Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
September 9, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1961 at Wrigley Field. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Philadelphia Phillies 6, Chicago Cubs 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Malkmus 2b 5 0 0 0
Walters rf 5 1 2 0
Smith 3b 5 1 1 0
Demeter cf,1b 4 2 1 3
Walls lf 3 0 1 0
  Gonzalez ph,cf 1 1 1 0
Herrera 1b 3 1 2 0
  Callison ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Amaro ss 3 0 2 1
Dalrymple c 2 0 1 1
Owens p 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 12 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 4 0 1 0
Zimmer 2b 4 1 1 0
Banks ss 3 0 0 1
Altman rf 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 1 2 1
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Taylor c 3 0 1 0
Morhardt 1b 2 0 0 0
Curtis p 2 0 0 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
  Will ph 1 0 0 0
  Drott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Philadelphia 000 013 0206120
Chicago 000 001 001251
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Owens  W (4-9) 9.0 5 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  L (10-11) 5.0 8 4 4 0 2
  Elston   3.0 4 2 2 2 5
  Drott   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
2
7

  E–Morhardt (3).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Philadelphia Dalrymple (9,off Curtis); Walters (8,off Curtis).  3B–Chicago Zimmer (4,off Owens).  HR–Philadelphia Demeter (17,6th inning off Curtis 2 on, 0 out), Chicago Williams (23,9th inning off Owens 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Owens (4,off Curtis).  SF–Dalrymple (4,off Curtis); Banks (5,off Owens).  HBP–Amaro (2,by Elston).  IBB–Dalrymple (9,by Elston).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  HBP–Elston (5,Amaro).  IBB–Elston (8,Dalrymple).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Al Forman, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:26.  A–7,110.
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