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Astros
@ Reds
Crosley Field
April 30, 1969
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Houston Astros, played on April 30, 1969 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 30, 1969 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
|
| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 30, 1969 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Wade Blasingame |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Maloney |
| Ballpark | Crosley Field |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 3,898 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 28 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Secory 1B: Satch Davidson 2B: Paul Pryor 3B: Tony Venzon |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joe Morgan | Second Baseman |
| Jesus Alou | Left Fielder |
| Jim Wynn | Center Fielder |
| Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
| Norm Miller | Right Fielder |
| Denis Menke | Shortstop |
| Curt Blefary | First Baseman |
| Johnny Edwards | Catcher |
| Wade Blasingame | Pitcher |
| Harry Walker | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Rose | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Tolan | Right Fielder |
| Alex Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Tony Perez | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Bench | Catcher |
| Lee May | First Baseman |
| Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
| Darrel Chaney | Shortstop |
| Jim Maloney | Pitcher |
| Dave Bristol | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Astros
@ Reds
Crosley Field
April 30, 1969
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Maloney
Morgan hits a popup towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Maloney
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Maloney
Wynn strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Blasingame
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke misplays the ball. That's an error on Menke. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Blasingame
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Blasingame
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields the ball and throws to first. Blefary drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Blefary. Rose scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Blasingame
Perez strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Maloney
Rader is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Maloney
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Maloney
Menke takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blefary vs. Maloney
Blefary strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Blasingame
Bench takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Blasingame
May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Blasingame
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blasingame fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Maloney
Edwards strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Maloney
Blasingame is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Maloney
Morgan is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chaney vs. Blasingame
Chaney strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maloney vs. Blasingame
Maloney hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Blasingame
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Maloney
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Maloney
Wynn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Maloney
Rader strikes out. The throw from Bench to pick off Wynn, and he's out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Blasingame
Tolan bunts towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Blasingame
Johnson is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Blasingame
Perez takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bench vs. Blasingame
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Johnson moves to third. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
May vs. Blasingame
May is hit by the pitch. Johnson scores. Perez moves to third. Bench moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Helms vs. Blasingame
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to home to get Perez. Bench moves to third. May moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Chaney vs. Blasingame
Chaney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bench scores. May scores. Helms moves to third. Chaney moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Maloney vs. Blasingame
There's a wild pitch. Helms scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maloney vs. Blasingame
Maloney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rose vs. Ray
Jim Ray now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Chaney moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rose vs. Ray
Rose takes first base on ball four. Maloney moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Tolan vs. Ray
Tolan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Miller who is chasing the ball. Tolan reaches third base with a triple. Chaney scores. Maloney scores. Rose goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Johnson vs. Ray
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Maloney
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Maloney
Menke is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blefary vs. Maloney
Blefary hits a line drive towards first. May reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Ray
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bench vs. Ray
Bench hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Ray
May strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Helms vs. Ray
Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Maloney
Edwards hits a popup towards short. Chaney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Maloney
Cesar Geronimo pinch hits for Jim Ray.
Geronimo strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Maloney
Morgan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Maloney
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chaney vs. Guinn
Skip Guinn now pitching.
Chaney is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maloney vs. Guinn
Maloney hits a popup towards short. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Guinn
Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Maloney
Wynn strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Maloney
Rader takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Maloney
Miller hits a line drive into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Menke vs. Maloney
Menke strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Guinn
Tolan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Guinn
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tolan moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Guinn
Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bench vs. Guinn
Bench strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
May vs. Guinn
May strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blefary vs. Maloney
Blefary hits a popup towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Maloney
Edwards strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geiger vs. Maloney
Gary Geiger pinch hits for Skip Guinn.
Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Coombs
Danny Coombs now pitching.
Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chaney vs. Coombs
Chaney strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maloney vs. Coombs
Maloney hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Miller. Maloney reaches second base with a double. Helms goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rose vs. Coombs
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tolan vs. Coombs
Tolan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maloney scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Coombs
Johnson is hit by the pitch. Tolan moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Coombs
Ted Savage pinch runs for Alex Johnson.
Perez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blefary settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Maloney
Ted Savage now playing left field.
Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Maloney
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Maloney
Wynn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Maloney
Rader strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/30/1969 -- Houston at Cincinnati (N)
Houston AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Morgan J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Rose P, cf 4 2 0 0
Alou J, lf 4 0 0 0 Tolan B, rf 5 0 3 4
Wynn J, cf 2 0 0 0 Johnson A, lf 3 1 1 0
Rader D, 3b 3 0 0 0 Savage T, pr-lf 0 0 0 0
Miller N, rf 3 0 0 0 Perez T, 3b 4 0 1 0
Menke D, ss 2 0 0 0 Bench J, c 3 1 1 0
Blefary C, 1b 3 0 0 0 May L, 1b 3 1 0 1
Edwards J, c 3 0 0 0 Helms T, 2b 4 2 1 0
Blasingame W, p 1 0 0 0 Chaney D, ss 4 1 1 2
Ray J, p 0 0 0 0 Maloney J, p 3 2 1 1
Geronimo C, ph 1 0 0 0
Guinn S, p 0 0 0 0
Geiger G, ph 1 0 0 0
Coombs D, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
26 0 0 0 33 10 9 8
Houston 000 000 000 -- 0
Cincinnati 100 700 02x -- 10
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Blasingame W (L) 3.2 2 7 6 3 2
Ray J 1.1 2 1 1 1 1
Guinn S 2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Coombs D 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Maloney J (W) 9.0 0 0 0 5 13
E -- Menke D, Blefary C
DP -- Houston 1, Cincinnati 1
LOB -- Houston 4, Cincinnati 6
2B -- Maloney J
3B -- Tolan B
HBP -- by Blasingame W (Johnson A), by Blasingame W (May L), by Coombs D (Johnson A)
WP -- Blasingame W, Ray J
T -- 2:28
A -- 3898
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