Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
May 8, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 1, San Francisco Giants 13

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Skinner lf 3 0 1 0
  Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Schofield ph 1 0 0 0
  Gross p 0 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Clemente rf 3 0 1 0
Stuart 1b 4 0 0 0
Hoak 3b 2 0 0 0
Smith c 3 1 1 0
Cimoli cf 3 0 2 1
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 1 0
Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Umbricht p 0 0 0 0
  Mejias ph 1 0 0 0
  Giel p 0 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
  Christopher lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 3 3 2 0
Davenport 3b 4 2 1 0
Mays cf 3 2 2 1
  Kirkland rf 1 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 2 1 4
Cepeda lf 5 0 0 0
Alou rf,cf 5 0 1 1
Schmidt c 5 2 3 0
Bressoud ss 4 0 2 3
McCormick p 3 2 1 0
Totals 36 13 13 9
Pittsburgh 000 000 010167
San Francisco 400 261 00x13131
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Gibbon  L (2-1) 0.0 1 4 2 3 0
  Umbricht   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Giel   3.0 9 8 5 1 0
  Witt   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Gross   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
13
8
7
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick  W (4-0) 9.0 6 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
2

  E–Groat 3 (7), Stuart (2), Cimoli (1), Umbricht (2), Giel (1), F Alou (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, San Francisco 4.  2B–Pittsburgh Smith (5,off McCormick), San Francisco Mays (8,off Gibbon); McCormick (1,off Giel); Bressoud (4,off Giel); McCovey (7,off Giel); Schmidt 2 (3,off Witt,off Gross).  3B–Pittsburgh Skinner (3,off McCormick), San Francisco F Alou (1,off Giel).  Team LOB–3.  SH–McCormick (2,off Witt).  SF–Bressoud (1,off Umbricht).  Team–8.  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:38.  A–40,173.
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