Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 28, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1964 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rojas cf,3b 4 1 3 0
Callison rf 4 0 1 1
Allen 3b 4 0 1 0
  Herrnstein lf 0 0 0 0
Thomas 1b 3 0 2 0
  Gonzalez cf 0 0 0 0
Johnson lf 2 0 1 0
  Covington ph 1 0 0 0
  Wine 3b,ss 0 0 0 0
Triandos c 4 0 0 0
Taylor 2b 4 0 0 0
Amaro ss,1b 4 0 0 0
Bunning p 4 1 1 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bailey 3b 4 0 0 0
Virdon cf 4 1 2 0
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Lynch lf 3 0 0 0
  Mota pr 0 1 0 0
Stargell 1b 4 1 1 1
Burgess c 4 1 1 3
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 1 0
Schofield ss 3 0 0 0
Gibbon p 2 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Freese ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Philadelphia 000 000 020291
Pittsburgh 000 000 004460
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning   8.1 4 2 2 1 11
  Roebuck  L (4-3) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.1
6
4
4
1
11
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Gibbon   7.1 8 2 2 2 8
  Sisk   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Face  W (3-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
10

  E–Thomas (6).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Philadelphia Thomas (14,off Gibbon); Callison (26,off Gibbon).  HR–Pittsburgh Burgess (2,9th inning off Roebuck 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Johnson (1,by Gibbon); Thomas (3,by Gibbon).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  IBB–Gibbon 2 (9,Johnson,Thomas).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Vinnie Smith.  T–2:26.  A–20,374.
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