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Reds
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
September 14, 1969
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Cincinnati Reds, played on September 14, 1969 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 14, 1969 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 14, 1969 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Merritt |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bobby Bolin |
| Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
| City | San Francisco |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 15,905 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 50 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ken Burkhart 1B: Ed Sudol 2B: Lee Weyer 3B: Harry Wendelstedt |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Rose | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Tolan | Center Fielder |
| Alex Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Tony Perez | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Bench | Catcher |
| Lee May | First Baseman |
| Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
| Woody Woodward | Shortstop |
| Jim Merritt | Pitcher |
| Dave Bristol | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tito Fuentes | Third Baseman |
| Ron Hunt | Second Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
| Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
| Dick Dietz | Catcher |
| Ken Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Hal Lanier | Shortstop |
| Bobby Bolin | Pitcher |
| Clyde King | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
September 14, 1969
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Bolin
Rose bunts towards third. Fuentes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Bolin
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Bolin covering, for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bolin
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Bolin
Perez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Merritt
Fuentes hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunt vs. Merritt
Hunt hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Merritt
Mays hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Bolin
Bench strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Bolin
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Bolin
Helms hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Merritt
McCovey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Merritt
Bonds hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dietz vs. Merritt
Dietz hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Merritt
Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lanier vs. Merritt
Lanier hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolin vs. Merritt
Bolin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodward vs. Bolin
Woodward hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merritt vs. Bolin
Merritt strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Bolin
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Bolin
Tolan hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Merritt
Fuentes bunts towards third. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunt vs. Merritt
Hunt hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Merritt
Mays strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Merritt
McCovey strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bolin
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Bolin
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fuentes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Bolin
Bench hits a popup towards short. Lanier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Merritt
Bonds hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dietz vs. Merritt
Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Merritt
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Bolin
May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Helms vs. Bolin
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fuentes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodward vs. Bolin
Woodward hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Helms moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Merritt vs. Bolin
Merritt bunts towards the mound. Bolin fields it and throws to first for the out. Helms moves to third. Woodward moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rose vs. Bolin
Rose takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Tolan vs. Bolin
Tolan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Helms scores. Woodward scores. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Bolin
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rose scores. Tolan moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. McMahon
Don McMahon now pitching.
Perez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanier vs. Merritt
Lanier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMahon vs. Merritt
McMahon bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Lanier moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fuentes vs. Merritt
Fuentes bunts towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hunt vs. Merritt
Hunt hits a popup towards short. Woodward settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Merritt
Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. McMahon
Bench strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. McMahon
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lanier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. McMahon
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt misplays the ball. That's an error on Hunt. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodward vs. McMahon
There goes Helms. The throw from Dietz and he is out, Lanier applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Merritt
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Merritt
Bonds hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCovey moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dietz vs. Merritt
Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Helms fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. McCovey moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henderson vs. Merritt
Henderson hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McCovey tags and scores. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lanier vs. Merritt
Lanier hits a popup, foul, towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodward vs. McMahon
Woodward hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merritt vs. McMahon
Merritt hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. McMahon
Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etheridge vs. Merritt
Bobby Etheridge pinch hits for Don McMahon.
Etheridge hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Merritt
Fuentes bunts towards the mound. Merritt fields it and throws to first for the out. Etheridge moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hunt vs. Merritt
Hunt bunts towards the mound. Merritt fields it and throws to first for the out. Etheridge moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mays vs. Merritt
Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Etheridge scores. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Merritt
McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mays moves to third. McCovey moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bonds vs. Carroll
Clay Carroll now pitching.
Bonds strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Linzy
Frank Linzy now pitching.
Tolan is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Linzy
Johnson is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Linzy
Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bench vs. Linzy
Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
May vs. Linzy
May takes first base on ball four. Bench moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Helms vs. Linzy
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dietz vs. Carroll
Dietz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Dietz reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Granger
Wayne Granger now pitching. Jimmy Stewart now playing second base.
Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dietz moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lanier vs. Granger
Lanier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Granger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dietz scores. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Linzy vs. Granger
Linzy bunts and there's an error on the play. Lanier moves to third. Linzy moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fuentes vs. Granger
Fuentes is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hunt vs. Granger
Hunt hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mays vs. Granger
Mays hits a popup, foul, towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Savage vs. Linzy
Bob Barton now catching. Ted Savage pinch hits for Woody Woodward.
Savage is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Linzy
Stewart hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rose vs. Linzy
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hunt fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Linzy
Tolan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Linzy
Johnson is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/14/1969 -- Cincinnati at San Francisco (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI
Rose P, rf 4 1 1 0 Fuentes T, 3b 3 0 1 0
Tolan B, cf 5 0 2 2 Hunt R, 2b 4 0 0 0
Johnson A, lf 4 0 2 1 Mays W, cf 5 0 1 1
Perez T, 3b 4 0 0 0 McCovey W, 1b 3 2 2 0
Bench J, c 4 0 1 0 Bonds B, rf 4 0 1 0
May L, 1b 3 0 1 0 Dietz D, c 4 2 2 2
Helms T, 2b 4 1 0 0 Barton B, c 0 0 0 0
Granger W, p 0 0 0 0 Henderson K, lf 3 0 1 1
Woodward W, ss 3 1 1 0 Lanier H, ss 4 0 2 1
Savage T, ph 1 0 0 0 Bolin B, p 1 0 0 0
Merritt J, p 2 0 0 0 McMahon D, p 0 0 0 0
Carroll C, p 0 0 0 0 Etheridge B, ph 1 1 1 0
Stewart J, 2b 1 0 1 0 Linzy F, p 0 0 0 0
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35 3 9 3 32 5 11 5
Cincinnati 000 030 000 -- 3
San Francisco 020 001 11x -- 5
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt J (L) 6.2 9 4 4 1 2
Carroll C* 0.1 1 1 1 0 1
Granger W 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Bolin B 4.2 6 3 3 1 4
McMahon D (W) 2.1 0 0 0 0 2
Linzy F (S) 2.0 3 0 0 1 3
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
E -- Hunt R, Stewart J
LOB -- Cincinnati 9, San Francisco 10
2B -- Dietz D
HR -- Dietz D
CS -- Helms T
SH -- Merritt J, McMahon D, Fuentes T, Hunt R, Linzy F
SF -- Henderson K
HBP -- by Linzy F (Johnson A)
T -- 2:50
A -- 15905
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