Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
September 23, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1969 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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)
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Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Cincinnati Reds 6

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 3 0 1 0
  McBean p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 1 1 1
  Moeller p 0 0 0 0
Mota lf 4 0 2 0
Davis cf 4 1 1 0
Kosco rf 4 0 1 1
Parker 1b 4 0 0 0
Lefebvre 3b 4 1 1 1
Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 0
Torborg c 2 0 0 0
  Russell ph 1 0 0 0
  Stinson c 0 0 0 0
Osteen p 1 0 0 0
  Lamb p 0 0 0 0
  Grabarkewitz ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 5 2 3 1
Helms 2b 5 1 2 1
May 1b 5 1 2 1
Perez 3b 5 0 2 1
Bench c 3 0 1 2
Johnson lf 4 0 1 0
  Stewart lf 0 0 0 0
Savage cf 3 1 1 0
Woodward ss 4 0 1 0
Merritt p 2 1 1 0
Totals 36 6 14 6
Los Angeles 100 000 110371
Cincinnati 111 300 00x6140
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen  L (19-15) 3.1 8 6 6 1 0
  Lamb   1.2 3 0 0 0 1
  McBean   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Moeller   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
14
6
6
1
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt  W (17-8) 9.0 7 3 3 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
0
3

  E–McBean (1).  DP–Los Angeles 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Los Angeles Davis (20,off Merritt), Cincinnati Perez (30,off Osteen); Helms (15,off Osteen); Bench (21,off Lamb).  HR–Los Angeles Lefebvre (4,7th inning off Merritt 0 on, 2 out); Miller (1,8th inning off Merritt 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Merritt 2 (15,off Osteen,off Lamb).  SF–Bench (7,off Osteen).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:26.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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