Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants
August 20, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1961 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 8, San Francisco Giants 11

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 5 1 1 0
Gilliam 2b 4 1 1 1
Snider cf 5 1 2 3
Moon lf 3 1 0 0
Fairly rf 4 1 1 1
Roseboro c 3 1 0 0
Larker 1b 3 1 2 1
Davis T. 3b 4 0 0 0
Koufax p 2 0 1 2
  Sherry p 0 0 0 0
  Golden p 0 0 0 0
  Davis W. ph 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Neal ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 35 8 9 8
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 5 1 2 1
Davenport 3b 3 0 0 0
  Bowman 3b 1 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 2 1 0
Mays cf 4 2 2 3
Cepeda lf 4 1 2 2
Alou rf 5 2 3 4
Orsino c 5 0 2 0
Pagan ss 5 2 3 0
Sanford p 5 1 3 0
  LeMay p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 19 10
Los Angeles 030 001 202893
San Francisco 103 610 00x11192
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax  L (13-9) 3.0 8 6 6 2 3
  Sherry   1.0 5 5 4 1 1
  Golden   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Perranoski   2.0 4 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
19
11
10
3
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  W (10-6) 8.1 9 8 7 5 3
  LeMay  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
8
7
5
3

  E–Wills (20), L Sherry 2 (3), Orsino (2), Pagan (10).  DP–Los Angeles 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–Los Angeles Fairly (8,off Sanford), San Francisco Mays (27,off Koufax); Cepeda (22,off L Sherry).  3B–San Francisco Orsino (2,off Golden).  HR–Los Angeles Snider (10,7th inning off Sanford 1 on, 2 out), San Francisco Mays (31,3rd inning off Koufax 1 on, 1 out); F Alou 2 (14,3rd inning off Koufax 0 on, 2 out,4th inning off L Sherry 2 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Davenport (8,off Golden).  IBB–Cepeda (8,by Koufax).  Team–10.  SB–Roseboro (5,2nd base off Sanford/Orsino).  WP–Perranoski (4).  IBB–Koufax (4,Cepeda).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:57.  A–40,031.
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