San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 26, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1961 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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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San Francisco Giants 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hiller 2b 5 2 2 0
Kuenn rf 2 0 1 1
  Alou F. pr,rf 0 1 0 0
  Alou M. ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Mays cf 5 1 3 1
McCovey 1b 5 1 1 1
Cepeda lf 4 0 0 0
Schmidt c 3 0 0 1
Davenport 3b 4 0 1 0
Pagan ss 1 0 0 0
  Blasingame ph 0 1 0 0
  Bressoud ss 2 0 1 1
McCormick p 1 0 0 0
  Farley ph 1 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Duffalo p 1 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 1 2 0
Neal 2b 5 1 2 1
  Larker ph 0 0 0 0
Davis cf 5 1 1 2
Moon lf 3 0 2 0
Demeter rf 4 0 1 0
Hodges 1b 4 0 0 0
Smith 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gilliam ph 0 1 0 0
Camilli c 3 0 0 0
  Roseboro ph 1 1 1 2
Williams p 3 0 1 0
  Sherry p 0 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
San Francisco 000 002 0406102
Los Angeles 000 030 0025102
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick   5.0 7 3 3 0 7
  Fisher   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Duffalo  W (2-0) 2.1 3 2 2 3 0
  Bolin  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
11
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   7.0 5 3 3 3 8
  Sherry  L (0-2) 2.0 5 3 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
3
3
10

  E–McCovey (3), Bolin (1), Wills (2), Moon (2).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–San Francisco Hiller (4,off Williams), Los Angeles Wills (2,off McCormick).  HR–Los Angeles T Davis (3,5th inning off McCormick 1 on, 2 out); Roseboro (3,9th inning off Duffalo 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Kuenn (1,off Williams); Schmidt (1,off L Sherry).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  SB–Bressoud (1,2nd base off L Sherry/Camilli).  CS–Wills (5,2nd base by Duffalo/Schmidt).  WP–Bolin (1), Williams (1).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–3:32.  A–27,032.
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