Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 24, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1960 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs 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)
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Chicago Cubs 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 4 0 2 0
Will rf 4 0 0 0
Banks ss 4 0 1 0
Gernert 1b 4 0 0 0
Thomas lf 3 0 1 0
  Altman pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Zimmer 3b 3 0 0 0
Hegan c 4 1 1 0
Kindall 2b 4 0 2 1
Ellsworth p 2 0 0 0
  Averill ph 1 0 0 0
  Schaffernoth p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Christopher lf 4 0 0 0
  Virdon cf 1 0 0 0
Groat ss 2 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 0 3 0
Stuart 1b 4 0 0 0
  Nelson 1b 0 0 0 0
Cimoli cf,lf 3 2 2 0
Smith c 2 0 0 0
Hoak 3b 3 1 2 1
Mazeroski 2b 4 1 1 1
Mizell p 4 0 2 2
Totals 31 4 10 4
Chicago 000 010 000171
Pittsburgh 020 002 00x4100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  L (3-5) 6.0 9 4 4 3 5
  Schaffernoth   2.0 1 0 0 3 2
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
6
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  W (4-4) 9.0 7 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
5

  E–Hegan (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Chicago Kindall (10,off Mizell).  3B–Chicago Hegan (1,off Mizell).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Hoak (4,by Ellsworth).  Team–9.  SB–Clemente (3,2nd base off Ellsworth/Hegan).  CS–Groat (1,2nd base by Schaffernoth/Hegan).  IBB–Ellsworth (2,Hoak).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:18.  A–28,137.
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