Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
April 20, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1961 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."
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Cincinnati Reds 1, San Francisco Giants 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Kasko ss,2b 4 0 1 0
Pinson cf 4 1 2 0
Robinson lf 4 0 0 0
Post rf 3 0 0 1
Freese 3b 4 0 1 0
Coleman 1b 3 0 0 0
Bailey c 2 0 0 0
Baumer 2b 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Nunn p 0 0 0 0
O'Toole p 2 0 0 0
  Cardenas ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 4 1 0 0
  Bowman 2b 0 0 0 0
Kuenn rf 4 0 1 0
  Alou M. rf 0 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 0 1
Cepeda 1b 3 0 0 0
Alou F. lf 2 1 0 0
Schmidt c 3 0 1 0
Davenport 3b 3 0 2 1
Pagan ss 3 0 0 0
McCormick p 3 0 1 0
Totals 29 2 5 2
Cincinnati 000 000 001–140
San Francisco 011 000 00x–250
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
O'Toole  L (1-2) 7.0 5 2 2 1 2
  Nunn   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
1
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick  W (2-1) 9.0 4 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
5
  E–None.  2B–Cincinnati Kasko (4,off McCormick); Pinson (2,off McCormick).  SF–Post (1,off McCormick).  Team LOB–4.  Team–4.  WP–McCormick 2 (2).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–1:51.  A–7,014.
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