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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Houston Astros

1969-08-31 · Day game · Astrodome · Att: 24722 · dome, dry · 2:54

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Houston Astros 6–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 9th. Lou Marone earned the win and Steve Blass picked up the save. Al Oliver went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	6	7
HOU	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	7

W: Lou Marone L: Fred Gladding SV: Steve Blass

Umpires — HP: Shag Crawford · 1B: Chris Pelekoudas · 2B: Doug Harvey · 3B: Frank Dezelan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matty Alou	5	2	2	0	0	0
Gene Alley	4	2	1	1	1	1
Willie Stargell	5	0	1	2	0	1
Roberto Clemente	2	0	0	0	3	0
Jose Pagan	5	0	1	1	0	0
Al Oliver	4	1	2	2	0	1
Freddie Patek	2	1	0	0	2	0
Gary Kolb	3	0	0	0	0	2
Luke Walker	3	0	0	0	0	2
Carl Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	1
Richie Hebner	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Morgan	5	0	1	0	0	0
Jesus Alou	5	1	1	0	0	1
Jim Wynn	3	3	2	0	1	1
Doug Rader	3	0	2	2	1	0
Denis Menke	3	0	1	2	1	2
Marty Martinez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Leon McFadden	2	0	0	0	1	1
Johnny Edwards	4	0	0	0	0	1
Denny Lemaster	3	0	0	0	0	1
Curt Blefary	1	0	0	0	0	0
Norm Miller	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luke Walker	7.0	6	3	8
Chuck Hartenstein	0.1	1	1	0
Lou Marone	0.2	0	0	0
Steve Blass	1.0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Denny Lemaster	8.0	5	4	7
Fred Gladding	0.2	1	1	2
Wade Blasingame	0.0	1	0	0
Jack Billingham	0.1	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matty Alou: 8
Gene Alley: 63
Willie Stargell: 2/FL

Bot 1

Joe Morgan: 5
Jesus Alou: K/C
Jim Wynn: S
Doug Rader: WP.1-2
Doug Rader: S.2-H
Denis Menke: K/C

Top 2

Roberto Clemente: 53
Jose Pagan: 63
Al Oliver: K/C

Bot 2

Marty Martinez: 31
Leon McFadden: 63
Johnny Edwards: K/C

Top 3

Freddie Patek: 53
Gary Kolb: K/C.BX1(23)
Luke Walker: K

Bot 3

Denny Lemaster: 3/G
Joe Morgan: T
Jesus Alou: 13
Jim Wynn: K/C

Top 4

Matty Alou: S
Gene Alley: 9
Willie Stargell: 43.1-2
Roberto Clemente: W
Jose Pagan: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Doug Rader: 9
Denis Menke: W
Marty Martinez: K
Leon McFadden: PB.1-2
Leon McFadden: W
Johnny Edwards: 43

Top 5

Al Oliver: D
Freddie Patek: 9.2-3
Gary Kolb: FC3.3XH(32)
Luke Walker: 7

Bot 5

Denny Lemaster: K/C
Joe Morgan: 4
Jesus Alou: 9

Top 6

Matty Alou: T
Gene Alley: W
Willie Stargell: 5
Roberto Clemente: W.1-2
Jose Pagan: S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Al Oliver: 3/G.3-H;2-3;1-2
Freddie Patek: IW
Gary Kolb: K/C

Bot 6

Jim Wynn: S
Doug Rader: D8.1-H
Denis Menke: K
Marty Martinez: FC6.2X3(65)
Leon McFadden: K

Top 7

Luke Walker: K
Matty Alou: 5
Gene Alley: K

Bot 7

Johnny Edwards: 63
Denny Lemaster: 63
Joe Morgan: 3/G

Top 8

Willie Stargell: K
Roberto Clemente: 8
Jose Pagan: 8

Bot 8

Jesus Alou: S
Jim Wynn: W.1-2
Doug Rader: W.2-3;1-2
Denis Menke: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Marty Martinez: 7
Curt Blefary: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Johnny Edwards: 6

Top 9

Al Oliver: HR
Freddie Patek: W
Carl Taylor: SB2#
Carl Taylor: K/C
Richie Hebner: K/C
Matty Alou: E5.2-3
Gene Alley: S.3-H(UR);1-2
Willie Stargell: D.2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Roberto Clemente: IW
Jose Pagan: 46(1)/FO

Bot 9

Norm Miller: K/C
Joe Morgan: 6
Jesus Alou: 9

Notes & reviews

Denis Menke fielded the ball, stepped on 1B and threw home; Johnny Edwards, not realizing Menke had touched 1B, did not tag Gene Alley; he stepped on HP and threw back to Alley

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