St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
October 2, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1960 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 2, San Francisco Giants 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Nieman rf 1 0 0 0
  Kolb rf,cf 3 0 0 0
Landrum cf 3 0 0 0
  Clemens rf 0 0 0 0
  Spencer ph 0 0 0 0
James lf 4 0 1 0
Olivares 3b 3 0 0 0
  Boyer ph 1 0 0 0
Gotay ss 4 1 1 0
Javier 2b 4 0 1 1
McCarver c 3 1 0 0
Carmel 1b 2 0 0 0
Nelson p 2 0 1 1
  Musial ph 1 0 1 0
  White pr 0 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  Grim p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Pagan ss 5 1 3 1
Amalfitano 2b 2 1 0 0
  Blasingame 2b 1 0 0 0
Mays cf 5 1 2 3
Alou lf 3 1 1 0
Cepeda 1b 3 1 1 0
Kirkland rf 3 1 0 0
Davenport 3b 2 0 0 0
  Rodgers 3b 1 0 0 1
Schmidt c 4 1 1 1
McCormick p 4 1 2 2
Totals 33 8 10 8
St. Louis 010 010 000251
San Francisco 003 000 05x8102
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson  L (0-1) 7.0 6 3 3 2 5
  Gibson   0.2 3 5 5 2 0
  Grim   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
5
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick  W (15-12) 9.0 5 2 0 2 8
Totals
9.0
5
2
0
2
8

  E–Olivares (1), Rodgers (12), Schmidt (13).  2B–San Francisco Cepeda (36,off Gibson); McCormick (4,off Gibson).  3B–San Francisco Pagan (2,off Nelson).  HR–San Francisco Mays (29,3rd inning off Nelson 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Rodgers (2,off Gibson).  IBB–Cepeda (9,by Nelson); Kirkland (8,by Gibson).  Team–7.  SB–Gotay (1,2nd base off McCormick/Schmidt); Javier (19,2nd base off McCormick/Schmidt); Carmel (1,2nd base off McCormick/Schmidt); Pagan (2,2nd base off Nelson/McCarver); F Alou (10,2nd base off Nelson/McCarver); Mays (25,2nd base off Nelson/McCarver).  CS–White (6,2nd base by McCormick/Schmidt).  IBB–Nelson (1,Cepeda); Gibson (6,Kirkland).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:33.  A–28,861.
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