Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
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 Candlestick Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, San Francisco Giants 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Christopher cf 4 0 0 0
  Virdon cf 0 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 1 2 0
Clemente rf 4 0 0 0
Stuart 1b 4 2 2 3
Hoak 3b 3 0 0 0
Skinner lf 3 0 1 0
Smith c 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 1 0
Gibbon p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 4 0 0 0
Davenport 3b 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 3 0 1 0
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 2 0 1 0
Kuenn lf 2 0 1 0
Bailey c 3 0 0 0
Pagan ss 2 0 0 0
McCormick p 2 0 0 0
  Bressoud ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 3 0
Pittsburgh 200 100 000–360
San Francisco 000 000 000–030
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Gibbon  W (11-10) 9.0 3 0 0 4 2
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
4
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick  L (12-15) 8.0 6 3 3 1 7
  Jones   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
7
  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 3.  3B–Pittsburgh Groat (6,off McCormick).  HR–Pittsburgh Stuart 2 (29,1st inning off McCormick 1 on, 2 out,4th inning off McCormick 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–4.  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Al Forman.  T–2:04.  A–9,539.
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