St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 12, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1961 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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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St. Louis Cardinals 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 4 0 1 0
Lillis ss 4 0 0 0
White 1b 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 2 0
James lf 4 0 0 0
Taussig rf 3 0 0 0
Flood cf 3 1 1 0
Schaffer c 3 0 1 0
Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Olivares ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 0
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 3 1 1 0
Gilliam 3b 2 2 0 0
Snider cf,rf 3 0 1 0
Moon rf,lf 4 1 2 2
Howard lf 4 0 2 2
  Davis pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Roseboro c 4 1 1 0
Larker 1b 4 0 1 1
Neal 2b 4 0 0 0
Podres p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
St. Louis 000 010 000152
Los Angeles 001 001 30x583
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (8-9) 7.0 8 5 5 4 1
  McDaniel   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
4
1
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres  W (15-3) 9.0 5 1 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
1
4

  E–Javier (9), Lillis (17), Wills (17), Gilliam (11), Roseboro (10).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–St. Louis Javier (11,off Podres), Los Angeles Roseboro (11,off Jackson).  SH–Jackson (3,off Podres).  Team LOB–5.  Team–7.  SB–Wills (23,2nd base off Jackson/Schaffer).  CS–Neal (2,2nd base by McDaniel/Schaffer).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:08.  A–28,909.
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