Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
August 31, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1962 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 2, San Francisco Giants 10

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Kasko 3b 4 1 1 1
Blasingame 2b 3 0 0 0
Robinson rf 4 0 0 0
Post lf 4 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 1 2 1
Foiles c 4 0 0 0
Coleman 1b 3 0 1 0
Keough cf 3 0 0 0
Maloney p 1 0 0 0
  Gaines ph 1 0 1 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Freese ph 1 0 0 0
  Sisler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 4 2 1 0
Hiller 2b 3 1 1 2
Mays cf 4 2 2 2
McCovey lf 2 1 2 4
  Boles lf 1 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 0 0
Bailey c 4 1 1 1
Davenport 3b 3 1 1 0
Pagan ss 4 1 0 0
Pierce p 3 1 1 0
Totals 32 10 9 9
Cincinnati 100 000 100253
San Francisco 103 123 00x1090
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Maloney  L (8-6) 4.0 5 5 4 1 4
  Klippstein   3.0 4 5 2 1 3
  Sisler   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
10
6
3
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce  W (13-4) 9.0 5 2 2 2 6
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
6

  E–Blasingame 2 (11), Keough (3).  2B–San Francisco Mays (29,off Maloney).  HR–Cincinnati Kasko (3,1st inning off Pierce 0 on, 0 out); Cardenas (9,7th inning off Pierce 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco Bailey (15,4th inning off Maloney 0 on, 0 out); McCovey (18,5th inning off Klippstein 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Pierce (7,off Sisler).  SF–McCovey (3,off Maloney).  Team–3.  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Frank Walsh, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:25.  A–26,547.
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