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August 5, 1969

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Cubs 5 16 0
Astros 2 7 1
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Cubs 5 16 0
Astros 2 7 1

Ernie Banks Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .261
OBP .250 .320
At Bats 4 391
Hits 1 102
• Singles 0 73
• Doubles 1 12
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 16
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 1 84

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Astrodome - August 5, 1969
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Strikeout
Skip Guinn
Johnny Edwards
Curt Blefary
Joe Morgan
Marty Martinez
Denis Menke
Sandy Valdespino
Jim Wynn
Norm Miller
Ernie Banks
Ron Santo
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Banks strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blefary fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Beckert for the double play.
Top 9 Skip Guinn now pitching. Beckert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Gary Geiger pinch hits for Wade Blasingame. Geiger strikes out.
Bottom 8 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Miller hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Regan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Hickman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Phil Regan now pitching. Menke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Regan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Blefary hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wynn moves to third.
Bottom 7 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Valdespino hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Hundley hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Banks hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wynn. Banks reaches second base with a double. Williams goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Santo strikes out.
Top 7 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Wade Blasingame now pitching. Beckert hits a line drive towards third. Martinez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Julio Gotay pinch hits for Dooley Womack. Gotay hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Edwards hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Menke scores. Martinez moves to third.
Bottom 6 Martinez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Menke moves to third.
Bottom 6 Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Menke takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Blefary hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hands strikes out.
Top 6 Dooley Womack now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Hundley scores. Young moves to third.
Top 6 Young hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valdespino. Young reaches second base with a double. Hundley moves to third.
Top 6 Hickman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blefary settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Marty Martinez now playing third base. Hundley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Wynn strikes out.
Bottom 5 Morgan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hickman. Morgan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Valdespino hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hands fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lemaster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Beckert trying to get to home. Valdespino throws the ball in to Edwards who tags Beckert, who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Top 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemaster fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Beckert hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wynn. Beckert reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Edwards hits a fly ball into right field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hands strikes out.
Top 4 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemaster fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There goes Hickman. The throw from Edwards and he is safe. Hickman steals third.
Top 4 Hickman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valdespino. Hickman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Menke hits a line drive towards third. Santo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Blefary strikes out.
Bottom 3 Wynn hits a popup, foul, towards first. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Morgan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Morgan reaches second base with a double. Valdespino moves to third.
Bottom 3 Valdespino hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hundley hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Williams scores.
Top 3 Santo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Williams moves to third.
Top 3 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Lemaster hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Beckert fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 2 Edwards takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Rader hits a popup, foul, towards first. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Beckert hits a fly ball into left field. Valdespino settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kessinger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hands moves to second.
Top 2 Hands hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hickman scores.
Top 2 Young strikes out.
Top 2 Hickman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valdespino. Hickman reaches second base with a double. Hundley scores.
Top 2 Hundley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valdespino. Hundley reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Menke hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Blefary strikes out.
Bottom 1 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Hundley for a passed ball. Morgan moves to second.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Valdespino takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Santo hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader juggles the ball. That's an error on Rader.
Top 1 Beckert hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.