St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
August 16, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1961 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, San Francisco Giants 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 3 0 0 0
  Schoendienst 2b 1 1 1 0
White 1b 4 0 2 0
Cunningham rf 4 1 0 1
Musial lf 3 1 2 2
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Sawatski c 2 0 0 0
  Schaffer c 1 0 0 0
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
Grammas ss 4 0 2 0
Sadecki p 2 0 0 0
  James ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 4 0 1 0
Kuenn lf 2 1 1 0
Alou rf 4 1 1 2
Mays cf 4 1 1 0
Cepeda 1b 2 1 1 2
Davenport 3b 4 0 2 0
Orsino c 3 0 0 0
Bowman ss 3 0 0 0
Sanford p 3 0 1 0
Totals 29 4 8 4
St. Louis 000 000 030370
San Francisco 020 002 00x480
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  L (10-6) 7.0 8 4 4 1 2
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
3
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  W (9-6) 9.0 7 3 3 2 6
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
6

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2, San Francisco 1.  2B–St. Louis Grammas 2 (5,off Sanford 2); Schoendienst (8,off Sanford).  HR–St. Louis Musial (12,8th inning off Sanford 1 on, 2 out), San Francisco Cepeda (32,2nd inning off Sadecki 1 on, 0 out); F Alou (12,6th inning off Sadecki 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Sawatski (5,by Sanford); Cepeda (7,by Miller).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Cepeda (7,by Sadecki).  Team–5.  SB–Cepeda (8,2nd base off Sadecki/Sawatski).  CS–Cepeda (9,3rd base by Sadecki/Sawatski).  WP–Sanford (3).  HBP–Sadecki (1,Cepeda).  IBB–Miller (4,Cepeda); Sanford (4,Sawatski).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:11.  A–10,585.
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