San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 20, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1961 at Busch Stadium I. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 10, St. Louis Cardinals 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 3 1 1 0
Kuenn rf 3 2 2 1
Alou lf 5 2 2 2
Mays cf 5 2 3 3
Cepeda 1b 3 1 1 1
Davenport 3b 4 1 2 1
Bailey c 5 0 1 1
Pagan ss 5 0 0 0
Jones p 3 0 0 0
  LeMay p 1 1 0 0
Totals 37 10 12 9
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 5 2 2 0
Cunningham rf 4 2 2 2
White 1b 4 0 1 3
Boyer 3b 4 1 3 0
Musial lf 4 0 0 0
Taussig cf 5 0 1 1
Javier 2b 5 0 0 0
Sawatski c 3 1 2 0
  James ph 1 0 1 0
  Schaffer c 0 0 0 0
Cicotte p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 1 0 1 0
  Schoendienst ph 1 0 0 0
  Bauta p 0 0 0 0
  Warwick ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 13 6
San Francisco 600 000 04010120
St. Louis 300 003 0006130
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   5.2 11 5 5 1 4
  LeMay  W (2-2) 3.1 2 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
3
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cicotte   0.0 4 5 5 1 0
  Miller   6.0 4 1 1 3 6
  Bauta   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  McDaniel  L (6-4) 2.0 3 4 4 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
10
10
7
8

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–San Francisco Bailey (10,off Miller); Davenport (12,off Miller); Mays (23,off Bauta); Kuenn (16,off McDaniel), St. Louis White (17,off LeMay).  HR–San Francisco Mays (28,8th inning off McDaniel 1 on, 2 out), St. Louis Cunningham (5,1st inning off Jones 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Cepeda (5,by McDaniel); Cunningham (10,by LeMay).  IBB–Cepeda (6,by Bauta).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Miller (1,off Jones).  Team–10.  SB–Amalfitano (5,2nd base off Miller/Sawatski).  WP–Miller (3).  HBP–LeMay (2,Cunningham); McDaniel (2,Cepeda).  IBB–Bauta (1,Cepeda).  U–Bill Jackowski, Ed Vargo, Shag Crawford, Al Barlick, Mel Steiner.  T–3:05.  A–11,961.
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