Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
May 23, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1961 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 0, Cincinnati Reds 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 0 1 0
Gilliam 2b 4 0 1 0
Davis W. cf 4 0 1 0
Moon lf 2 0 1 0
Davis T. 3b 4 0 0 0
Snider rf 3 0 1 0
Larker 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hodges ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Roseboro c 2 0 0 0
  Lillis ph 1 0 0 0
Drysdale p 2 0 0 0
  Howard ph 0 0 0 0
  Warwick pr 0 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Sherry ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Kasko ss 4 0 0 0
Blasingame 2b 4 1 1 0
Pinson cf 4 1 1 0
Robinson lf 3 0 0 0
Bell rf 2 0 1 1
Coleman 1b 4 0 1 1
Freese 3b 3 0 1 0
Zimmerman c 3 0 1 0
Hunt p 2 0 1 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 7 2
Los Angeles 000 000 000050
Cincinnati 000 002 00x270
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale  L (3-3) 6.0 6 2 2 2 4
  Perranoski   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
3
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hunt  W (4-2) 7.2 5 0 0 6 6
  Henry  SV (4) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
6
7

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Cincinnati Zimmerman (1,off Drysdale).  SF–Bell (2,off Drysdale).  IBB–Robinson (3,by Drysdale).  Team–7.  IBB–Drysdale (4,Robinson).  U–Ken Burkhart, Mel Steiner, Chris Pelekoudas, Augie Donatelli, Jocko Conlan.  T–2:35.  A–6,628.
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