San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 31, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1964 at Forbes Field. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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San Francisco Giants 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn rf 5 0 0 0
Lanier 2b 5 2 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 2 2 0
Mays cf 4 3 3 1
Hart 3b 3 0 1 1
  Alou lf 1 1 1 0
Davenport ss,3b 3 0 0 1
Crandall c 3 0 2 2
Pagan lf,ss 5 0 1 1
Bolin p 1 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Peterson ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 3 0 0 0
  O'Dell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 10 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bailey 3b 5 1 1 0
Virdon cf 4 2 1 1
Clemente rf 5 0 1 2
Lynch lf 5 0 2 2
Stargell 1b 4 0 1 1
  Clendenon ph 1 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 1 0
Pagliaroni c 3 1 2 0
Schofield ss 3 1 1 0
Veale p 2 0 1 0
  Blass p 0 0 0 0
  Freese ph 1 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Burgess ph 1 0 1 0
  Alley pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
San Francisco 011 010 2038101
Pittsburgh 002 000 0046126
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bolin   2.1 5 2 2 2 2
  Shaw  W (7-4) 1.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Perry   4.2 6 4 4 1 5
  O'Dell  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
4
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale  L (12-7) 6.2 8 5 3 4 5
  Blass   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Sisk   2.0 2 3 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
5
6
7

  E–Kuenn (4), Bailey (14), Mazeroski 3 (16), Pagliaroni (3), Schofield (20).  DP–San Francisco 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Bailey (18,off Bolin); Lynch (8,off Perry).  SF–Davenport (3,off Sisk).  HBP–McCovey (1,by Sisk).  IBB–Mays (7,by Veale); Crandall (7,by Sisk); Mazeroski (7,by Shaw).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  WP–Veale (12).  HBP–Sisk (2,McCovey).  IBB–Shaw (5,Mazeroski); Veale (3,Mays); Sisk (3,Crandall).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Al Forman.  T–2:48.  A–28,076.
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