Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
September 20, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1961 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Cincinnati Reds 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 1 2 0
Groat ss 4 0 1 1
Skinner lf 3 0 0 0
Stuart 1b 4 0 2 1
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Burgess c 3 0 0 0
Hoak 3b 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 1 1 0
Gibbon p 2 0 0 0
  Moryn ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Haddix p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Chacon 2b 4 0 0 0
Kasko 3b 4 0 0 0
Pinson cf 3 1 1 0
Robinson rf 4 0 0 0
Post lf 4 2 3 2
Cardenas ss 4 0 4 0
Gernert 1b 3 0 1 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 0 0
  Coleman 1b 0 0 0 0
Johnson c 2 0 1 1
Jay p 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 10 3
Pittsburgh 000 000 020–270
Cincinnati 010 000 02x–3100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Gibbon   7.0 8 1 1 1 2
  Face  L (6-11) 0.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Haddix   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
2
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Jay  W (21-8) 9.0 7 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
5
  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 1.  HR–Cincinnati Post (20,8th inning off Face 1 on, 1 out).  SF–D Johnson (1,off Gibbon).  Team–7.  U–Chris Pelekoudas, Ken Burkhart, Mel Steiner, Frank Walsh, Jocko Conlan.  T–2:20.  A–14,822.
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