
Jim Beauchamp
Bobby Tolan
Matty Alou
Jose Pagan
Al Oliver

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 7 10 2 8
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 6 4 7
Winning Pitcher Jim Merritt
Losing Pitcher Bob Veale
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Alex Johnson
Attendance 4,576
Time of Game 2 hours 17 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Alou hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Jose Pagan pinch hits for Ron Kline. Pagan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oliver moves to second.
Bottom 9 Alley hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney misplays the ball. That's an error on Chaney.
Bottom 9 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bench strikes out.
Top 9 May hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms misplays the ball. That's an error on Helms.
Bottom 8 Stargell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Hebner hits a popup towards short. Chaney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tolan strikes out.
Top 8 Beauchamp hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out. Helms scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Merritt bunts towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out. Chaney moves to second.
Top 8 Chaney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bench scores. Helms moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Helms hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Sanguillen juggles the ball. That's an error on Sanguillen. Bench moves to third. Helms moves to second.
Top 8 Ron Kline now pitching. Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a popup towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Carl Taylor pinch hits for Bruce Dal Canton. Taylor hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Alley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Merritt, and towards Chaney, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bruce Dal Canton now pitching. May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores.
Top 7 There goes Johnson. The throw from Sanguillen and he is safe. Johnson steals second.
Top 7 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tolan scores.
Top 7 There goes Tolan. The throw from Sanguillen and he is safe. Tolan steals second.
Top 7 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Beauchamp hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Freddie Patek now playing shortstop. Gene Alley now playing second base. Merritt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Helms fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Sanguillen hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Clemente hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Stargell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alou moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hebner hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bench hits a fly ball towards left. Stargell settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Stargell. Perez tags and scores. May goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tolan scores. Perez moves to third.
Top 6 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Johnson bunts towards first. Oliver scoops it up and throws to first, with Mazeroski covering, for the out. Tolan moves to second.
Top 6 Tolan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Veale strikes out.
Bottom 5 Alley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Oliver strikes out.
Bottom 5 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Beauchamp strikes out.
Top 5 Merritt strikes out.
Top 5 Chaney is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Sanguillen hits a fly ball into center field. Beauchamp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Beauchamp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stargell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Hebner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Helms hits a line drive into left field. Stargell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bench hits a popup, foul, towards short. Alley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 May is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Top 4 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a popup towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Veale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Alley is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Tolan strikes out.
Top 3 Beauchamp hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Merritt is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Beauchamp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sanguillen is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Chaney strikes out.
Top 2 Helms hits a line drive towards the mound. Veale makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Veale. Mazeroski fumbles the ball. That's an error on Mazeroski. May moves to third.
Top 2 Bench hits a popup, foul, towards first. Oliver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Stargell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Hebner hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Perez strikes out.
Top 1 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Tolan strikes out.
Top 1 Beauchamp strikes out.