St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
August 28, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1963 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, San Francisco Giants 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 4 0 1 1
Groat ss 4 0 1 0
White 1b 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 0 0
James lf 4 0 0 0
Altman rf 4 1 2 0
Javier 2b 3 2 1 0
McCarver c 4 0 0 0
Gibson p 2 0 1 2
Totals 32 3 6 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn 3b,lf 2 1 1 0
Hiller 2b 4 1 1 2
McCovey lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 1 2 1
  Davenport 3b 0 0 0 0
Haller c 3 2 3 2
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Pagan ss 3 0 0 0
O'Dell p 3 0 1 0
Totals 31 5 8 5
St. Louis 020 000 100361
San Francisco 210 200 00x580
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (14-8) 8.0 8 5 5 3 4
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
3
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
O'Dell  W (12-6) 9.0 6 3 3 3 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
2

  E–Javier (19).  DP–St. Louis 1, San Francisco 1.  PB–Haller (8).  HR–San Francisco Hiller (6,1st inning off Gibson 1 on, 0 out); Haller 2 (12,2nd inning off Gibson 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off Gibson 0 on, 1 out); Cepeda (22,4th inning off Gibson 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–5.  SB–Cepeda (4,2nd base off Gibson/McCarver).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–1:56.  A–23,462.
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