Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
May 30, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1961 at Candlestick Park. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 6, San Francisco Giants 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Kasko ss 4 1 2 0
Blasingame 2b 5 1 3 0
Pinson cf 5 2 2 2
Robinson lf 2 0 0 0
  Lynch ph,lf 3 0 0 0
  Whisenant lf 0 0 0 0
Bell rf 2 1 0 1
Coleman 1b 5 0 3 2
Freese 3b 4 0 0 1
Zimmerman c 4 0 2 0
O'Toole p 4 1 1 0
  Purkey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 13 6
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Alou F. rf 4 2 1 1
Amalfitano 2b 3 0 1 0
  Alou M. ph 1 0 0 0
Mays cf 5 1 1 0
Cepeda 1b 5 0 0 0
Kuenn lf 3 0 1 2
Bailey c 1 0 0 0
  Haller c 3 1 0 0
Davenport 3b 4 0 3 0
Pagan ss 4 0 0 1
Marichal p 1 0 0 0
  McCovey ph 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Bressoud ph 1 0 0 0
  Duffalo p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 4
Cincinnati 014 000 100–6132
San Francisco 201 001 000–470
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
O'Toole  W (5-4) 8.0 7 4 1 4 5
  Purkey  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
1
5
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal  L (2-2) 4.0 7 5 5 2 2
  Miller   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Duffalo   3.0 4 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
3
4
  E–Coleman 2 (4).  DP–Cincinnati 1, San Francisco 1.  2B–Cincinnati Coleman 2 (12,off Marichal,off Duffalo).  SF–Bell (4,off Marichal).  Team LOB–9.  Team–9.  WP–Duffalo (1).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–3:12.  A–41,692.
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