Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers
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 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 5 0 2 0
Zimmer 2b 5 0 1 0
Banks ss 5 0 0 0
Altman rf 6 0 1 0
Williams lf 5 1 0 0
Santo 3b 5 1 1 2
Rodgers 1b 5 0 1 0
Barragan c 3 0 1 0
  Brock pr 0 0 0 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
  Heist ph 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
Ellsworth p 2 0 0 0
  Bertell ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 44 2 7 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 0 0 0
Gilliam 3b 5 0 2 0
Moon lf 4 1 1 0
Hodges 1b 4 0 0 0
  Larker ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Fairly cf 5 1 3 1
Windhorn rf 3 0 1 0
  Snider ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Neal 2b 5 0 1 0
Sherry c 5 1 2 2
Koufax p 4 0 1 0
Totals 41 3 11 3
Chicago 000 200 000 000 0270
Los Angeles 010 000 010 000 13110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth   8.0 6 2 2 2 5
  Elston   3.0 3 0 0 3 1
  Schultz  L (7-6) 1.2 2 1 0 1 1
Totals
12.2
11
3
2
6
7
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax  W (18-11) 13.0 7 2 2 3 15
Totals
13.0
7
2
2
3
15

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2.  PB–Bertell (22).  HR–Chicago Santo (23,4th inning off Koufax 1 on, 1 out), Los Angeles N Sherry (5,8th inning off Ellsworth 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Ellsworth (5,off Koufax); Zimmer (7,off Koufax); Wills (13,off Ellsworth); Koufax (7,off Elston); Moon (4,off Elston).  HBP–Williams (5,by Koufax).  IBB–Banks (21,by Koufax); Larker (7,by Elston); Snider (1,by Elston).  Team LOB–9.  Team–9.  SB–Ashburn (7,2nd base off Koufax/N Sherry).  CS–Gilliam (4,2nd base by Ellsworth/Barragan); Wills (15,2nd base by Schultz/Bertell).  WP–Koufax 2 (12).  HBP–Koufax (3,Williams).  IBB–Elston 2 (11,Larker,Snider); Koufax (5,Banks).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Al Forman.  T–3:12.  A–12,068.
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