Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
July 31, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1960 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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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Cincinnati Reds 2, San Francisco Giants 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Kasko 2b 3 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
Pinson cf 3 1 1 0
Bell rf 4 1 1 2
Robinson lf 3 0 0 0
Coleman 1b 3 0 0 0
Bailey c 3 0 0 0
Cook 3b 3 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0
Purkey p 1 0 0 0
  Osteen p 1 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 2 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 0 0 0
Davenport 3b 5 0 2 0
Mays cf 3 2 2 0
  Kirkland rf 1 0 1 1
Marshall 1b 4 1 3 0
Cepeda lf 4 1 1 1
Alou rf,cf 2 1 1 1
Schmidt c 4 0 0 0
Rodgers ss 2 1 1 1
Jones p 4 0 1 0
Totals 34 6 12 4
Cincinnati 200 000 000221
San Francisco 011 030 01x6120
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  L (10-7) 4.1 10 5 4 1 1
  Osteen   3.2 2 1 1 4 0
Totals
8.0
12
6
5
5
1
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (13-10) 9.0 2 2 2 1 10
Totals
9.0
2
2
2
1
10

  E–Cook (2).  2B–San Francisco Davenport (8,off Purkey); Cepeda (23,off Purkey).  HR–Cincinnati Bell (7,1st inning off Sam Jones 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–1.  SF–F Alou (3,off Purkey).  IBB–F Alou (1,by Osteen); Rodgers (1,by Osteen).  Team–10.  SB–Pinson (24,2nd base off Sam Jones/Schmidt).  CS–Marshall (1,2nd base by Osteen/Bailey).  WP–Osteen (1).  IBB–Osteen 2 (3,F Alou,Rodgers).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:15.  A–28,884.
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