Chicago Cubs 5, Houston Astros 4
Regular Season Game 53
Played on Wednesday, June 4, 1969 (D) at Wrigley Field
HOU N 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 0 CHI N 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 x - 5 5 0
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Blefary 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 Wynn cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 Miller rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 Menke ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 Rader 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 Edwards c 4 0 1 0 0 1 11 0 Alou lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Griffin p 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 Geiger ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 34 4 7 3 3 8 24 6 BATTING - HR: Griffin (2,4th inning off Jenkins 1 on 2 out). Team LOB: 6.
Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 Beckert 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 Williams rf,lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Santo 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 Banks 1b 4 2 2 2 0 1 7 0 W. Smith lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 Hickman rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Hundley c 1 1 1 3 2 0 9 0 Young cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 Jenkins p 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 Totals 29 5 5 5 4 10 27 8 BATTING - 2B: Santo (7,off Griffin); Williams (13,off Griffin). HR: Banks (8,2nd inning off Griffin 0 on 1 out); Hundley (9,4th inning off Griffin 2 on 1 out). Team LOB: 4.
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Griffin L(2-3) 8 5 5 5 4 10 2 33 WP: Griffin 2 (4).
Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jenkins W(8-2) 9 7 4 4 3 8 1 37 BK: Jenkins (1). Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Frank Dezelan, 3B - Shag Crawford Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 13360 Starting Lineups: Houston Astros Chicago Cubs 1. Blefary 1b Kessinger ss 2. Morgan 2b Beckert 2b 3. Wynn cf Williams rf 4. Miller rf Santo 3b 5. Menke ss Banks 1b 6. Rader 3b W. Smith lf 7. Edwards c Hundley c 8. Alou lf Young cf 9. Griffin p Jenkins p ASTROS 1ST: Blefary was called out on strikes; Morgan struck out; Wynn walked; Miller walked [Wynn to second]; Menke flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: Kessinger popped to second; Beckert grounded out (third to first); Williams grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 0. ASTROS 2ND: Rader grounded out (third to first); Edwards flied out to center; Alou flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 2ND: Santo popped to shortstop; Banks homered; W. Smith struck out; Hundley walked; Young was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 1. ASTROS 3RD: Griffin was called out on strikes; Blefary singled to center; Morgan popped to second; Wynn struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 1. CUBS 3RD: Jenkins struck out; Kessinger struck out; Beckert grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 1. ASTROS 4TH: Miller singled to center; Menke flied out to left; Rader singled to center [Miller to second]; Edwards struck out; Alou singled to right [Miller scored, Rader to third]; Jenkins balked [Rader scored, Alou to second]; Griffin homered [Alou scored]; Blefary popped to shortstop; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Cubs 1. CUBS 4TH: Williams walked; Santo doubled to left [Williams to third]; Banks singled to shortstop [Williams scored, Santo stayed at second]; W. Smith struck out; Hundley homered [Santo scored, Banks scored]; Young struck out; Jenkins walked; Griffin threw a wild pitch [Jenkins to second]; Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cubs 5. ASTROS 5TH: Morgan singled to center; Wynn was called out on strikes; Miller grounded out (pitcher to first) [Morgan to second]; Menke popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cubs 5. CUBS 5TH: Beckert flied out to right; 32 minute rain delay this half-inning; Williams doubled to center; Santo popped to catcher in foul territory; Banks struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cubs 5. ASTROS 6TH: Rader grounded out (second to first); Edwards singled to second; Alou forced Edwards (second to shortstop); Griffin walked [Alou to second]; Blefary flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Cubs 5. CUBS 6TH: W. Smith was called out on strikes; Hundley walked; Young grounded out (pitcher to first) [Hundley to second]; Griffin threw a wild pitch [Hundley to third]; Jenkins struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Cubs 5. ASTROS 7TH: Morgan grounded out (second to first); Wynn flied out to center; Miller grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Cubs 5. CUBS 7TH: Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); Beckert grounded out (shortstop to first); Williams flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Cubs 5. ASTROS 8TH: Menke grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader struck out; Edwards grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Cubs 5. CUBS 8TH: Santo struck out; Banks flied out to center; W. Smith popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Cubs 5. ASTROS 9TH: HICKMAN REPLACED W. SMITH (PLAYING RF); WILLIAMS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Alou popped to third in foul territory; GEIGER BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Geiger was called out on strikes; Blefary flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Cubs 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Astros 4 7 0 6 Cubs 5 5 0 4
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