Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 9, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 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 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Will rf 4 0 0 0
Ashburn lf 3 0 1 0
Banks ss 4 0 0 0
Thomas 1b 3 0 0 0
Heist cf 2 1 1 0
Santo 3b 3 0 1 1
Taylor c 3 0 1 0
Kindall 2b 3 0 1 0
Drabowsky p 1 0 0 0
  Schaffernoth p 0 0 0 0
  Gernert ph 1 0 0 0
  Ellsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Zimmer ph 1 0 0 0
  Freeman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 5 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 1 2 1
Groat ss 3 1 0 0
Skinner lf 4 1 1 2
Nelson 1b 4 0 1 1
Cimoli rf 4 0 0 0
Burgess c 3 0 0 0
Hoak 3b 3 2 2 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 2 2 2
Mizell p 3 0 1 1
Totals 31 7 9 7
Chicago 000 010 000150
Pittsburgh 005 000 20x790
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Drabowsky  L (2-1) 2.1 4 5 5 1 1
  Schaffernoth   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Ellsworth   3.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Freeman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
1
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  W (9-5) 9.0 5 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, Pittsburgh 3.  2B–Chicago Heist (1,off Mizell), Pittsburgh Mazeroski (12,off Drabowsky); Skinner (20,off Drabowsky).  3B–Pittsburgh Mazeroski (4,off Ellsworth).  Team LOB–2.  Team–1.  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:15.  A–26,797.
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