Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
July 15, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1961 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Chicago Cubs 1, Cincinnati Reds 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Heist cf 3 0 2 0
Kindall 2b,ss 4 0 1 0
Banks ss 4 0 1 0
  Zimmer 2b 0 0 0 0
Altman rf 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 1 2 1
Taylor c 4 0 0 0
Bouchee 1b 4 0 1 0
Curtis p 2 0 1 0
  Will ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 3 0 1 0
Kasko ss 4 1 1 0
Pinson cf 3 0 0 0
Robinson rf 4 1 2 1
Freese 3b 3 0 2 0
Post lf 3 0 1 1
Coleman 1b 4 0 1 0
Zimmerman c 3 0 0 0
Jay p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 8 2
Chicago 000 000 001181
Cincinnati 000 000 02x280
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  L (6-3) 8.0 8 2 2 3 1
Totals
8.0
8
2
2
3
1
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Jay  W (13-4) 9.0 8 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
3

  E–Banks (10).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Robinson (14,off Curtis); Kasko (13,off Curtis).  HR–Chicago Santo (9,9th inning off Jay 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Zimmerman (3,off Curtis); Pinson (2,off Curtis).  Team–9.  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:32.  A–24,201.
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