San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
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 Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 4, St. Louis Cardinals 12

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 4 0 1 0
Kuenn rf 4 1 1 1
Mays cf 5 0 2 0
Cepeda 1b 5 2 2 1
Alou F. lf 4 1 2 0
Davenport 3b 3 0 2 1
Haller c 3 0 0 0
  Bressoud ph 1 0 0 0
  Landrith c 0 0 0 0
Pagan ss 4 0 1 1
Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Fisher p 1 0 1 0
  Duffalo ph,p 1 0 0 0
  Alou M. ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Dell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 4 4 3 0
Cunningham rf 4 1 1 0
White 1b 5 3 4 5
Boyer 3b 5 1 1 0
Musial lf 2 1 0 0
  Taussig pr,lf 1 1 1 2
Spencer ss 5 1 2 3
Grammas 2b 4 0 3 2
Smith c 3 0 0 0
Sadecki p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 12 15 12
San Francisco 100 101 0104121
St. Louis 205 100 13x12151
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (3-3) 2.1 7 7 7 2 1
  Fisher   3.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Duffalo   1.0 2 1 1 2 0
  O'Dell   1.0 3 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
15
12
12
4
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  W (3-3) 9.0 12 4 4 3 6
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
3
6

  E–Fisher (1), Flood (1).  DP–San Francisco 2, St. Louis 2.  2B–San Francisco Cepeda (5,off Sadecki); Davenport (6,off Sadecki); Fisher (1,off Sadecki); F Alou (9,off Sadecki).  HR–San Francisco Kuenn (2,1st inning off Sadecki 0 on, 1 out); Cepeda (12,6th inning off Sadecki 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–9.  IBB–Musial 2 (4,by Jones,by Duffalo); Smith (4,by Duffalo).  Team–6.  IBB–Jones (5,Musial); Duffalo 2 (3,Musial,Smith).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:28.  A–9,571.
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