San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 5, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1961 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants 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 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 3 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
  Sanford pr 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Cepeda lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 3 1 0 0
Bailey c 4 0 2 0
Kuenn 3b,lf 3 0 0 1
Pagan ss 4 0 0 0
Bowman 2b 3 0 1 0
  Landrith ph 1 0 0 0
Jones p 0 0 0 0
  O'Dell p 0 0 0 0
  Bressoud ph 1 0 1 0
  Loes p 0 0 0 0
  Davenport ph,3b 0 1 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 1
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 1 0 0
Gilliam 2b 3 1 1 0
Moon rf,lf 4 1 1 1
  Spencer 3b 0 0 0 0
Snider cf,rf 3 1 1 3
Fairly 1b,lf 4 0 1 0
Howard lf 3 0 2 0
  Davis W. cf 0 0 0 0
Davis T. 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hodges 1b 0 0 0 0
Sherry c 3 0 0 0
Williams p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
San Francisco 000 100 010251
Los Angeles 004 000 00x463
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (8-8) 2.2 6 4 0 1 0
  O'Dell   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Loes   3.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
6
4
0
2
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  W (12-10) 9.0 5 2 1 3 5
Totals
9.0
5
2
1
3
5

  E–Cepeda (4), Wills 2 (24), Williams (7).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Los Angeles Howard (10,off Jones).  HR–Los Angeles Snider (13,3rd inning off Jones 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Jones (5,off Williams).  SF–Kuenn (7,off Williams).  Team LOB–6.  Team–4.  SB–F Alou (10,2nd base off Williams/N Sherry).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:35.  A–29,635.
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