Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
April 15, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1962 at Candlestick Park. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 4, San Francisco Giants 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 1 0 0
Kasko 3b 4 1 0 0
Pinson cf 4 1 2 1
Robinson rf 2 1 1 1
Coleman 1b 4 0 1 1
Post lf 4 0 0 0
  Keough lf 0 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 1 0
Purkey p 2 0 1 0
  Brosnan p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn lf 5 0 2 0
Hiller 2b 5 0 1 0
Mays cf 5 1 3 0
Cepeda 1b 5 0 0 0
Alou F. rf 4 1 3 1
Bailey c 4 1 1 1
Pagan ss 4 0 3 1
Davenport 3b 4 0 1 0
Marichal p 2 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
  Duffalo p 0 0 0 0
  Alou M. ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 14 3
Cincinnati 202 000 000461
San Francisco 000 000 0303142
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  W (2-0) 7.1 11 3 3 0 2
  Brosnan  SV (2) 1.2 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
3
3
0
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal  L (1-1) 7.0 6 4 2 3 2
  Duffalo   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
2
3
2

  E–Post (2), Cepeda (2), Bailey (1).  2B–Cincinnati Edwards (1,off Marichal), San Francisco Bailey (2,off Purkey).  3B–Cincinnati Pinson (1,off Marichal).  SH–Purkey (1,off Marichal).  SF–Robinson (1,off Marichal).  HBP–Robinson (2,by Marichal).  Team LOB–7.  Team–10.  SB–Pinson (1,2nd base off Marichal/Bailey).  HBP–Marichal (1,Robinson).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:35.  A–28,697.
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