San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
May 4, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1962 at Wrigley Field. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs 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 11, Chicago Cubs 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Mota lf 4 3 2 0
Hiller 2b 5 3 3 2
Mays cf 4 1 1 1
Cepeda 1b 4 2 3 5
Alou rf 5 0 2 3
Bailey c 4 0 0 0
Pagan ss 5 0 1 0
Davenport 3b 2 1 1 0
  Bowman 3b 2 0 0 0
Pierce p 2 0 0 0
  Larsen p 2 1 1 0
Totals 39 11 14 11
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Smith cf 3 0 1 0
  Morhardt ph 1 0 1 2
  Hobbie p 0 0 0 0
  Hubbs ph 1 0 0 0
Santo 3b 5 0 0 0
Williams lf 5 1 2 3
Banks 1b 5 0 1 0
Altman rf 3 1 1 0
Rodgers ss 4 1 2 0
McKnight 2b 4 1 2 0
Thacker c 2 0 0 0
  Will ph 0 0 0 1
  Bertell c 1 1 1 0
Ellsworth p 1 0 0 0
  Balsamo p 0 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
  Robertson ph 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Brock ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
San Francisco 013 300 04011140
Chicago 100 000 3026121
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce  W (4-0) 6.0 6 3 3 1 2
  Larsen  SV (2) 3.0 6 3 3 1 5
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
2
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  L (2-3) 2.1 3 4 4 3 3
  Balsamo   1.2 6 3 3 3 2
  Brewer   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Schultz   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Hobbie   2.0 5 4 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
11
10
6
8

  E–Williams (2).  DP–San Francisco 1, Chicago 1.  2B–San Francisco Davenport (7,off Ellsworth); Cepeda (5,off Balsamo); Hiller (3,off Balsamo); F Alou (4,off Hobbie).  3B–San Francisco Mays (1,off Balsamo), Chicago Williams (4,off Larsen).  HR–San Francisco Cepeda (8,2nd inning off Ellsworth 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Williams (4,1st inning off Pierce 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Bailey (3,by Balsamo); Cepeda (2,by Balsamo).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  WP–Balsamo (2).  IBB–Balsamo 2 (2,Bailey,Cepeda).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:58.  A–5,011.
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