Atl. at Cin. September 6, 1969

Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves became the 1st player in the NL to reach the 50 home run mark this season when he hit a 2 run bomb in the 7th inning in a game against the Cinncinati Reds. Despite hitting the homerun in a losing effort the 2 RBI gives him 116 on the year, tops in MLB.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Atlanta Braves At 1969 Cincinnati Reds                9/6/1969


 


  Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG


  F.Alou CF           5  0  1  0 .300     P.Rose RF           4  0  0  0 .354  


  T.Gonzalez LF       5  1  1  0 .261     B.Tolan CF          3  0  0  0 .304  


  H.Aaron RF          3  1  1  2 .338     A.Johnson LF        4  1  1  1 .324  


  O.Cepeda 1B         5  1  1  0 .213   E-T.Savage LF         0  0  0  0 .299  


  C.Boyer 3B          4  1  2  2 .276     T.Perez 3B          4  1  2  1 .312  


  F.Millan 2B         4  0  2  0 .256     J.Bench C           4  1  3  0 .305  


  S.Jackson SS        3  0  0  0 .218     L.May 1B            3  1  2  0 .267  


  B.Didier C          4  0  1  0 .243     T.Helms 2B          4  1  2  3 .296  


B-R.Garr PR           0  0  0  0 .294     W.Woodward SS       4  0  0  0 .235  


C-B.Tillman C         0  0  0  0 .185     G.Nolan P           2  0  0  0 .208  


  P.Jarvis P          2  0  1  0 .185     C.Carroll P         0  0  0  0 .389  


A-J.Breazeale PH      1  0  0  0 .000   D-J.Stewart PH        1  0  0  0 .274  


  C.Upshaw P          1  0  0  0 .167     J.Fisher P          0  0  0  0 .100  


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         Totals      37  4 10  4                 Totals      33  5 10  5


 


A-Pinch Hit For Jarvis In 7th Inning


B-Pinch Ran For Didier In 8th Inning


C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Garr In 8th Inning


D-Pinch Hit For Carroll In 8th Inning


E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Johnson In 9th Inning


 


Braves.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  4 0 0  -  4 10  0


Reds............ 1 3 1  0 0 0  0 0    -  5 10  1


 


Braves (84-55)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA


P.Jarvis LOSS(16-9)       6       9   5   5   2   6   3 143   3.28


C.Upshaw                  2       1   0   0   1   0   0  25   3.50


Totals                    8      10   5   5   3   6   3


 


Reds (70-64)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA


G.Nolan WIN(3-2)          6 2/3   8   3   3   3   4   1 129   4.33


C.Carroll HOLD(14th)      1 1/3   2   1   1   0   1   1  17   4.67


J.Fisher SAVE(3rd)        1       0   0   0   0   0   0   9   4.57


Totals                    9      10   4   4   3   5   2


 


ATTENDANCE- 23,033 DATE- Saturday, September 6th 1969 TIME- Night 


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


T- 2:47


LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 9  Reds: 7


DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0  Reds: 1


ERRORS- T.Helms


DOUBLES- C.Boyer(24th), F.Millan(20th)


HOME RUNS- H.Aaron(50th), C.Boyer(15th), A.Johnson(17th), T.Perez(30th),


           T.Helms(2nd)


WALKS- H.Aaron-2, S.Jackson, B.Tolan, L.May, G.Nolan


STRIKE OUTS- T.Gonzalez, O.Cepeda, B.Didier, P.Jarvis, C.Upshaw, P.Rose,


             B.Tolan, L.May, W.Woodward, G.Nolan-2


GIDP- T.Gonzalez


2-out RBI- A.Johnson, H.Aaron-2, C.Boyer-2


 


23,033 fans were treated to a fine game at Crosley Field as only one run


separated the combatants at game's end.  The Cincinnati Reds won by the


slimmest of margins, 5 to 4.


 


Cincinnati drew first blood jumping out to an early lead in the first inning


plating an isolated run.  Gary Nolan(3-2) got help from Jack Fisher who


pitched a perfect ninth and was credited with his 3rd save.  


 


Pat Jarvis(16-9) suffered the loss.  He allowed 3 homeruns in 6 innings of


work.  Cincinnati now has a record of 70-64.  With the loss, Atlanta has a


record of 5-5 lately, 84-55 overall.

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