Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 8, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1962 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Savage lf 4 1 1 0
Callison rf 4 1 2 2
Gonzalez cf 4 0 1 0
Sievers 1b 4 1 3 0
Klaus 2b 4 0 0 0
Demeter 3b 3 0 0 1
Oldis c 3 0 0 0
  Dalrymple ph,c 1 0 0 0
Wine ss 3 0 0 0
  Torre ph 1 0 1 0
  Roach pr 0 0 0 0
Smith p 1 1 0 0
  McLish p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 0 1 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Covington ph 1 0 1 0
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 5 3 4 1
Groat ss 4 1 2 1
Clemente rf 4 1 2 3
Stuart 1b 3 0 0 0
  Marshall 1b 0 0 0 0
Logan 3b 3 0 1 1
Skinner lf 4 0 2 0
Leppert c 4 1 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
Francis p 2 0 0 0
  Sturdivant p 1 0 0 0
  Olivo p 0 0 0 0
  Face p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 12 6
Philadelphia 002 020 010590
Pittsburgh 201 200 10x6121
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (1-3) 2.0 4 3 3 1 3
  McLish   2.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Brown   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Green   2.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
1
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Francis   4.2 6 4 2 2 3
  Sturdivant  W (4-3) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Olivo   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Face  SV (17) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
3
2
6

  E–Stuart (13).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  PB–Oldis (1).  2B–Philadelphia Sievers (11,off Face); Torre (5,off Face), Pittsburgh Virdon (21,off Smith); Clemente (13,off Smith); Groat (13,off Smith); Leppert (5,off McLish).  HR–Philadelphia Callison (10,5th inning off Francis 1 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Clemente (8,7th inning off Green 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Demeter (7,off Face); Logan (1,off Smith).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Stuart (2,by McLish).  Team–8.  SB–Savage (8,Home off Francis/Leppert); Skinner (3,2nd base off Brown/Oldis).  HBP–McLish (2,Stuart).  U-HP–Al Forman, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:25.  A–16,147.
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