San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 2, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1961 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 3 0 0 0
Kuenn rf 2 0 1 0
Cepeda 1b 3 0 1 0
Mays cf 3 0 0 0
Alou lf 3 0 1 0
Davenport 3b 3 0 1 0
Pagan ss 2 0 1 0
Haller c 1 0 0 0
  Bressoud ph 1 0 0 0
  Landrith c 0 0 0 0
Marichal p 2 0 0 0
  Sanford p 0 0 0 0
  McCovey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 24 0 5 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 5 1 0 1
Groat ss 2 0 0 1
Nelson 1b 3 2 1 0
Burgess c 2 1 1 0
Clemente rf 3 1 2 3
Hoak 3b 3 2 2 3
Christopher lf 4 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 1 2 1
Shantz p 2 1 2 0
Totals 28 9 11 9
San Francisco 000 000 0051
Pittsburgh 020 016 x9110
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal  L (6-5) 5.2 11 9 3 7 0
  Sanford   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
6.0
11
9
3
7
0
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Shantz  W (5-1) 7.0 5 0 0 4 3
Totals
7.0
5
0
0
4
3

  E–Amalfitano (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  3B–Pittsburgh Clemente (8,off Marichal).  HR–Pittsburgh Hoak (7,2nd inning off Marichal 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Groat (3,off Marichal).  SF–Hoak (3,off Marichal).  IBB–Clemente (2,by Marichal).  Team–10.  IBB–Marichal (3,Clemente).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:12.  A–36,093.
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