Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
August 15, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1961 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 5, Chicago Cubs 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 1 0 0
Gonzalez cf 4 0 1 0
Demeter rf 5 1 2 2
Walls lf 5 0 1 1
Smith 3b 4 1 1 1
Herrera 1b 4 1 3 1
Kenders c 4 0 1 0
  Malkmus pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Amaro ss 3 0 0 0
  Callison ph 1 0 1 0
  Dalrymple c 0 0 0 0
Mahaffey p 1 1 1 0
  Lehman p 0 0 0 0
  Walters ph 1 0 0 0
  Buzhardt p 1 0 1 0
  Covington ph 1 0 0 0
  Baldschun p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Heist cf 3 1 0 0
Kindall 2b 4 0 0 0
Banks ss 4 1 1 2
Altman rf 3 2 2 0
Williams lf 4 1 1 2
Santo 3b 3 1 1 2
Taylor c 4 0 2 0
Bouchee 1b 2 0 0 0
Curtis p 2 0 0 0
  Schultz p 1 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 7 6
Philadelphia 102 001 0105121
Chicago 402 000 00x671
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Mahaffey  L (7-17) 2.2 5 6 6 4 3
  Lehman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Buzhardt   4.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Baldschun   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
5
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  W (8-7) 7.1 10 5 5 2 0
  Schultz   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Anderson  SV (5) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
3
2

  E–C Smith (21), Curtis (3).  DP–Chicago 2.  HR–Philadelphia Demeter (10,1st inning off Curtis 0 on, 2 out); C Smith (7,6th inning off Curtis 0 on, 0 out); Herrera (12,8th inning off Curtis 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Banks (21,1st inning off Mahaffey 1 on, 1 out); Santo (13,1st inning off Mahaffey 1 on, 2 out); Williams (20,3rd inning off Mahaffey 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–C Smith (3,by Anderson); Bouchee (5,by Mahaffey).  IBB–Herrera (3,by Curtis).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Heist (4,off Buzhardt).  Team–7.  CS–Bouchee (3,2nd base by Mahaffey/Kenders).  HBP–Mahaffey (5,Bouchee); Anderson (1,C Smith).  IBB–Curtis (3,Herrera).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:54.  A–5,878.
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