Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
May 5, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1965 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Chicago Cubs 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rodgers ss 4 0 0 0
Virdon cf 4 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 2 0 0 0
Stargell rf 4 0 0 0
Lynch lf 3 0 2 0
Bailey 3b 3 0 0 0
Pagliaroni c 3 1 1 1
Alley 2b 2 0 0 0
  Virgil ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Law p 2 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Freese ph 1 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Beckert 2b 4 1 2 0
Altman lf 3 1 1 1
Williams cf 4 0 1 0
Santo 3b 2 0 0 0
Banks 1b 3 0 0 1
Gabrielson rf 2 1 2 0
Pena ss 4 0 1 0
Bertell c 2 0 0 1
Buhl p 2 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 7 3
Pittsburgh 000 000 010130
Chicago 001 000 11x370
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  L (0-4) 6.1 6 2 2 3 2
  Face   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Wood   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Sisk   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
6
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl  W (3-1) 9.0 3 1 1 2 7
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 3, Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Beckert (3,off Law); Williams (5,off Wood).  3B–Chicago Beckert (2,off Law).  HR–Pittsburgh Pagliaroni (2,8th inning off Buhl 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Bertell (1,off Law).  SF–Banks (2,off Sisk).  IBB–Santo (1,by Sisk); Gabrielson (1,by Sisk).  Team–7.  IBB–Sisk 2 (2,Santo,Gabrielson).  U-HP–Al Forman, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:08.  A–2,093.
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