Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 15, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1964 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Stewart 2b 3 0 0 0
  Amalfitano 2b 0 0 0 0
  Burton ph 1 0 0 0
  Burke 2b 0 0 0 0
Brock rf 5 0 2 0
Williams lf 4 1 1 0
Santo 3b 4 2 2 0
Banks 1b 5 1 2 3
Rodgers ss 3 0 0 1
Cowan cf 4 0 0 0
Bertell c 4 0 0 0
  Schaffer pr,c 0 0 0 0
Norman p 3 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Schurr p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum ph 1 0 0 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 7 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 6 0 0 1
Virdon cf 6 0 1 2
Clemente rf 6 0 2 0
Stargell lf 6 0 2 0
Clendenon 1b 6 0 0 0
Bailey 3b 5 3 3 0
Mazeroski 2b 5 1 0 0
Pagliaroni c 2 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 1 0
  Mota pr 0 0 0 0
  McFarlane c 1 0 1 0
Gibbon p 1 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Freese ph 1 0 1 0
  Bork p 0 0 0 0
  Burgess ph 1 0 1 2
  Alley pr 0 1 0 0
  McBean p 0 0 0 0
  Butters p 0 0 0 0
  Gotay ph 1 0 1 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Johnston ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 5 13 5
Chicago 000 010 300 000472
Pittsburgh 010 000 003 0015130
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Norman   8.0 6 3 2 4 7
  McDaniel   0.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Schurr   2.2 3 0 0 0 3
  Elston  L (0-1) 0.2 1 1 1 3 0
Totals
11.2
13
5
4
7
10
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Gibbon   6.1 3 3 3 1 6
  Sisk   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Bork   2.0 2 0 0 2 1
  McBean   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Butters   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Face  W (1-1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
12.0
7
4
4
7
11

  E–Stewart (1), Rodgers (1).  DP–Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 3.  2B–Chicago Brock (1,off Gibbon), Pittsburgh Freese (1,off Norman).  3B–Chicago Santo (1,off Gibbon).  HR–Chicago Banks (1,7th inning off Sisk 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Stewart (1,off Butters); Mazeroski (1,off Elston).  SF–Rodgers (1,off Gibbon).  IBB–Cowan (2,by Bork); Williams (1,by Butters); Pagliaroni (1,by Norman); McFarlane (1,by Elston); Johnston (1,by Elston).  Team LOB–6.  Team–16.  CS–Brock (1,3rd base by Gibbon/Pagliaroni); Stargell (1,2nd base by Norman/Bertell).  WP–Norman 2 (2), Elston (1).  IBB–Norman (1,Pagliaroni); Elston 2 (2,McFarlane,Johnston); Bork (1,Cowan); Butters (1,Williams).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Vinnie Smith.  T–3:49.  A–7,009.
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