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Pittsburgh Pirates 6 Houston Astros 4

August 31,1969

Visiting Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (70-60)

Home Team

Houston Astros (69-63)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

24,722

Time of Game

2:54

Umpires

[HP]: Shag Crawford [1B]: Chris Pelekoudas [2B]: Doug Harvey [3B]: Frank Dezelan

Pittsburgh Pirates 6 Houston Astros 4

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6th inning: 3/G.3-H;2-3;1-2 **Denis Menke fielded the ball**
6th inning: 3/G.3-H;2-3;1-2 **Johnny Edwards**
6th inning: 3/G.3-H;2-3;1-2 **tag Gene Alley; he stepped on HP and threw back to Alley**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	70-60		0	0	0		0	0	2		0	0	4			6	7	0		3	7	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	69-63		1	0	0		0	0	1		0	2	0			4	7	1		5	9	14	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Matty Alou	cf	30.252	L	5	2	2	0		0	0	.329		130	976
2	Gene Alley	2b	29.052	R	4	2	1	1		1	1	.263		66	702
3	Willie Stargell	lf	29.178	L	5	0	1	2		0	1	.330		116	853
4	Roberto Clemente	rf	35.013	R	2	0	0	0		3	0	.354		111	1925
5	Jose Pagan	3b	34.118	R	5	0	1	1		0	0	.277		83	1019
6	Al Oliver	1b	22.321	L	4	1	2	2		0	1	.274		100	104
7	Freddie Patek	ss	24.326	R	2	1	0	0		2	0	.254		114	165
8	Gary Kolb	c	29.171	L	3	0	0	0		0	2	.061		28	280
	Carl Taylor	ph	25.223	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.343		84	120
9	Luke Walker	p	25.363	L	3	0	0	0		0	2	.000		25	72
	Richie Hebner	ph	21.278	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.300		105	107
Totals

2B: Willie Stargell (26), Al Oliver (15)

3B: Matty Alou (5)

HR: Al Oliver (14)

RBI: Gene Alley (27), Willie Stargell 2 (78), Jose Pagan (31), Al Oliver 2 (54)

SB: Freddie Patek (15)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Morgan	2b	25.346	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.239		117	552
2	Jesus Alou	rf	27.160	R	5	1	1	0		0	1	.219		87	720
3	Jimmy Wynn	cf	27.172	R	3	3	2	0		1	1	.265		125	816
4	Doug Rader	3b	25.032	R	3	0	2	2		1	0	.260		125	255
5	Denis Menke	1b-ss	29.041	R	3	0	1	2		1	2	.283		126	918
6	Marty Martinez	lf	28.008	B	4	0	0	0		0	1	.306		60	243
7	Leon McFadden	ss	25.127	R	2	0	0	0		1	1	.181		36	48
	Curt Blefary	ph-1b	26.057	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.261		131	698
8	Johnny Edwards	c	31.082	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.241		122	957
9	Denny Lemaster	p	30.187	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.178		29	240
	Norm Miller	ph	23.207	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.269		96	245
Totals

Errors: Doug Rader

2B: Doug Rader (25)

3B: Joe Morgan (3)

RBI: Doug Rader 2 (72), Denis Menke 2 (82)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Luke Walker	L		7.0	6	4	4	3	8	0		3.81	1.35		26	73
2	Chuck Hartenstein	R		0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0		3.67	1.20		46	124
3	Lou Marone	L	W 1-1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.66	0.97		20	20
4	Steve Blass	R	SV 2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0		4.66	1.39		30	145
Totals				0.0

WP: Luke Walker (5)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Luke Walker (0-0-0), Chuck Hartenstein (0-0-0), Lou Marone (0-0-0), Steve Blass (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Denny Lemaster	L		8.0	5	3	3	4	7	1		3.04	1.25		31	250
2	Fred Gladding	R	L 2-6	0.2	1	0	0	1	2	0		4.19	1.49		49	272
3	Wade Blasingame	L		0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		5.69	1.90		21	146
4	Jack Billingham	R		0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0		4.19	1.37		40	89
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Denny Lemaster (0-0-0), Fred Gladding (0-0-0), Wade Blasingame (0-0-0), Jack Billingham (0-0-0)