Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 25, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1961 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 10

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Del Greco cf 2 0 0 0
  Callison ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Taylor 2b 5 0 2 0
Walters rf 2 1 1 0
  Gonzalez ph,rf 3 0 0 0
Herrera 1b 5 2 2 0
Demeter lf,cf 5 0 2 1
Smith C. 3b 5 1 4 2
Coker c 3 1 1 1
  Dalrymple ph,c 1 0 0 0
Amaro ss 2 0 1 1
  Valo ph 1 0 0 0
  Malkmus ss 0 0 0 0
Ferrarese p 3 0 0 0
  Baldschun p 0 0 0 0
  Lehman p 0 0 0 0
  Smith B. ph 1 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 13 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 1 1 1
Groat ss 5 0 0 0
Clemente rf 5 2 3 2
Stuart 1b 4 2 1 2
Hoak 3b 3 2 1 0
Christopher lf 4 1 2 2
Smith c 3 1 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
Shantz p 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Logan ph 1 1 1 1
  Face p 2 0 1 1
Totals 36 10 11 9
Philadelphia 022 010 0005134
Pittsburgh 200 121 40x10110
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ferrarese   4.1 5 5 5 1 3
  Baldschun  L (0-1) 1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Lehman   1.1 3 4 3 1 0
  Roberts   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
10
9
3
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Shantz   3.2 8 4 4 1 3
  Labine   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Face  W (3-3) 4.0 3 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
2
7

  E–Taylor (7), C Smith 2 (13), Malkmus (3).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Philadelphia Coker (1,off Shantz); Herrera (13,off Labine); C Smith 2 (4,off Labine,off Face), Pittsburgh Smith (6,off Ferrarese); Logan (2,off Ferrarese); Christopher (2,off Baldschun).  3B–Pittsburgh Christopher (2,off Lehman).  HR–Pittsburgh Stuart (9,1st inning off Ferrarese 1 on, 2 out); Clemente 2 (10,4th inning off Ferrarese 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Lehman 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–10.  HBP–Hoak (2,by Baldschun).  IBB–Smith (1,by Baldschun).  Team–6.  HBP–Baldschun (3,Hoak).  IBB–Baldschun (4,Smith).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:38.
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