Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
May 6, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1960 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, San Francisco Giants 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Hoak 3b 4 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Skinner lf 2 0 1 0
Nelson 1b 4 0 1 0
Clemente rf 4 1 1 1
Burgess c 4 0 0 0
Virdon cf 3 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 0 0
Law p 1 0 0 0
  Schofield ph 1 0 0 0
  Gross p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 0 0 0
Davenport 3b 4 1 1 0
Mays cf 4 1 1 1
McCovey 1b 3 1 2 2
Cepeda lf 3 1 0 0
Kirkland rf 3 1 1 2
Landrith c 3 0 1 0
Bressoud ss 3 0 0 0
Jones p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 5
Pittsburgh 000 000 100131
San Francisco 200 201 00x561
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  L (4-1) 7.0 6 5 5 1 3
  Gross   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
1
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (3-2) 9.0 3 1 1 3 5
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
3
5

  E–Mazeroski (1), Landrith (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  HR–Pittsburgh Clemente (6,7th inning off Sam Jones 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco McCovey (8,1st inning off Law 1 on, 2 out); Kirkland (4,4th inning off Law 1 on, 2 out); Mays (2,6th inning off Law 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Sam Jones (3,off Law).  Team–2.  SB–Skinner (3,2nd base off Sam Jones/Landrith).  CS–Mays (4,3rd base by Gross/Burgess).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–1:59.  A–36,592.
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