Los Angeles Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
June 21, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1961 at Wrigley Field. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs 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, Chicago Cubs 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 5 0 0 0
Gilliam 3b 4 1 1 0
Davis W. cf 4 0 0 0
  Davis T. cf 1 0 0 0
Moon lf 2 1 1 1
Roseboro c 3 1 0 0
Fairly rf 0 1 0 0
Larker 1b 3 0 1 1
Neal 2b 3 0 1 1
Podres p 3 0 1 0
  Sherry p 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 3 0 0 1
Zimmer 2b 3 0 1 0
Santo 3b 3 0 0 0
Banks 1b 4 1 1 0
Altman rf 4 0 2 0
Rodgers ss 4 0 1 1
Williams lf 4 1 2 0
Bertell c 3 0 1 0
Cardwell p 2 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Will ph 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
Los Angeles 000 102 100450
Chicago 001 001 000281
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres  W (7-1) 5.2 7 2 2 1 5
  Sherry  SV (9) 3.1 1 0 0 3 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Cardwell  L (5-5) 5.1 4 3 2 5 3
  Schultz   1.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Anderson   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
5
4
3
8
4

  E–Banks (4).  DP–Los Angeles 1, Chicago 1.  PB–Bertell 2 (9).  2B–Los Angeles Moon (9,off Schultz), Chicago Bertell (4,off Podres); Altman (10,off Podres).  SH–Roseboro (1,off Cardwell); Larker (1,off Anderson).  IBB–Neal (2,by Anderson).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Ashburn (1,off Podres).  Team–7.  IBB–Anderson (3,Neal).  U–Dusty Boggess, Tom Gorman, Stan Landes, Vinnie Smith, Mel Steiner.  T–2:40.  A–12,364.
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