San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 21, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1962 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants 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 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 8

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn lf 4 0 0 0
Hiller 2b 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 1 2 1
Mota rf 4 0 0 0
Bailey c 4 0 0 0
Pagan ss 2 0 1 0
Davenport 3b 3 0 2 0
O'Dell p 2 0 0 0
  Nieman ph 1 0 0 0
  Bolin p 0 0 0 0
  Larsen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 5 1 1 0
Gilliam 3b 4 1 0 0
Davis W. cf 4 2 2 1
Davis T. lf 3 2 3 3
Howard rf 3 0 0 0
  Snider ph 1 1 1 1
  Harkness 1b 0 0 0 0
Walls 1b 2 0 0 0
  Fairly ph,1b,rf 1 1 1 1
Roseboro c 3 0 1 0
Burright 2b 4 0 1 1
Koufax p 3 0 1 1
Totals 33 8 11 8
San Francisco 000 000 100151
Los Angeles 000 201 05x8111
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
O'Dell  L (5-2) 6.0 4 3 2 2 6
  Bolin   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Larsen   2.0 6 5 5 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
7
4
7
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax  W (5-2) 9.0 5 1 1 1 10
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
10

  E–Kuenn (2), T Davis (4).  DP–San Francisco 3, Los Angeles 1.  HR–San Francisco Cepeda (12,7th inning off Koufax 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–5.  SB–Wills (19,2nd base off Larsen/Bailey); W Davis (10,3rd base off Larsen/Bailey).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–2:31.  A–45,192.
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