Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 5, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1963 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 3 0 0 0
  Gonder ph 1 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
Skinner lf 4 0 1 0
Pinson cf 4 1 2 0
Robinson rf 4 2 2 3
Coleman 1b 4 0 0 0
Spencer 3b 4 0 2 0
  Harper pr 0 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 0 1 0
Cardenas ss 4 0 1 0
Purkey p 2 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 0 0
  Rose 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 2 1 0 0
Virdon cf 4 1 2 2
Clemente rf 4 1 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 1 3 1
Lynch lf 3 0 0 0
  Savage lf 1 0 0 0
Burgess c 4 0 1 1
Clendenon 1b 3 0 1 0
Bailey 3b 3 0 1 0
Friend p 3 0 1 0
  Veale p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 10 4
Cincinnati 000 000 201390
Pittsburgh 200 002 00x4100
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  L (1-3) 7.0 9 4 4 3 2
  Worthington   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend  W (7-4) 8.0 7 3 3 0 10
  Veale  SV (3) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
11

  E–None.  2B–Pittsburgh Mazeroski 2 (9,off Purkey 2); Burgess (4,off Purkey).  HR–Cincinnati Robinson 2 (9,7th inning off Friend 1 on, 0 out,9th inning off Friend 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Virdon (2,1st inning off Purkey 1 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  SB–Pinson (12,2nd base off Friend/Burgess).  CS–Clendenon (5,2nd base by Purkey/Edwards).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Al Forman, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:23.  A–11,855.
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