San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
May 24, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1961 at Crosley Field. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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 5, Cincinnati Reds 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 5 0 0 0
Amalfitano 2b 4 1 1 0
  Hiller 2b 1 0 0 0
Mays cf 3 2 2 1
Cepeda 1b 4 1 1 0
Kuenn lf 4 0 1 0
Davenport 3b 1 1 1 1
Bailey c 4 0 0 0
Pagan ss 4 0 1 1
McCormick p 3 0 1 0
  Bolin p 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 5 9 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Kasko ss,2b 3 1 1 0
Blasingame 2b 3 0 0 0
  Gernert ph 1 0 0 0
  Bridges p 0 0 0 0
Pinson cf 4 1 2 3
Robinson lf 4 1 1 1
Freese 3b 4 0 0 0
Post rf 4 0 1 0
Coleman 1b 4 0 2 0
Zimmerman c 3 0 1 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 0 0
O'Toole p 2 0 0 0
  Nunn p 0 0 0 0
  Cardenas ph,ss 1 1 1 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
San Francisco 000 000 320591
Cincinnati 000 000 130492
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick  W (5-2) 7.1 8 4 3 1 3
  Bolin  SV (4) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
1
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
O'Toole  L (4-4) 7.1 8 5 1 3 6
  Nunn   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Bridges   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
1
3
6

  E–Davenport (2), Zimmerman 2 (3).  DP–San Francisco 1.  PB–Bailey (5); Zimmerman (2).  2B–Cincinnati Post (3,off McCormick); Coleman (10,off McCormick); Cardenas (4,off McCormick).  HR–Cincinnati Robinson (11,7th inning off McCormick 0 on, 0 out); Pinson (3,8th inning off McCormick 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Davenport (1,off Nunn).  Team LOB–6.  Team–5.  U–Mel Steiner, Chris Pelekoudas, Augie Donatelli, Jocko Conlan, Ken Burkhart.  T–2:31.  A–10,699.
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