Philadelphia Phillies vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 12, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1961 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 19, Los Angeles Dodgers 10

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Malkmus 2b 4 3 2 0
Walters rf 6 1 1 1
Smith 3b 6 3 2 2
Demeter cf 5 5 4 7
Walls lf,1b 6 1 1 1
Herrera 1b 1 0 0 0
  Callison ph,lf 3 2 1 1
Amaro ss 4 3 3 2
Dalrymple c 5 1 3 3
Buzhardt p 0 0 0 0
  Short p 5 0 0 1
  Baldschun p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 19 17 18
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 1 1 0
  Ortega p 1 0 1 0
Gilliam 2b 1 1 0 0
  Roebuck p 1 0 0 0
  Aspromonte ph,ss 2 1 1 0
Moon lf 2 1 1 3
  Howard ph,lf 3 1 1 2
Snider rf 1 1 1 0
  Windhorn rf 4 2 3 1
Fairly 1b 3 0 1 0
Davis T. 3b 4 0 0 1
Roseboro c 1 0 0 0
  Camilli ph,c 3 0 1 0
  Harkness ph 0 0 0 0
Davis W. cf 5 1 0 0
Koufax p 0 0 0 0
  Golden p 0 0 0 0
  Craig p 0 0 0 0
  Neal ph,2b 4 1 1 2
Totals 39 10 12 9
Philadelphia 293 000 31119171
Los Angeles 400 010 22110122
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Buzhardt   0.1 3 4 4 2 0
  Short  W (6-10) 7.2 9 6 6 2 2
  Baldschun  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
10
10
5
2
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax  L (15-11) 1.1 5 6 6 1 4
  Golden   0.0 2 4 3 1 0
  Craig   2.2 4 4 3 2 1
  Roebuck   3.0 4 3 3 0 5
  Ortega   2.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
19
17
4
10

  E–C Smith (26), T Davis 2 (17).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  PB–Roseboro (8).  2B–Philadelphia Malkmus (5,off Roebuck).  3B–Philadelphia Amaro (9,off Koufax); Callison (9,off Craig), Los Angeles Windhorn (1,off Short).  HR–Philadelphia Demeter 3 (21,1st inning off Koufax 1 on, 2 out,7th inning off Roebuck 2 on, 1 out,9th inning off Ortega 0 on, 2 out); C Smith (11,3rd inning off Craig 0 on, 0 out); Amaro (1,8th inning off Ortega 0 on, 0 out), Los Angeles Moon (17,1st inning off Buzhardt 2 on, 0 out); Windhorn (2,5th inning off Short 0 on, 2 out); Howard (14,7th inning off Short 1 on, 1 out); Neal (10,8th inning off Short 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Malkmus (2,by Craig).  Team LOB–4.  SH–T Davis (8,off Buzhardt).  Team–8.  WP–Short (14), Baldschun (9), Craig (6).  HBP–Craig (4,Malkmus).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–3:15.  A–8,629.
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