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Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati Reds

1969-06-15 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 26511 · 3:09

Chicago Cubs defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–4. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 3rd. Rich Nye earned the win and Ken Johnson picked up the save. Paul Popovich went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	7
CIN	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	9

W: Rich Nye L: Gerry Arrigo SV: Ken Johnson

Umpires — HP: Andy Olsen · 1B: Al Barlick · 2B: Ed Vargo · 3B: John Kibler · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Kessinger	3	1	0	1	1	0
Paul Popovich	4	1	2	3	0	0
Ron Santo	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ernie Banks	4	0	0	0	1	1
Randy Hundley	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Hickman	3	0	1	0	1	0
Rick Bladt	2	0	1	1	0	0
Don Young	2	1	0	0	0	1
Archie Reynolds	1	0	0	0	1	1
Billy Williams	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rich Nye	1	0	1	0	0	0
Oscar Gamble	0	0	0	0	1	0
Willie Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	4	1	2	0	1	0
Bobby Tolan	4	1	3	2	1	0
Alex Johnson	4	1	1	0	1	1
Tony Perez	5	0	1	0	0	1
Lee May	3	0	1	1	1	0
Pat Corrales	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy Helms	4	0	0	0	0	0
Darrel Chaney	3	0	0	0	0	1
Gerry Arrigo	1	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Bench	2	0	0	0	1	1
Jim Maloney	1	1	1	1	0	0
Chico Ruiz	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Stewart	1	0	0	0	0	1
Fred Whitfield	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Archie Reynolds	4.0	6	3	2
Rich Nye	2.0	3	1	2
Ted Abernathy	1.0	0	1	1
Ken Johnson	2.0	0	0	3

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerry Arrigo	3.0	4	3	2
Jim Maloney	2.0	0	1	1
Wayne Granger	1.0	2	1	0
Jose Pena	1.0	0	0	0
Pedro Ramos	1.0	0	1	0
Clay Carroll	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Kessinger: 3/G
Paul Popovich: HP
Ron Santo: 4/P
Ernie Banks: W.1-2
Randy Hundley: 53

Bot 1

Pete Rose: 63
Bobby Tolan: W
Alex Johnson: S8.1-3
Tony Perez: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Jim Hickman: W
Rick Bladt: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Don Young: HP
Archie Reynolds: K

Bot 2

Lee May: S9
Pat Corrales: SB2#
Pat Corrales: K
Tommy Helms: 9
Darrel Chaney: 6/L

Top 3

Don Kessinger: W
Paul Popovich: HR/7.1-H
Ron Santo: 63
Ernie Banks: 3/P
Randy Hundley: S7
Jim Hickman: S7.1-2
Rick Bladt: S8.2-H;1-2
Don Young: K

Bot 3

Gerry Arrigo: K/C
Pete Rose: W
Bobby Tolan: S9.1-3
Alex Johnson: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Archie Reynolds: W
Don Kessinger: 46(1)3/GDP
Paul Popovich: 63

Bot 4

Tony Perez: S6
Lee May: 8
Johnny Bench: W.1-2
Tommy Helms: 9
Darrel Chaney: 31

Top 5

Ron Santo: 7
Ernie Banks: K
Randy Hundley: 63

Bot 5

Jim Maloney: HR/9
Pete Rose: S1
Bobby Tolan: S7.1-2
Alex Johnson: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Tony Perez: K
Lee May: W.1-2
Johnny Bench: 6/P

Top 6

Jim Hickman: 53
Billy Williams: W
Don Young: E5/G.1-2;B-1
Rich Nye: S4/G.2-3;1-2
Don Kessinger: 8/SF/F.3-H(UR)
Paul Popovich: S9.2-H(UR);1-2
Ron Santo: 53

Bot 6

Tommy Helms: 3/FL
Darrel Chaney: K
Chico Ruiz: 9

Top 7

Ernie Banks: 5/P
Randy Hundley: 8
Jim Hickman: 4/P

Bot 7

Pete Rose: S5
Bobby Tolan: HR/8.1-H
Alex Johnson: W
Tony Perez: E6/G.1-3;B-1
Lee May: 64(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Johnny Bench: K/C
Tommy Helms: 8

Top 8

Oscar Gamble: W
Don Young: 34/SH/BG.1-2
Willie Smith: 6/LDP/L.2X2(6)

Bot 8

Jimmy Stewart: K
Fred Whitfield: K
Pete Rose: 9

Top 9

Don Kessinger: 53/BG
Paul Popovich: 63
Ron Santo: S7
Ernie Banks: 54(1)/FO

Bot 9

Bobby Tolan: 63
Alex Johnson: K
Tony Perez: 6/P

Notes & reviews

Suspend=19690902,CIN07,5,4,42
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suspended,19690902,CIN07,pre-determined stopping time $game suspended as previously agreed and completed on 9/2 with new umpires

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