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Atlanta Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1969-08-27 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 11454 · 73°F · Wind 5 mph from CF · 2:05

Atlanta Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 1–0. Phil Niekro earned the win. Tony Gonzalez went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Phil Niekro L: Dock Ellis SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Paul Pryor · 1B: Tony Venzon · 2B: Frank Secory · 3B: Satch Davidson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Felipe Alou	4	0	0	0	2
Felix Millan	4	0	1	0	0
Tony Gonzalez	4	0	3	1	0
Rico Carty	4	0	1	0	0
Orlando Cepeda	4	0	1	0	0
Clete Boyer	4	0	0	0	0
Bob Didier	3	0	0	0	0
Gil Garrido	3	0	0	0	0
Phil Niekro	3	1	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Matty Alou	3	1	1	0
Richie Hebner	4	1	0	1
Willie Stargell	4	0	0	2
Roberto Clemente	4	1	0	0
Al Oliver	4	0	0	2
Manny Sanguillen	3	1	0	1
Jose Martinez	3	1	0	0
Freddie Patek	3	1	0	0
Dock Ellis	2	0	0	2
Carl Taylor	1	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Niekro	9.0	6	1	8

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dock Ellis	8.0	5	0	3
Bruce Dal Canton	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Felipe Alou: K
Felix Millan: 7/F#
Tony Gonzalez: 63

Bot 1

Matty Alou: W
Richie Hebner: 64(1)3(B)/GDP/G4M
Willie Stargell: 41

Top 2

Rico Carty: S
Orlando Cepeda: 64(1)/FO
Clete Boyer: SB2
Clete Boyer: FC.2X3(56)#
Bob Didier: CS2(26)

Bot 2

Roberto Clemente: 8
Al Oliver: K
Manny Sanguillen: K

Top 3

Bob Didier: 8
Gil Garrido: 7
Phil Niekro: K

Bot 3

Jose Martinez: 63
Freddie Patek: S
Dock Ellis: K
Matty Alou: SB2
Matty Alou: 63

Top 4

Felipe Alou: K
Felix Millan: 53
Tony Gonzalez: S
Rico Carty: 8

Bot 4

Richie Hebner: K
Willie Stargell: K
Roberto Clemente: 8

Top 5

Orlando Cepeda: 9#
Clete Boyer: 2#
Bob Didier: E4.B-1
Gil Garrido: 13#

Bot 5

Al Oliver: 3
Manny Sanguillen: 3/L3
Jose Martinez: D
Freddie Patek: 53

Top 6

Phil Niekro: D/L89
Felipe Alou: 13
Felix Millan: S.2-3
Tony Gonzalez: S9/G34.3-H;1-3
Rico Carty: 2
Orlando Cepeda: 9

Bot 6

Dock Ellis: K
Matty Alou: S/BG
Richie Hebner: S8.1-2
Willie Stargell: K
Roberto Clemente: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Clete Boyer: 4
Bob Didier: 43
Gil Garrido: 63

Bot 7

Al Oliver: 31
Manny Sanguillen: S
Jose Martinez: CS2(26)
Jose Martinez: 8

Top 8

Phil Niekro: 43/G#
Felipe Alou: 53/G#
Felix Millan: 63/G#

Bot 8

Freddie Patek: 43
Carl Taylor: 8
Matty Alou: 7

Top 9

Tony Gonzalez: S
Rico Carty: 64(1)3/GDP
Orlando Cepeda: S
Clete Boyer: SB2
Clete Boyer: 9

Bot 9

Richie Hebner: 6/P
Willie Stargell: 3/G
Roberto Clemente: T9/F9DW
Al Oliver: K