Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 4, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1961 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Heist cf 4 0 0 0
Kindall 2b 4 1 1 0
Banks ss 4 0 0 0
Altman rf 4 2 3 3
Williams lf 3 1 1 0
Santo 3b 3 0 0 0
Rodgers 1b 3 0 0 0
  Bouchee 1b 0 0 0 0
Bertell c 3 0 0 0
Anderson p 3 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 5 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 5 0 1 0
Davis W. cf 4 0 0 0
  Larker ph 1 0 0 0
Davis T. rf 2 0 0 0
Moon lf 4 1 4 0
Hodges 1b 4 0 0 0
Spencer 3b 4 0 0 0
Neal 2b 4 0 1 0
Camilli c 3 1 1 1
  Howard ph 1 0 1 0
  Windhorn pr 0 0 0 0
Koufax p 2 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Snider ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 1
Chicago 010 102 000451
Los Angeles 000 110 000280
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  W (5-7) 7.2 6 2 1 2 5
  Schultz  SV (7) 1.1 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
3
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax  L (13-7) 7.0 4 4 4 3 7
  Perranoski   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
5
7

  E–Santo (25).  PB–Bertell (14).  2B–Los Angeles Moon 2 (16,off Anderson 2).  HR–Chicago Altman 2 (21,4th inning off Koufax 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Koufax 1 on, 1 out), Los Angeles Camilli (1,5th inning off Anderson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Schultz (2,off Perranoski).  Team LOB–6.  Team–9.  SB–Williams (5,2nd base off Koufax/Camilli); Wills (19,2nd base off Anderson/Bertell).  WP–Koufax 2 (6).  U-HP–Al Forman, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:32.  A–15,154.
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