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Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 26, 1961 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1961 at Forbes Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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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| Game played on Saturday, August 26, 1961 at Forbes Field |
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| Chicago |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | 1 | 5 | – | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh |
0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 9 | 0 |
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| Chicago Cubs |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Ellsworth |
6.0 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
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Schultz W (6-3) |
2.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Anderson SV (7) |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Haddix |
7.2 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Face L (5-6) |
0.2 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
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Shantz |
0.2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
13 |
7 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
E–None. DP–Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 1. PB–Bertell (18); Leppert (2). 2B–Chicago Bertell (6,off Haddix); Altman 2 (21,off Haddix,off Shantz); Santo (27,off Haddix), Pittsburgh Hoak (20,off Ellsworth); Clemente (26,off Ellsworth); Virdon (19,off Schultz). 3B–Chicago Heist (3,off Face), Pittsburgh Clemente (10,off Ellsworth). HR–Chicago Bertell (2,9th inning off Face 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Stuart (21,6th inning off Ellsworth 1 on, 1 out). IBB–Santo (5,by Haddix). Team LOB–8. SH–Haddix (3,off Ellsworth). SF–Virdon (4,off Ellsworth). Team–6. IBB–Haddix (6,Santo). U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Jocko Conlan. T–2:22. A–9,137. |
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| Game played on Saturday, August 26, 1961 at Forbes Field |
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