Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
April 30, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1969 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 0, Cincinnati Reds 10

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Alou lf 4 0 0 0
Wynn cf 2 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Miller rf 3 0 0 0
Menke ss 2 0 0 0
Blefary 1b 3 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Blasingame p 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph 1 0 0 0
  Guinn p 0 0 0 0
  Geiger ph 1 0 0 0
  Coombs p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 0 0 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose cf 4 2 0 0
Tolan rf 5 0 3 4
Johnson lf 3 1 1 0
  Savage pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Perez 3b 4 0 1 0
Bench c 3 1 1 0
May 1b 3 1 0 1
Helms 2b 4 2 1 0
Chaney ss 4 1 1 2
Maloney p 3 2 1 1
Totals 33 10 9 8
Houston 000 000 000002
Cincinnati 100 700 02x1090
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Blasingame  L (0-5) 3.2 2 7 6 3 2
  Ray   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Guinn   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Coombs   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
10
9
4
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Maloney  W (3-0) 9.0 0 0 0 5 13
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
5
13

  E–Menke (5), Blefary (4).  DP–Houston 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Maloney (1,off Coombs).  3B–Cincinnati Tolan (2,off Ray).  HBP–Johnson 2 (3,by Blasingame,by Coombs); May (1,by Blasingame).  WP–Blasingame (6), Ray (1).  HBP–Blasingame 2 (2,Johnson,May); Coombs (1,Johnson).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:28.  A–3,898.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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