St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
April 12, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1960 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 1, San Francisco Giants 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Cunningham rf 4 0 0 0
Spencer ss 4 0 0 0
White cf 4 0 2 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Musial 1b 3 0 0 0
Wagner lf 3 1 1 1
Smith c 2 0 0 0
  Nieman ph 1 0 0 0
  Shannon 2b 0 0 0 0
Grammas 2b 1 0 0 0
  Sawatski ph,c 1 0 0 0
Jackson p 2 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
  Duliba p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 1 0 0
Davenport 3b 3 0 1 0
Mays cf 3 2 1 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 1 0
Cepeda lf 4 0 2 3
Kirkland rf 3 0 1 0
Bressoud ss 3 0 1 0
Schmidt c 4 0 0 0
Jones p 3 0 1 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
St. Louis 000 010 000132
San Francisco 201 000 00x380
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (0-1) 7.0 7 3 1 3 3
  Duliba   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
1
4
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (1-0) 9.0 3 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
1
3

  E–White (1), Grammas (1).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–San Francisco Mays (1,off Jackson); McCovey (1,off Jackson).  3B–San Francisco Cepeda (1,off Jackson).  HR–St. Louis Wagner (1,5th inning off Sam Jones 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Davenport (1,off Jackson).  Team–8.  SB–White (1,2nd base off Sam Jones/Schmidt); Kirkland 2 (2,2nd base off Jackson/Smith 2); Bressoud (1,2nd base off Duliba/Sawatski).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:21.  A–42,269.
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