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Cubs
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
July 6, 1969
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, played on July 6, 1969 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 6, 1969 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 6, 1969 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rich Nye |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Torrez |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 48,294 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Dezelan 1B: Shag Crawford 2B: Chris Pelekoudas 3B: Doug Harvey |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Kessinger | Shortstop |
| Glenn Beckert | Second Baseman |
| Billy Williams | Right Fielder |
| Ron Santo | Third Baseman |
| Ernie Banks | First Baseman |
| Willie Smith | Left Fielder |
| Jim Qualls | Center Fielder |
| Ken Rudolph | Catcher |
| Rich Nye | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Brock | Left Fielder |
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Vada Pinson | Right Fielder |
| Joe Torre | Catcher |
| Mike Shannon | Third Baseman |
| Phil Gagliano | First Baseman |
| Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
| Dal Maxvill | Shortstop |
| Mike Torrez | Pitcher |
| Red Schoendienst | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
July 6, 1969
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Torrez
Kessinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beckert vs. Torrez
There's a wild pitch. Kessinger moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Beckert vs. Torrez
Beckert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Torrez
Williams strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Santo vs. Torrez
Santo strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Banks vs. Torrez
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Nye
Brock bunts towards the mound. Nye fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Nye
Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Nye
There goes Brock. The throw from Rudolph and he is safe. Brock steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Pinson vs. Nye
Pinson strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Torre vs. Nye
Torre hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Nye
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Torrez
Smith hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gagliano settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Qualls vs. Torrez
Qualls hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Torrez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rudolph vs. Torrez
Rudolph takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Nye vs. Torrez
Nye is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gagliano vs. Nye
Gagliano hits a popup, foul, towards first. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Nye
Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxvill vs. Nye
Maxvill hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torrez vs. Nye
Torrez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Torrez
Kessinger hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Torrez
Beckert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Torrez
Williams hits a fly ball towards left. Brock settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Brock. Beckert moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Santo vs. Torrez
Santo takes first base on ball four. Beckert moves to third. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Banks vs. Torrez
Banks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Smith vs. Torrez
There's a wild pitch. Beckert scores. Williams moves to third. Santo moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Torrez
Smith is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Qualls vs. Torrez
Qualls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams scores. Santo scores. Smith moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Rudolph vs. Taylor
Chuck Taylor now pitching.
Rudolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Nye
Brock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brock for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Nye
Flood hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Nye
Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Torre vs. Nye
Torre takes first base on ball four. Pinson moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Shannon vs. Nye
Shannon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gagliano vs. Nye
Gagliano is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Taylor
Nate Oliver pinch hits for Rich Nye.
Oliver strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Taylor
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Taylor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Taylor
Beckert hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Selma
Dick Selma now pitching.
Javier hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Beckert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Selma
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Selma fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Selma
Taylor strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Taylor
Williams hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Santo vs. Taylor
Santo hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Taylor
Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Taylor
Smith hits a line drive into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Selma
Brock strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Selma
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Selma
Pinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Qualls who is chasing the ball. Pinson reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Torre vs. Selma
Torre hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Beckert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Qualls vs. Taylor
Qualls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudolph vs. Taylor
Rudolph hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Taylor
Bill Heath pinch hits for Dick Selma.
Heath hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Abernathy
Ted Abernathy now pitching.
Shannon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gagliano vs. Abernathy
Gagliano hits a line drive towards short. Kessinger catches it and tags out Shannon for the double play. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Abernathy
Javier hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Rudolph fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Taylor
Kessinger hits a popup towards third. Shannon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Taylor
Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Taylor
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Santo vs. Taylor
Santo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Maxvill vs. Abernathy
Maxvill takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Abernathy
Taylor bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Brock vs. Abernathy
Brock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Smith who is chasing the ball. Brock reaches third base with a triple. Maxvill goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
Flood vs. Abernathy
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Abernathy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Pinson vs. Aguirre
Hank Aguirre now pitching.
Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Taylor
Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Taylor
Smith is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Qualls vs. Taylor
Qualls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Spangler vs. Taylor
Al Spangler pinch hits for Ken Rudolph.
Spangler hits a fly ball into right field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Aguirre
Randy Hundley now catching.
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Aguirre
Shannon is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gagliano vs. Aguirre
Gagliano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Shannon moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Javier vs. Regan
Phil Regan now pitching.
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger has Shannon trapped. There's the throw to Hundley and over to Santo, who tags Shannon for the out. Gagliano moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Maxvill vs. Regan
Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Popovich vs. Taylor
Bill White now playing first base. Paul Popovich pinch hits for Phil Regan.
Popovich hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Taylor
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Taylor
Beckert hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/6/1969, game 2 -- Chicago at St.Louis (D)
Chicago AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Kessinger D, ss 5 0 1 0 Brock L, lf 4 1 2 1
Beckert G, 2b 4 1 1 0 Flood C, cf 4 0 0 0
Williams B, rf 3 1 0 0 Pinson V, rf 4 1 2 0
Santo R, 3b 3 1 0 0 Torre J, c 3 2 1 2
Banks E, 1b 4 0 1 0 Shannon M, 3b 3 1 2 3
Smith W, lf 3 0 0 0 Gagliano P, 1b 4 0 1 0
Qualls J, cf 4 0 2 2 White B, 1b 0 0 0 0
Rudolph K, c 2 0 0 0 Javier J, 2b 4 0 1 0
Spangler A, ph 1 0 0 0 Maxvill D, ss 3 1 0 0
Hundley R, c 0 0 0 0 Torrez M, p 1 0 0 0
Nye R, p 1 0 0 0 Taylor C, p 2 0 0 0
Oliver N, ph 1 0 0 0
Selma D, p 0 0 0 0
Heath B, ph 1 0 0 0
Abernathy T, p 0 0 0 0
Aguirre H, p 0 0 0 0
Regan P, p 0 0 0 0
Popovich P, ph 1 0 0 0
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33 3 5 2 32 6 9 6
Chicago 003 000 000 -- 3
St.Louis 203 000 10x -- 6
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Nye R (L) 3.0 5 5 5 1 2
Selma D 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Abernathy T 1.2 2 1 1 1 1
Aguirre H 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Regan P 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez M 2.2 3 3 0 4 3
Taylor C (W) 6.1 2 0 0 1 3
E -- Brock L
DP -- Chicago 1
LOB -- Chicago 8, St.Louis 5
3B -- Pinson V, Brock L
HR -- Torre J, Shannon M
SB -- Brock L
HBP -- by Aguirre H (Shannon M)
WP -- Torrez M 2
T -- 2:31
A -- 48294
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