Los Angeles Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
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 Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 5 1 1 0
Gilliam 2b 4 0 0 0
Moon 1b 3 0 0 1
Snider rf,cf 4 1 1 1
Davis T. lf 4 0 1 1
Davis W. cf 3 0 2 0
  Howard ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Carey 3b 4 0 0 0
Sherry N. c 2 0 1 0
  Fairly ph 1 0 0 0
  Camilli c 1 1 1 0
Podres p 2 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
  Harkness ph 1 1 1 0
  Sherry L. p 0 0 0 0
  Walls ph 0 0 0 1
  Moeller p 0 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 5 1 2 0
Groat ss 4 1 1 1
Clemente rf 5 2 3 0
Stuart 1b 3 0 1 0
Clendenon lf 3 1 0 0
  Goss lf 0 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 1 1
Logan 3b 4 0 3 2
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 2 1
McFarlane c 2 0 0 0
Friend p 3 0 0 0
  Olivo p 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 13 5
Los Angeles 000 000 031481
Pittsburgh 200 020 0015131
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres   4.1 10 4 4 1 4
  Roebuck   2.2 1 0 0 1 3
  Sherry   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Moeller  L (1-3) 0.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Perranoski   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
5
5
5
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend   7.2 7 3 3 1 7
  Olivo   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Face  W (1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
8

  E–Wills (5), Stuart (2).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Snider (3,off Friend), Pittsburgh Virdon (6,off Podres).  3B–Los Angeles Camilli (1,off Olivo).  SF–Walls (1,off Face).  Team LOB–6.  SH–McFarlane (1,off Podres).  IBB–Stuart (1,by Moeller).  Team–12.  IBB–Moeller (1,Stuart).  U-HP–Vinnie Smith, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:55.  A–20,986.
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