Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
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 Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Cincinnati Reds 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 5 0 0 0
Hoak 3b 5 1 0 0
Clemente rf 5 0 3 0
Stuart 1b 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 5 1 1 1
Groat ss 4 0 2 0
Christopher lf 4 0 2 0
Smith c 4 0 1 1
Francis p 2 0 1 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
  Burgess ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 10 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Chacon 2b 3 1 1 0
  Post ph 1 0 0 0
  Brosnan p 0 0 0 0
  Cardenas ph 1 0 0 0
Kasko ss 5 0 1 0
Pinson cf 5 2 2 2
Robinson rf 4 0 1 0
Coleman 1b 4 0 2 1
Bell lf 4 0 1 0
Freese 3b 3 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 0 1 0
O'Toole p 2 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 0 0 0 0
  Blasingame 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 9 3
Pittsburgh 000 110 000 02101
Cincinnati 000 001 010 1391
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Francis   7.2 7 2 2 1 2
  Shantz   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Face  L (4-5) 1.2 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.2
9
3
3
1
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
O'Toole   7.0 10 2 1 1 5
  Brosnan  W (7-3) 3.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
2
1
1
6

  E–Groat (23), Coleman (8).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Cincinnati Kasko (15,off Francis).  HR–Cincinnati Pinson (10,10th inning off Face 0 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Freese (1,off Francis).  IBB–Lynch (7,by Francis).  Team–7.  SB–Pinson (16,2nd base off Francis/Smith).  IBB–Francis (4,Lynch).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:41.  A–31,167.
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