Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
May 4, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1965 at Crosley Field. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 8, Cincinnati Reds 6

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 3 2 2 0
Parker 1b 2 2 0 0
Davis cf 5 2 3 3
Fairly rf 2 1 0 0
Roseboro c 4 0 1 1
Lefebvre 2b 5 1 1 2
  Kennedy 3b 0 0 0 0
Ferrara lf 3 0 1 2
Tracewski 3b,2b 4 0 0 0
Drysdale p 1 0 0 0
  Griffith ph 1 0 0 0
  Brewer p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 8 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 2b 5 1 1 0
Harper lf 4 2 2 1
Pinson cf 3 2 1 3
Coleman 1b 3 1 2 2
  Perez ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Shamsky rf 4 0 2 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 1 0
Edwards c 4 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0
Jay p 3 0 0 0
  McCool p 0 0 0 0
  James ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 6
Los Angeles 401 000 012880
Cincinnati 203 010 000691
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale   5.0 7 6 6 0 4
  Brewer  W (1-0) 4.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
0
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Jay  L (1-1) 8.0 7 8 8 8 7
  McCool   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
8
8
8
8

  E–Edwards (3).  2B–Los Angeles W Davis (5,off Jay).  HR–Los Angeles W Davis (3,3rd inning off Jay 0 on, 0 out); Lefebvre (2,8th inning off Jay 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Coleman (4,1st inning off Drysdale 1 on, 2 out); Pinson (4,3rd inning off Drysdale 2 on, 0 out); Harper (2,5th inning off Drysdale 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Fairly (2,off McCool).  SF–Roseboro (1,off McCool).  HBP–Wills (2,by Jay); Pinson (2,by Drysdale).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  SB–Wills (12,2nd base off Jay/Edwards).  CS–Wills (4,2nd base by Jay/Edwards).  HBP–Drysdale (2,Pinson); Jay (1,Wills).  U-HP–Vinnie Smith, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:30.  A–9,767.
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