Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
September 28, 1963 Box Score

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

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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, San Francisco Giants 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alley 3b 4 0 1 0
Schofield ss 4 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 0 0 0
Virdon cf 4 1 1 0
Stargell lf 4 1 1 2
Clendenon 1b 4 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 1 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 0 0
Brand c 3 0 1 0
Gibbon p 3 0 1 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn 3b 4 0 0 0
  Bowman 2b 0 0 0 0
Alou J. lf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 2 0
  Larker 1b 0 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 0 0
Alou F. rf 3 0 0 0
Davenport 2b,3b 3 2 3 0
Bailey c 3 1 1 2
Pagan ss 3 0 0 0
Marichal p 3 0 2 0
Totals 31 3 8 2
Pittsburgh 020 000 000270
San Francisco 000 020 10x381
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Gibbon  L (5-12) 8.0 8 3 3 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
0
1
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal  W (25-8) 9.0 7 2 1 0 7
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
0
7

  E–Cepeda (21).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Davenport (19,off Gibbon).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (11,2nd inning off Marichal 1 on, 0 out), San Francisco Bailey (21,5th inning off Gibbon 1 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–4.  WP–Gibbon (3).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Al Forman, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–1:42.  A–10,332.
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