Los Angeles Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 26, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1961 at Forbes Field. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 1 1 1
Gilliam 2b,3b 4 1 1 3
Fairly rf 4 0 1 1
Moon lf 3 0 1 0
Larker 1b 4 0 0 0
Roseboro c 4 0 0 0
Spencer 3b 4 1 2 0
  Neal 2b 0 0 0 0
Davis cf 4 1 2 0
Williams p 4 1 1 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Farrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 3 0 1 0
Groat ss 5 0 1 0
Skinner lf 3 1 2 0
  Clendenon ph 1 0 0 0
Stuart 1b 5 2 3 2
Clemente rf 4 0 0 0
Burgess c 4 0 1 1
Hoak 3b 3 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
Friend p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 2 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Moryn ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Los Angeles 050 000 000–590
Pittsburgh 000 100 020–391
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  W (14-12) 8.1 9 3 3 4 5
  Perranoski   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Farrell  SV (10) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend  L (14-19) 1.1 6 5 4 1 1
  Jackson   5.2 2 0 0 0 4
  Labine   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
1
6
  E–Groat (32).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Los Angeles Wills (10,off Friend).  3B–Los Angeles Gilliam (3,off Friend).  HR–Pittsburgh Stuart (32,8th inning off Williams 1 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  Team–10.  WP–Williams (9).  U–Frank Secory, Ed Sudol, Augie Donatelli, Paul Pryor, Tony Venzon.  T–2:36.
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