Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
August 20, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1963 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bailey 3b 4 0 0 0
Virdon cf 4 1 1 0
Clemente rf 2 1 0 0
Lynch lf 4 1 2 3
  Mota pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Stargell 1b 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 1 1 1
Pagliaroni c 4 1 1 1
Schofield ss 3 0 1 0
Cardwell p 4 0 0 0
  McBean p 0 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brock rf 4 0 1 0
Hubbs 2b 4 0 1 0
Williams lf 4 1 1 0
Santo 3b 3 2 2 1
Burton cf 4 0 2 0
Banks 1b 3 0 1 2
Ranew c 4 0 0 0
Rodgers ss 2 0 0 0
  Landrum ph 1 0 0 0
  Grammas ss 0 0 0 0
  Burke ph 1 0 0 0
Buhl p 2 0 1 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
  Boros ph 1 0 0 0
  Hobbie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Pittsburgh 300 000 200560
Chicago 010 000 101390
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cardwell  W (11-12) 8.0 7 3 3 1 3
  McBean   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Face  SV (13) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 9 3 3 1 4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl  L (9-12) 6.1 5 5 5 2 1
  Elston   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Hobbie   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals 9.0 6 5 5 3 4

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Schofield (14,off Buhl), Chicago Hubbs (15,off Cardwell); Santo (21,off Cardwell); Burton (13,off Cardwell); Brock (16,off Cardwell).  HR–Pittsburgh Lynch (11,1st inning off Buhl 2 on, 1 out); Mazeroski (8,7th inning off Buhl 0 on, 1 out); Pagliaroni (9,7th inning off Buhl 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Santo (22,2nd inning off Cardwell 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  SF–Banks (8,off Cardwell).  Team–5.  WP–Buhl (6).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:36.  A–15,161.

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