Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers
June 5, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1961 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 5 0 1 1
Groat ss 4 0 2 0
Skinner lf 5 0 1 0
Stuart 1b 5 0 1 0
Clemente rf 3 1 1 0
Burgess c 4 1 2 2
Hoak 3b 4 1 2 0
Mazeroski 2b 2 2 2 1
Law p 2 0 1 1
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 13 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 0 1 0
Gilliam 2b 3 0 0 0
Davis W. cf 4 0 1 1
Davis T. lf 4 0 2 0
Larker 1b 3 0 1 0
Spencer 3b 4 0 0 0
Fairly rf 4 0 0 0
Roseboro c 4 1 2 0
Drysdale p 1 0 0 0
  Aspromonte ph 1 1 1 1
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Snider ph 1 0 0 0
  Farrell p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Pittsburgh 001 011 0205130
Los Angeles 000 020 000290
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  W (2-4) 7.0 8 2 2 2 2
  Face  SV (8) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
2
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale   5.0 7 2 2 1 4
  Perranoski  L (3-1) 2.0 2 1 1 1 3
  Farrell   2.0 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Los Angeles 3.  PB–Burgess (1).  2B–Pittsburgh Hoak (7,off Perranoski).  3B–Los Angeles Roseboro (1,off Law).  HR–Pittsburgh Mazeroski (4,5th inning off Drysdale 0 on, 0 out); Burgess (4,8th inning off Farrell 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Law (2,off Drysdale); Mazeroski (2,off Farrell); Wills (3,off Law).  HBP–Clemente (1,by Drysdale).  IBB–Mazeroski (5,by Perranoski).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  CS–Virdon (4,3rd base by Drysdale/Roseboro).  WP–Drysdale (3).  HBP–Drysdale (9,Clemente).  IBB–Perranoski (3,Mazeroski).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Vinnie Smith, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:35.  A–14,715.
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