Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants
June 12, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1961 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Francisco Giants 7

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 1 2 1
Gilliam 2b 4 0 0 0
Davis W. cf 5 0 2 1
Moon lf 4 0 0 1
Roseboro c 4 0 0 0
Fairly 1b 3 0 0 0
Snider rf 3 0 0 0
  Davis T. ph 1 1 1 0
Spencer 3b 4 1 2 1
Craig p 0 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 1 1 0 0
  Farrell p 0 0 0 0
  Windhorn ph 1 0 0 0
  Golden p 0 0 0 0
  Aspromonte ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 5 0 0 0
Hiller 2b 4 1 2 0
Alou rf 4 1 2 1
Mays cf 4 1 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 2 2
Cepeda lf 4 1 2 1
Bailey c 2 1 0 1
Bressoud ss 2 1 1 0
Sanford p 1 0 1 1
  O'Dell p 3 0 1 1
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 12 7
Los Angeles 002 000 101470
San Francisco 220 030 00x7121
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Craig  L (3-4) 1.0 3 4 4 3 0
  Perranoski   3.2 6 3 3 3 0
  Farrell   1.1 2 0 0 0 4
  Golden   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
6
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford   2.1 1 2 2 4 1
  O'Dell  W (2-3) 5.2 5 2 2 0 10
  Miller  SV (5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
13

  E–McCovey (7).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–San Francisco Bressoud (4,off Craig); Cepeda 2 (7,off Perranoski 2); Mays (14,off Farrell); Hiller (8,off Golden).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Bailey (3,off Perranoski).  IBB–Bressoud 2 (2,by Perranoski 2).  Team–9.  CS–Cepeda (6,Home by Perranoski/Roseboro).  IBB–Perranoski 2 (5,Bressoud 2).  U–Mel Steiner, Frank Dascoli, Frank Secory, Tony Venzon, Ed Sudol.  T–2:47.  A–15,098.
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