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August 9, 1969

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Top 9 R H E
Mets 4 13 1
Braves 3 7 0
Top 9 R H E
Mets 4 13 1
Braves 3 7 0

Art Shamsky Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .347
OBP .250 .426
At Bats 4 170
Hits 1 59
• Singles 1 43
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 0 27

Phil Niekro Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
16 9 1
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - August 9, 1969
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Walk
Phil Niekro
Bob Didier
Orlando Cepeda
Felix Millan
Clete Boyer
Bob Aspromonte
Tony Gonzalez
Felipe Alou
Hank Aaron
Art Shamsky
Cleon Jones
Tommie Agee
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Shamsky takes first base on ball four. Jones moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Jones is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Weis bunts towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Millan covering, for the out. Agee moves to third.
Top 9 Bob Aspromonte now playing shortstop. Phil Niekro now pitching. Agee hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Alou. Agee reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards second. Weis can't make a play. That's a base hit. Boyer moves to third. There goes Lum trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Bottom 8 Mike Lum pinch runs for Rico Carty. Cal Koonce now pitching. Bob Aspromonte pinch hits for Cecil Upshaw. Aspromonte hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tito Francona pinch hits for Gil Garrido. Tug McGraw now pitching. Rico Carty pinch hits for Tito Francona. Carty takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Didier bunts towards the mound. Seaver fields it and throws to first for the out. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 8 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Seaver hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There go the runners. The throw from Didier to Boyer. The throw back to home, and Kranepool is out at the plate. Harrelson moves to second.
Top 8 Harrelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kranepool moves to third.
Top 8 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kranepool takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Millan hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cepeda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Al Weis now playing second base. Wayne Garrett now playing third base. Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Garrett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Shamsky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shamsky for the out. Weis moves to third. Jones moves to second.
Top 7 Al Weis pinch runs for Bobby Pfeil. Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Seaver scores. Weis moves to second.
Top 7 Cecil Upshaw now pitching. Pfeil hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Agee hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Seaver moves to third.
Top 7 Seaver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Garrett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stone bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 6 Garrido takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Didier hits a popup, foul, towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garrido scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kranepool hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Boyer hits a popup towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Millan strikes out.
Bottom 5 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Seaver fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Seaver. Aaron goes all the way around to score. Cepeda moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Garrett strikes out. There goes Shamsky. The throw from Didier to Garrido, and Shamsky is out.
Top 5 Shamsky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Seaver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Stone bunts towards the mound. Seaver fields it and throws to first for the out. Garrido moves to second.
Bottom 4 Garrido takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Didier hits a fly ball into right field. Shamsky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pfeil hits a line drive towards first. Cepeda catches it and steps on first to double up Agee.
Top 4 Agee takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Seaver hits a popup towards short. Garrido settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Millan. The throw from Martin and he is safe. Millan steals second.
Bottom 3 Millan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cepeda hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops it up and throws to first, with Seaver covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pfeil fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garrido scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martin for the out. Garrett moves to third. Kranepool moves to second.
Top 3 George Stone now pitching. Kranepool hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garrett moves to second.
Top 3 Garrett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pfeil scores. Jones scores.
Top 3 Shamsky strikes out.
Top 3 Jones hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Jones reaches second base with a double. Pfeil moves to third.
Top 3 Pfeil hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Agee hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Jarvis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Seaver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Garrido hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Didier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Seaver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Seaver is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Harrelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Martin strikes out.
Top 2 Kranepool hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pfeil fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cepeda is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Gonzalez moves to third. Aaron moves to second.
Bottom 1 Aaron takes first base on ball four. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a popup towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Garrett hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Shamsky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda fields it and throws to second for the out. Pfeil moves to third.
Top 1 Jones takes first base on ball four. Pfeil moves to second.
Top 1 Pfeil hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Agee strikes out.