Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 12, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1961 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers 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 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Will rf 5 0 2 1
Zimmer 2b 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 3 0 1 0
Banks ss 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 1 1 0
Roach 1b 4 0 0 0
Heist cf 2 0 0 0
  Ashburn ph,cf 1 1 0 0
Bertell c 3 0 1 0
Cardwell p 1 0 0 0
  Rodgers ph 1 0 0 0
  Drott p 0 0 0 0
  Freese ph 1 0 0 0
  Schaffernoth p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 0 0 0 1
  Kindall pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 5 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 3 2 1 1
Gilliam 2b,3b 3 0 0 0
Davis W. cf 4 0 0 0
Moon lf 2 1 2 2
Larker 1b 4 0 2 1
Davis T. 3b 3 0 0 0
  Neal 2b 1 0 0 0
Roseboro c 2 0 0 0
Fairly rf 3 1 0 0
Koufax p 2 0 0 0
  Farrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 5 4
Chicago 000 000 002251
Los Angeles 101 110 00x452
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Cardwell  L (3-2) 5.0 5 4 4 5 3
  Drott   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Schaffernoth   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
8
4
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax  W (3-1) 8.2 4 2 2 5 11
  Farrell  SV (2) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
5
11

  E–Roach (1), Wills 2 (4).  2B–Chicago Williams (3,off Koufax).  3B–Chicago Santo (3,off Koufax).  HR–Los Angeles Moon (10,5th inning off Cardwell 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Koufax (1,off Cardwell); Gilliam (2,off Drott).  Team–9.  SB–Wills (3,2nd base off Cardwell/Bertell).  BK–Cardwell (1).  U–Ed Vargo, Al Forman, Al Barlick, Shag Crawford, Bill Jackowski.  T–2:41.  A–17,122.
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