Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
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 Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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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Cincinnati Reds 4, San Francisco Giants 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Chacon 2b 4 0 0 0
Kasko ss 3 1 1 0
Pinson cf 4 1 4 4
Robinson rf 4 0 1 0
Bell lf 4 0 0 0
Coleman 1b 4 0 0 0
Freese 3b 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 1 1 0
Purkey p 1 0 0 0
  Brosnan p 0 0 0 0
  Blasingame ph 1 1 1 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 4 1 1 0
Kuenn lf 4 0 1 0
Alou rf 4 0 1 0
Mays cf 2 2 1 3
Cepeda 1b 4 1 1 2
Bailey c 4 1 1 1
Davenport 3b 4 0 1 0
Pagan ss 2 0 0 0
  Bowman ss 1 0 0 0
Sanford p 2 1 0 0
  Miller p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 7 6
Cincinnati 001 000 030481
San Francisco 003 002 01x670
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  L (13-7) 6.0 5 5 5 3 1
  Brosnan   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Henry   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
4
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  W (8-6) 7.1 8 4 4 1 3
  Miller  SV (11) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
4

  E–Chacon (2).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Cincinnati Pinson (25,off Sanford), San Francisco Amalfitano (8,off Purkey); Davenport (20,off Henry).  HR–Cincinnati Pinson (12,8th inning off Sanford 2 on, 1 out), San Francisco Mays (30,3rd inning off Purkey 2 on, 2 out); Cepeda (31,6th inning off Purkey 1 on, 0 out); Bailey (12,8th inning off Henry 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Purkey (6,off Sanford).  Team LOB–4.  Team–6.  SB–Pinson (17,2nd base off Sanford/Bailey); M Alou (2,2nd base off Purkey/Edwards).  BK–Sanford (1).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:36.  A–22,845.
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