Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
July 20, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1965 at Crosley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Cincinnati Reds 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bailey 3b 5 2 3 5
Virdon cf 5 0 1 0
Clemente rf 4 1 2 2
Stargell lf 4 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 1 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 1 1 0
Pagliaroni c 3 1 1 1
Alley ss 3 2 1 0
Veale p 4 0 0 0
  McBean p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 10 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 5 1 2 1
Rose 2b 4 1 2 0
Pinson cf 4 1 1 0
Robinson rf 2 0 0 1
Johnson 3b 4 1 1 1
Perez 1b 3 2 2 1
Coker c 5 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 4 0 1 1
Ellis p 2 0 0 0
  O'Toole p 1 0 1 0
  Duffalo p 0 0 0 0
  James ph 1 0 0 0
  McCool p 0 0 0 0
  Ruiz ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 36 6 11 6
Pittsburgh 000 051 2008100
Cincinnati 300 001 0026110
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale  W (10-7) 8.2 11 6 6 9 8
  McBean  SV (11) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
9
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  L (13-5) 5.0 6 6 6 1 5
  O'Toole   2.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Duffalo   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  McCool   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Pagliaroni (8,off Ellis), Cincinnati Pinson (14,off Veale); Ruiz (1,off Veale).  HR–Pittsburgh Bailey (9,5th inning off Ellis 3 on, 2 out); Clemente (3,6th inning off Ellis 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–3.  SF–Johnson (8,off Veale).  Team–13.  WP–Veale 2 (9).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:47.  A–9,669.
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