San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 19, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 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."

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San Francisco Giants 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Alou lf 5 0 0 0
Kuenn rf 4 1 1 1
Amalfitano 2b 4 0 3 0
Mays cf 5 0 1 0
Cepeda 1b 5 0 1 0
Davenport 3b 4 1 1 0
Orsino c 4 0 0 0
  McCovey ph 1 0 0 0
  Landrith c 0 0 0 0
Pagan ss 4 0 2 0
McCormick p 2 0 0 0
  Bressoud ph 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 9 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 5 0 1 0
Javier 2b 5 1 0 0
White 1b 5 1 2 2
Boyer 3b 2 0 1 1
Taussig lf 2 0 0 0
James rf 3 0 0 0
  Cunningham ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Flood cf 3 0 1 0
  Sawatski ph,cf 1 0 0 0
  Warwick cf 0 0 0 0
Schaffer c 4 0 0 0
Sadecki p 3 0 1 0
  Anderson p 1 1 1 0
Totals 35 3 7 3
San Francisco 000 100 001 0291
St. Louis 200 000 000 1371
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick   7.0 3 2 0 2 2
  Miller  L (7-3) 2.2 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.2
7
3
1
2
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki   8.0 9 2 1 5 6
  Anderson  W (3-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
10.0
9
2
1
5
9

  E–Amalfitano (5), White (14).  2B–San Francisco Davenport (11,off Sadecki); Pagan (11,off Sadecki), St. Louis Sadecki (3,off McCormick).  3B–St. Louis White (8,off McCormick).  HR–San Francisco Kuenn (3,9th inning off Sadecki 0 on, 0 out).  SH–McCormick (3,off Sadecki); Taussig (2,off Miller).  Team LOB–13.  SF–Boyer (3,off McCormick).  Team–7.  SB–Amalfitano (4,2nd base off Anderson/Schaffer).  U–Mel Steiner, Bill Jackowski, Ed Vargo, Shag Crawford, Al Barlick.  T–3:06.  A–12,716.
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