Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 6, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 1961 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 11

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Drake rf 3 0 0 0
  Drott p 0 0 0 0
  McAnany ph 1 0 0 0
Kindall 2b 5 0 0 0
Heist cf 4 0 1 0
Banks ss 4 2 2 0
Williams lf 4 1 3 2
Santo 3b 3 0 1 0
Rodgers 1b 4 0 1 1
Bertell c 4 0 1 0
Curtis p 1 0 0 0
  Roach ph 1 0 0 0
  Ellsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Zimmer ph,rf 2 1 1 1
Totals 36 4 10 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 4 3 1
Gilliam 3b 5 3 2 0
Moon rf 4 2 3 3
  Davis W. cf 0 0 0 0
Howard lf 5 2 3 4
Davis T. cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 1
Neal 2b 4 0 1 1
Camilli c 4 0 0 0
Podres p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 12 10
Chicago 010 001 1104102
Los Angeles 104 302 01x11120
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  L (7-6) 4.0 6 8 6 4 2
  Ellsworth   2.0 4 2 1 0 1
  Drott   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
11
8
4
4
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres  W (14-3) 9.0 10 4 4 2 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
2

  E–Kindall (20), Santo (26).  DP–Chicago 1, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Chicago Banks (11,off Podres), Los Angeles Howard (7,off Curtis); Moon (17,off Ellsworth); Gilliam (17,off Drott).  3B–Los Angeles Howard (2,off Drott).  HR–Chicago Williams (19,2nd inning off Podres 0 on, 1 out); Zimmer (9,7th inning off Podres 0 on, 0 out), Los Angeles Wills (1,4th inning off Curtis 0 on, 1 out); Howard (10,4th inning off Curtis 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–T Davis (4,by Curtis).  Team–6.  IBB–Curtis (2,T Davis).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Al Forman, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:18.  A–11,078.
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