Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 2, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1962 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 0 2 0
Goss rf 4 0 1 0
Stuart 1b 4 0 0 0
Skinner lf 4 0 1 0
Hoak 3b 4 1 1 0
Burgess c 4 2 3 3
  Clendenon pr 0 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 1 0
Law p 1 0 1 0
  Gibbon p 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 0 0 0
Gilliam 2b 3 1 1 0
Davis W. cf 3 2 2 0
Davis T. lf 4 1 1 2
Fairly 1b 2 0 1 0
Howard rf 4 0 2 2
Roseboro c 4 0 1 0
Spencer 3b 4 0 0 0
Podres p 2 0 0 0
  Walls ph 1 1 1 0
  Sherry p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
Pittsburgh 020 100 0003102
Los Angeles 000 002 30x591
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law   5.1 6 2 2 0 4
  Gibbon  L (2-2) 0.2 2 2 2 2 0
  Face   2.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres  W (8-7) 7.0 8 3 3 0 3
  Sherry  SV (9) 2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
0
6

  E–Burgess (4), Face (2), T Davis (11).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Los Angeles 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Groat (16,off Podres), Los Angeles Roseboro (11,off Law); Howard (17,off Gibbon).  HR–Pittsburgh Burgess 2 (11,2nd inning off Podres 1 on, 1 out,4th inning off Podres 0 on, 2 out), Los Angeles T Davis (17,6th inning off Law 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Law (7,off Podres); Gilliam (12,off Face).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–W Davis (7,by Face); Fairly (4,by Face).  Team–8.  SB–W Davis (26,2nd base off Law/Burgess); Walls (1,2nd base off Gibbon/Burgess).  IBB–Face 2 (5,W Davis,Fairly).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:08.  A–40,722.
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