San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
May 31, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1966 at Crosley Field. The San Francisco Giants 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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San Francisco Giants 5, Cincinnati Reds 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes 2b 4 0 2 1
Davenport ss 3 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 1 1 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0
Hart 3b 4 1 1 1
Peterson lf 3 1 1 0
  Landrum lf 1 0 1 1
Haller c 4 0 0 0
Brown rf 2 1 0 0
Marichal p 3 1 1 2
Totals 31 5 7 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Helms 3b 5 0 2 0
Rose 2b 5 0 0 0
Pinson rf 4 0 1 0
Coleman 1b 4 0 1 0
Shamsky lf 3 0 0 0
Harper cf 3 1 1 0
Cardenas ss 3 2 2 3
Edwards c 4 0 0 0
Ellis p 2 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
  Baldschun p 0 0 0 0
  Davidson p 0 0 0 0
  Pavletich ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 7 3
San Francisco 000 030 101571
Cincinnati 000 000 102370
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal  W (10-0) 9.0 7 3 3 3 9
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
9
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  L (2-7) 7.0 5 4 4 1 6
  Baldschun   1.2 2 1 1 1 2
  Davidson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
2
8

  E–Fuentes (9).  2B–San Francisco Peterson (2,off Ellis); Marichal (3,off Ellis), Cincinnati Harper (2,off Marichal).  HR–San Francisco Hart (13,7th inning off Ellis 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Cardenas 2 (4,7th inning off Marichal 0 on, 1 out,9th inning off Marichal 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Davenport (3,off Ellis).  IBB–Brown (1,by Ellis).  Team LOB–2.  Team–8.  SB–Pinson (3,2nd base off Marichal/Haller); Coleman (1,2nd base off Marichal/Haller).  WP–Marichal (1).  IBB–Ellis (2,Brown).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:37.  A–8,612.
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