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Pittsburgh Pirates @ San Francisco Giants

1969-05-23 · Night game · Candlestick Park · Att: 8217 · 2:24

San Francisco Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–0. San Francisco Giants put up 2 in the 4th. Rich Robertson earned the win. Willie McCovey went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rich Robertson L: Dock Ellis SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Matty Alou	4	1	0	0
Richie Hebner	2	0	2	0
Willie Stargell	4	0	0	1
Roberto Clemente	3	1	1	1
Al Oliver	4	0	0	0
Jerry May	4	0	0	2
Bill Mazeroski	4	1	0	0
Freddie Patek	2	1	0	0
Dock Ellis	2	0	0	2
Manny Sanguillen	1	1	0	0

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Bonds	4	0	0	1	0	0
Don Mason	4	0	1	0	1	0
Ken Henderson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Willie McCovey	3	1	1	1	1	0
Dave Marshall	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Hiatt	3	1	0	0	1	1
Bobby Etheridge	2	1	1	0	1	0
Tito Fuentes	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rich Robertson	3	0	0	0	0	3
Hal Lanier	1	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dock Ellis	5.0	4	4	5
Pedro Ramos	2.0	3	0	0
Ron Kline	1.0	0	0	1

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rich Robertson	9.0	5	3	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matty Alou: T/89
Richie Hebner: W
Willie Stargell: K
Roberto Clemente: K
Al Oliver: 7

Bot 1

Bobby Bonds: 63
Don Mason: 6
Ken Henderson: D9
Willie McCovey: IW
Dave Marshall: K/C

Top 2

Jerry May: 43
Bill Mazeroski: 53
Freddie Patek: S/BG
Dock Ellis: K

Bot 2

Jack Hiatt: K
Bobby Etheridge: S9
Tito Fuentes: K
Rich Robertson: K

Top 3

Matty Alou: 9
Richie Hebner: 4
Willie Stargell: 7

Bot 3

Bobby Bonds: 3/G
Don Mason: W
Ken Henderson: S9.1-2
Willie McCovey: 63.1-2;2-3
Dave Marshall: 43

Top 4

Roberto Clemente: 63
Al Oliver: 3
Jerry May: K

Bot 4

Jack Hiatt: E5/TH1.B-2
Bobby Etheridge: W
Tito Fuentes: E3/TH.1-2;2-3
Rich Robertson: K
Bobby Bonds: 9/SF.3-H(UR)
Don Mason: E3.2-H(E3/TH)(UR);1-3#
Ken Henderson: 7

Top 5

Bill Mazeroski: D7
Freddie Patek: 13/SH.2-3
Dock Ellis: K
Matty Alou: 63

Bot 5

Willie McCovey: 13
Dave Marshall: 7
Jack Hiatt: W
Bobby Etheridge: 9

Top 6

Richie Hebner: W
Willie Stargell: 3(B)6(1)/GDP
Roberto Clemente: S8
Al Oliver: 7

Bot 6

Tito Fuentes: S
Rich Robertson: 54/SH.1-2
Bobby Bonds: FC6.2X3(65)
Don Mason: S.1-3
Ken Henderson: 3/G

Top 7

Jerry May: K
Bill Mazeroski: 63
Freddie Patek: 3

Bot 7

Willie McCovey: HR/78
Dave Marshall: 9
Jack Hiatt: 4
Hal Lanier: S9
Tito Fuentes: 43

Top 8

Manny Sanguillen: S7
Matty Alou: 6
Richie Hebner: 8
Willie Stargell: 43

Bot 8

Rich Robertson: K
Bobby Bonds: 8
Don Mason: 43

Top 9

Roberto Clemente: W
Al Oliver: 9/FL
Jerry May: 53.1-2
Bill Mazeroski: 43