Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 18, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1961 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 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn lf 4 0 0 0
Zimmer 2b 4 1 1 0
Williams rf 4 1 1 1
Santo 3b 4 0 2 1
Banks ss 4 0 1 0
Rodgers 1b 3 0 0 0
Heist cf 4 1 1 0
Bertell c 3 0 1 0
  Drake pr 0 0 0 0
  Thacker c 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
Ellsworth p 2 0 0 0
  Kindall ph 1 0 0 1
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Skinner lf 4 1 1 0
Groat ss 4 2 2 0
Clemente rf 4 2 2 1
Stuart 1b 4 0 2 2
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 1 2
Smith c 4 0 1 0
Baker 3b 4 0 0 0
Virdon cf 4 0 2 0
Mizell p 3 0 0 0
  Face p 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 5 12 5
Chicago 000 200 100371
Pittsburgh 200 010 20x5120
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth   6.0 8 3 2 1 5
  Wright  L (0-1) 2.0 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
5
4
1
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  W (1-0) 7.0 7 3 3 0 3
  Face  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
4

  E–Bertell (1).  2B–Chicago Zimmer (3,off Mizell); Santo (2,off Mizell), Pittsburgh Virdon (1,off Ellsworth); Clemente (1,off Ellsworth).  3B–Pittsburgh Stuart (2,off Ellsworth).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Mazeroski (1,off Wright).  Team–8.  BK–Mizell (1).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:21.  A–30,781.
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