St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
July 8, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 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 9, San Francisco Giants 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 5 0 1 0
Grammas 2b,ss 4 2 0 0
White 1b 5 1 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 3 3 3
Taussig rf 2 1 0 0
James lf 4 2 2 4
Schaffer c 3 0 1 1
  Schoendienst ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Buchek ss 3 0 0 0
  Cunningham ph 1 0 1 1
  Sawatski c 0 0 0 0
Jackson p 4 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 9 9
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 4 3 2 1
Kuenn 3b 5 1 3 2
Alou rf 5 1 1 0
Mays cf 4 1 1 3
McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0
Cepeda lf 4 0 1 0
Bailey c 4 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Pagan ss 4 1 3 0
LeMay p 2 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Landrith ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 6
St. Louis 000 205 020990
San Francisco 203 002 0007111
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (4-8) 9.0 11 7 7 2 6
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
2
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
LeMay   5.2 5 7 7 2 3
  Jones   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Fisher  L (0-2) 2.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
9
9
2
5

  E–Kuenn (8).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis James (10,off Fisher), San Francisco Kuenn (14,off Jackson); Pagan (8,off Jackson); Amalfitano (3,off Jackson).  3B–St. Louis James (1,off LeMay).  HR–St. Louis Boyer (11,4th inning off LeMay 1 on, 2 out), San Francisco Mays (22,3rd inning off Jackson 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Taussig (1,off Fisher).  Team LOB–3.  Team–5.  WP–Jackson (3), LeMay (1).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:14.  A–15,874.
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