Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 25, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1965 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Landrum cf 5 0 1 3
Beckert 2b 6 0 1 0
Williams lf 6 1 1 1
Santo 3b 4 0 1 0
Banks 1b 6 1 1 1
Gabrielson rf 5 1 3 1
Roznovsky c 3 0 0 0
  Stewart ph,ss 2 1 1 0
Pena ss 2 1 1 0
  Clemens ph 1 0 1 0
  Bertell c 0 0 0 0
  Altman ph 1 0 0 0
  Burke c 0 0 0 0
Jackson p 2 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Amalfitano ph 1 1 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Bright ph 1 0 1 0
  Burdette pr 0 0 0 0
  Warner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 6 12 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bailey 3b 3 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 1 1
  Alley pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Freese ph,3b 2 1 1 0
  Carpin p 0 0 0 0
Virdon cf 6 0 2 1
Clemente rf 6 1 1 0
Stargell lf 5 0 1 0
Clendenon 1b 5 2 4 1
Mazeroski 2b 4 1 1 0
Rodgers ss,3b,ss 5 0 3 3
Crandall c 1 0 0 0
  Mota ph 0 1 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  McBean p 1 0 0 0
  Virgil ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Friend p 2 0 0 0
  Pagliaroni ph,c 3 1 0 0
Totals 45 7 14 6
Chicago 010 111 002 0006120
Pittsburgh 000 300 201 0017141
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   6.1 8 5 5 1 0
  McDaniel   1.2 2 0 0 1 2
  Abernathy   2.0 2 1 1 3 1
  Warner  L (0-1) 1.1 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
11.1
14
7
7
5
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend   7.0 6 4 4 1 3
  Sisk   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  McBean   3.0 4 2 2 3 1
  Carpin  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
12.0
12
6
6
6
5

  E–Rodgers (3).  DP–Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Chicago Pena (5,off Friend); Landrum (8,off McBean), Pittsburgh Rodgers (2,off Jackson); Clemente (2,off Abernathy).  HR–Chicago Banks (9,2nd inning off Friend 0 on, 1 out); Gabrielson (3,4th inning off Friend 0 on, 2 out); Williams (3,6th inning off Friend 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Jackson (2,off Friend); Mazeroski (1,off Warner).  IBB–Gabrielson (2,by McBean); Crandall (3,by Jackson); Rodgers (2,by McDaniel); Stargell (4,by Abernathy); Mazeroski (2,by Abernathy).  Team LOB–10.  HBP–Mota (1,by Jackson).  Team–11.  SB–Burdette (1,2nd base off Carpin/Pagliaroni).  CS–Beckert (2,2nd base by Friend/Crandall).  WP–Abernathy (2).  HBP–Jackson (3,Mota).  IBB–Jackson (3,Crandall); McDaniel (5,Rodgers); Abernathy 2 (4,Stargell,Mazeroski); McBean (2,Gabrielson).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–3:01.  A–6,403.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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