Phil Niekro, Atlanta Braves, 9/5/1969
Atlanta Braves 11, Cincinnati Reds 2
So yet another Hall of Famer passes away in 2020. I am so ready for this year to be over and done with.
Game of 9/5/1969 -- Atlanta at Cincinnati (N)
Atlanta AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Alou F, cf 4 1 1 0 Rose P, rf 4 0 0 0
Millan F, 2b 4 2 2 2 Tolan B, cf 4 0 0 0
Aaron H, rf 4 1 1 3 Johnson A, lf 3 1 0 0
Carty R, lf 1 1 0 0 Perez T, 3b 3 1 1 2
Gonzalez T, lf 2 0 0 0 Bench J, c 3 0 0 0
Cepeda O, 1b 5 0 0 0 May L, 1b 3 0 0 0
Boyer C, 3b 5 2 3 2 Helms T, 2b 3 0 0 0
Didier B, c 5 2 2 1 Woodward W, ss 3 0 0 0
Garrido G, ss 5 2 1 0 Merritt J, p 1 0 0 0
Niekro P, p 3 0 1 1 Ramos P, p 0 0 0 0
Savage T, ph 1 0 0 0
Ribant D, p 0 0 0 0
Granger W, p 0 0 0 0
Stewart J, ph 1 0 0 0
Fisher J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 11 11 9 29 2 1 2
Atlanta 004 003 040 -- 11
Cincinnati 200 000 000 -- 2
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro P (W) 9.0 1 2 2 1 10
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt J (L)* 5.0 7 7 7 3 2
Ramos P 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Ribant D 1.1 2 4 0 1 2
Granger W 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Fisher J 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 3 batters in 6th
E -- Johnson A, Helms T, Ribant D, Woodward W, Garrido G
DP -- Cincinnati 3
LOB -- Atlanta 6, Cincinnati 1
2B -- Millan F, Boyer C, Didier B
HR -- Perez T, Aaron H, Boyer C
SH -- Niekro P
PB -- Bench J
T -- 2:19
A -- 12847