Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
April 12, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1966 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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)
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Chicago Cubs 1, San Francisco Giants 9

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Cline cf 4 1 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 1 0
Williams rf 4 0 1 1
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Altman lf 4 0 0 0
Banks 1b 3 0 0 0
Hundley c 3 0 1 0
Kessinger ss 2 0 0 0
  Stewart ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Hands p 0 0 0 0
  Pena ph 1 0 0 0
  Faul p 0 0 0 0
  Covington ph 1 0 0 0
  Hoeft p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 3 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lanier 2b 5 0 1 1
Gabrielson lf 4 2 2 1
  Landrum lf 0 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 1 1 2
McCovey 1b 3 1 0 0
Hart 3b 4 2 2 0
Alou rf 4 2 2 1
  Brown rf 0 0 0 0
Haller c 4 1 2 2
Fuentes ss 4 0 2 1
Marichal p 3 0 1 1
Totals 35 9 13 9
Chicago 000 000 100131
San Francisco 000 600 12x9132
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (0-1) 3.0 6 6 6 1 1
  Hands   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Faul   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Hoeft   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
1
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal  W (1-0) 9.0 3 1 0 0 8
Totals
9.0
3
1
0
0
8

  E–Banks (1), McCovey (1), Fuentes (1).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Chicago Beckert (1,off Marichal), San Francisco Lanier (1,off Hands); Fuentes (1,off Hoeft).  HR–San Francisco Mays (1,4th inning off Jackson 1 on, 0 out); Gabrielson (1,7th inning off Faul 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Marichal (1,off Jackson).  Team–4.  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:05.  A–40,960.
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