San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
September 24, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1961 at Crosley Field. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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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San Francisco Giants 12, Cincinnati Reds 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn lf 5 1 1 0
Hiller 2b 4 2 1 1
Alou rf 4 2 2 0
Mays cf 3 2 1 2
Cepeda 1b 3 2 1 4
Bailey c 4 1 1 1
Davenport 3b 5 1 1 3
Pagan ss 4 0 1 0
Sanford p 4 1 1 0
  O'Dell p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 12 10 11
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 3 2 1 0
Kasko ss,3b 4 0 2 2
Pinson cf 3 0 2 1
Lynch lf 3 0 0 0
Coleman 1b 4 1 1 0
Robinson rf 4 1 2 2
Freese 3b 2 0 1 0
  Cardenas ss 2 0 1 0
Johnson D. c 2 0 0 0
  Edwards ph,c 1 0 0 0
Jay p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson K. p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Gaines ph 0 1 0 0
  Hook p 0 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
  Hunt p 0 0 0 0
  Post ph 1 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 10 5
San Francisco 100 902 00012100
Cincinnati 101 012 0005102
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  W (13-8) 6.1 8 5 5 5 4
  O'Dell   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Miller  SV (16) 2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
7
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Jay  L (21-9) 3.2 7 7 7 2 3
  Johnson   0.0 1 3 3 2 0
  Jones   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Hook   1.0 2 2 1 1 0
  Hunt   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Henry   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
12
11
6
6

  E–Lynch (3), Coleman (12).  DP–San Francisco 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Cardenas (17,off Miller).  HR–San Francisco Davenport (12,4th inning off Jay 2 on, 1 out); Cepeda (45,4th inning off K Johnson 3 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Robinson (36,6th inning off Sanford 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Mays (3,off Jay); Pinson (8,off Sanford); Kasko (4,off Sanford).  IBB–Cepeda (11,by Hook).  Team LOB–4.  Team–9.  SB–Blasingame (4,3rd base off Sanford/Bailey); Robinson (21,2nd base off Sanford/Bailey).  CS–Pinson (9,3rd base by Miller/Bailey).  BK–Sanford (4).  IBB–Hook (2,Cepeda).  U-HP–Al Forman, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:55.  A–29,272.
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