St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
July 7, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1961 at Candlestick Park. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, San Francisco Giants 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 5 0 1 1
Cunningham rf 5 0 1 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
White 1b 3 1 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Musial lf 2 0 0 1
  Warwick pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Taussig cf,lf 4 1 2 1
McCarver c 3 0 1 0
  Schaffer ph,c 0 0 0 0
Buchek ss 2 0 0 0
  James ph 1 0 0 0
  Grammas ss 0 0 0 0
Cicotte p 2 0 0 0
  Sawatski ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Flood ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 3 0 0 0
  Bowman 2b 0 0 0 0
Kuenn 3b 4 0 0 0
  Davenport 3b 0 0 0 0
Alou rf 4 1 2 0
Mays cf 4 0 1 1
McCovey 1b 3 0 1 0
Cepeda lf 3 0 0 0
Bailey c 3 1 1 1
Pagan ss 3 0 0 0
Loes p 2 0 1 0
  Miller p 1 0 0 0
  McCormick p 0 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
St. Louis 000 000 102371
San Francisco 010 001 000260
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cicotte   7.0 6 2 2 2 4
  McDaniel  W (4-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Anderson  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Loes   6.1 5 1 1 0 5
  Miller  L (6-2) 1.2 2 2 2 2 0
  McCormick   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Bolin   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Jones   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
7

  E–Schoendienst (3).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis McCarver (2,off Loes); Schoendienst (7,off Miller), San Francisco Mays (21,off Cicotte).  3B–St. Louis Taussig (2,off Miller).  HR–San Francisco Bailey (9,2nd inning off Cicotte 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Musial (2,off Loes).  HBP–Grammas (1,by Bolin).  IBB–Schaffer (1,by McCormick).  Team LOB–8.  Team–3.  CS–Loes (1,2nd base by Cicotte/McCarver).  HBP–Bolin (2,Grammas).  IBB–McCormick (4,Schaffer).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:53.  A–16,675.
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