San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
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 Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants 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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San Francisco Giants 1, St. Louis Cardinals 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Pagan ss 4 0 0 0
Amalfitano 2b 4 0 0 0
Kuenn lf 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 1 1 1
Alou rf 4 0 1 0
Cepeda 1b 3 0 0 0
Davenport 3b 3 0 0 0
Haller c 1 0 0 0
  Bailey ph,c 1 0 0 0
Loes p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 2 0 0 0
  Hiller ph 1 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 2 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Warwick cf,lf 1 1 0 0
McCarver c 3 0 0 0
White 1b 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 1 1 0
Musial lf 4 1 2 0
  Flood cf 0 0 0 0
James rf 4 0 0 0
Gotay ss 3 0 1 0
  Grammas ss 0 0 0 0
Lillis 2b 0 0 0 0
  Schoendienst ph,2b 3 0 2 1
Sadecki p 4 0 0 1
Totals 29 3 6 2
San Francisco 000 000 001122
St. Louis 020 000 10x362
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Loes  L (4-5) 1.2 2 2 2 4 1
  Jones   5.1 3 1 0 2 0
  Bolin   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
2
6
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  W (6-4) 9.0 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
1
3

  E–Pagan (6), Davenport (7), Gotay 2 (10).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–St. Louis Musial (8,off Loes).  HR–San Francisco Mays (17,9th inning off Sadecki 0 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–McCarver (1,off Jones).  IBB–Gotay (1,by Loes).  Team–9.  IBB–Loes (3,Gotay).  U–Dusty Boggess, Tom Gorman, Stan Landes, Vinnie Smith, Mel Steiner.  T–2:21.  A–29,710.
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