June 6, 1969 Pittsburgh at Atlanta No-Hitter by Dock Ellis

Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates tossed the 3rd no-hitter of the 1969 MLB season tonight as the Pirates defeated the Braves 2-0. Ellis allowed only 1 base runner, a walk to Tommy Aaron in the bottom of the 9th, and he was promptly erased with a doubleplay groundball by the next batter. It was a scoreless game until the 9th inning when hard luck loser Phil Niekro allowed Pittsburgh to score 2 runs, more than enough for the electric Ellis to pick up the win.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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Event Codes:  N


BOXSCORE: 1969 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1969 Atlanta Braves             6/6/1969


 


  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG


  M.Alou CF           4  0  1  0 .333     M.Lum CF            3  0  0  0 .193  


  R.Hebner 3B         4  1  1  0 .361     S.Jackson SS        3  0  0  0 .244  


  W.Stargell 1B       4  1  2  0 .341     H.Aaron RF          3  0  0  0 .346  


  R.Clemente RF       4  0  1  2 .302     O.Cepeda 1B         3  0  0  0 .189  


  M.Sanguillen C      4  0  0  0 .330     F.Millan 2B         3  0  0  0 .261  


  J.Pagan LF          3  0  0  0 .340     D.Evans 3B          3  0  0  0 .000  


  G.Alley 2B          3  0  1  0 .250     C.Upshaw P          0  0  0  0 .500  


  F.Patek SS          3  0  0  0 .224     T.Aaron LF          2  0  0  0 .182  


  D.Ellis P           3  0  0  0 .154     B.Didier C          2  0  0  0 .270  


                                        B-R.Carty PH          1  0  0  0 .370  


                                          P.Niekro P          2  0  0  0 .344  


                                        A-C.Boyer 3B          1  0  0  0 .222  


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         Totals      32  2  6  2                 Totals      26  0  0  0


 


A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Niekro In 9th Inning


B-Pinch Hit For Didier In 9th Inning


 


Pirates......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 2  -  2  6  0


Braves.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  0  0


 


Pirates (28-23)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA


D.Ellis WIN(4-3)          9       0   0   0   1   4   0 102   3.58


Totals                    9       0   0   0   1   4   0


 


Braves (35-14)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA


P.Niekro LOSS(7-3)        8 2/3   6   2   2   0   5   0 103   2.28


C.Upshaw                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.43


Totals                    9       6   2   2   0   5   0


 


ATTENDANCE- 31,674 DATE- Friday, June 6th 1969 TIME- Night 


UMPIRES- Tom Gorman, Stan Landes, Bill Williams, Nick Colosi


T- 1:58


LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 3  Braves: 0


DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1  Braves: 1


DOUBLES- R.Clemente(3rd)


WALKS- T.Aaron


STRIKE OUTS- M.Sanguillen, G.Alley, D.Ellis-3, M.Lum, H.Aaron, O.Cepeda,


             B.Didier


GIDP- M.Sanguillen, R.Carty


2-out RBI- R.Clemente-2


 


Dock Ellis(4-3) was on top of his game in Atlanta as he tossed a beauty of a


no-hitter against the Atlanta Braves.  The Pittsburgh Pirates won by a score


of 2 to 0.


 


Pittsburgh came through with the game-winning runs in the top of the 9th


inning scoring 2 runs on 3 hits.  After two were out Richie Hebner


jump-started the rally as he stroked a single.  Willie Stargell stepped into


the batter's box and he delivered a base-hit.  Roberto Clemente then doubled.


Pittsburgh managed only 6 hits on the night.  


 


Phil Niekro(7-3) was given the loss.  He pitched 8 and 2/3 innings giving up


only 6 hits and no walks. 'I gave it everything I had. It's probably the


greatest day of my life,' Ellis said. 'I was out there focusing on my


catcher's glove, that's all. I just concentrated on pitching my game.'

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