San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 25, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 25, 1961 at Forbes Field. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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 16, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 4 3 2 1
Kuenn rf 6 2 4 4
Alou F. lf 1 0 1 0
  Alou M. lf 4 1 4 4
Mays cf 4 3 1 0
Cepeda 1b 5 1 3 2
Davenport 3b 5 1 1 2
Orsino c 3 0 1 1
  Bailey ph,c 2 2 2 1
Pagan ss 5 1 1 1
McCormick p 1 1 1 0
  Miller p 2 1 1 0
Totals 42 16 22 16
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 5 1 3 1
Groat ss 5 0 0 0
Clemente rf 3 2 1 1
Stuart 1b 5 1 1 0
Hoak 3b 2 1 1 2
Christopher lf 5 1 2 1
Mazeroski 2b 4 1 1 2
Smith c 2 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Witt p 0 0 0 0
Gibbon p 1 0 0 0
  McBean p 1 0 0 0
  Burgess ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 9 7
San Francisco 014 000 07416222
Pittsburgh 200 020 030790
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick   4.2 6 4 3 3 4
  Miller  W (8-3) 4.1 3 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
5
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Gibbon  L (8-5) 2.1 6 5 5 3 3
  McBean   3.2 2 0 0 1 2
  Face   1.0 7 6 6 0 0
  Shantz   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Witt   1.0 5 4 4 0 0
Totals
9.0
22
16
16
5
6

  E–Amalfitano (6), Cepeda (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–San Francisco Orsino (1,off Gibbon); Cepeda (20,off Gibbon); M Alou (2,off Witt), Pittsburgh Virdon (15,off McCormick); Clemente (16,off McCormick); Christopher (3,off Miller); Mazeroski (11,off Miller).  3B–Pittsburgh Hoak (5,off McCormick); Virdon (7,off McCormick).  SH–Miller (1,off Shantz).  SF–M Alou (1,off Gibbon).  IBB–Amalfitano (2,by Shantz).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  CS–Cepeda (7,2nd base by Gibbon/Smith); Kuenn (3,2nd base by Face/Burgess).  IBB–Shantz (4,Amalfitano).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–3:21.  A–18,698.
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