San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
July 23, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1961 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants 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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San Francisco Giants 2, Cincinnati Reds 11

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 2 0 0 0
  Bowman pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Kuenn lf 4 0 0 0
Alou M. rf 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 2 0 0 0
  Alou F. cf 2 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 1 3 0
Davenport 3b 4 0 2 1
Orsino c 4 1 2 1
Pagan ss 4 0 1 0
O'Dell p 1 0 0 0
  Zanni p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Loes p 1 0 0 0
  Bressoud ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Chacon 2b 4 2 2 0
Cardenas ss 5 1 2 0
Pinson cf 4 1 3 3
Robinson rf 5 2 2 3
Post lf 4 1 1 1
Freese 3b 4 2 2 1
Coleman 1b 3 1 2 1
Zimmerman c 3 0 0 0
O'Toole p 4 1 1 2
Totals 36 11 15 11
San Francisco 000 100 100282
Cincinnati 240 031 10x11150
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
O'Dell  L (4-4) 1.1 4 5 3 0 1
  Zanni   2.2 2 1 0 1 1
  Loes   4.0 9 5 5 2 4
Totals
8.0
15
11
8
3
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
O'Toole  W (9-8) 9.0 8 2 2 2 8
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
8

  E–Kuenn (9), Davenport (10).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Cincinnati Chacon (2,off Zanni); Robinson (19,off Loes); Post (11,off Loes); Freese 2 (21,off Loes 2); Cardenas (7,off Loes).  3B–Cincinnati Pinson (5,off Loes).  Team LOB–8.  IBB–Coleman (5,by Loes).  Team–5.  CS–Chacon (3,2nd base by Zanni/Orsino).  IBB–Loes (4,Coleman).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Al Forman, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:38.  A–26,983.
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