St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 29, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1961 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 3 0 1 0
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
White 1b 1 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 1 0
Spencer ss 4 0 0 0
Taussig rf 3 0 0 0
James lf 4 0 0 0
  Landrum pr 0 0 0 0
Smith c 4 0 1 0
Jackson p 3 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 0
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 0 1 0
Gilliam 2b 3 0 2 0
Davis W. cf 4 0 1 1
Moon lf 4 0 1 0
  Lillis 3b 0 0 0 0
Davis T. 3b,lf 4 0 0 0
Snider rf 4 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 3 0 1 0
Roseboro c 2 1 1 0
Koufax p 2 1 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 1
St. Louis 000 000 001130
Los Angeles 000 000 02x270
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (1-4) 7.0 6 2 2 1 7
  McDaniel   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
2
9
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax  W (6-2) 9.0 3 1 1 5 13
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
5
13

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1, Los Angeles 1.  2B–St. Louis Smith (2,off Koufax).  3B–St. Louis Boyer (2,off Koufax).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Koufax (2,off Jackson).  IBB–Gilliam (2,by McDaniel).  Team–7.  SB–Javier (5,2nd base off Koufax/Roseboro).  WP–Koufax (3).  BK–McDaniel (1), Koufax (1).  IBB–McDaniel (6,Gilliam).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:35.  A–28,003.
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