San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
August 22, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1961 at Crosley Field. 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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San Francisco Giants 5, Cincinnati Reds 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 3 1 1 0
Davenport 3b 3 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 2 1
Mays cf 4 1 1 2
Cepeda lf 4 1 1 1
Bailey c 4 0 0 0
Alou rf 4 1 1 0
Pagan ss 4 0 1 0
Jones p 2 0 0 0
  Miller p 1 0 0 1
Totals 33 5 7 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Kasko ss 3 1 0 0
Blasingame 2b 4 0 1 0
Pinson cf 4 1 2 0
Lynch lf 2 1 1 3
Coleman 1b 3 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 0 1 0
Freese 3b 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 0 1 0
Johnson p 1 0 0 0
  Gernert ph 1 0 0 0
  Maloney p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Brosnan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
San Francisco 010 003 100570
Cincinnati 000 003 000361
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (8-7) 5.2 3 3 3 3 5
  Miller  SV (13) 3.1 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (4-2) 6.0 5 4 4 1 1
  Maloney   1.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Brosnan   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
1
2

  E–Edwards (4).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco McCovey (10,off K Johnson), Cincinnati Edwards (5,off Miller); Blasingame (14,off Miller).  HR–San Francisco Cepeda (35,2nd inning off K Johnson 0 on, 0 out); Mays (33,6th inning off K Johnson 1 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Lynch (10,6th inning off Jones 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Davenport (9,off K Johnson).  Team LOB–3.  Team–5.  SB–F Alou (8,2nd base off Maloney/Edwards).  CS–Coleman (3,2nd base by Miller/Bailey).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:33.  A–29,383.
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