Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
July 6, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 1966 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 10, Chicago Cubs 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alley ss 4 3 2 2
Mota cf,lf 5 1 2 0
Clemente rf 5 1 3 5
Clendenon 1b 4 1 3 2
Pagan 3b 4 1 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 5 0 1 0
Bailey lf 2 0 0 0
  Alou pr,cf 1 1 0 1
May c 5 1 2 0
Blass p 3 0 0 0
  Mikkelsen p 1 1 1 0
Totals 39 10 15 10
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Phillips cf 4 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 0 0
Williams rf 4 1 1 1
Santo 3b 4 1 1 1
Altman lf 4 1 2 0
Thomas 1b 4 0 1 0
Hundley c 4 2 2 2
Campbell ss 4 0 0 0
Ellsworth p 2 0 0 0
  Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 1 1
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Koonce p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Pittsburgh 001 002 31310150
Chicago 100 000 301580
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  W (7-2) 6.2 7 4 4 0 4
  Mikkelsen  SV (4) 2.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
0
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  L (3-12) 6.2 9 6 6 1 6
  Jenkins   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lee   1.1 5 4 4 1 0
  Koonce   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
10
10
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Mota (11,off Ellsworth); May (2,off Ellsworth); Clemente (15,off Ellsworth), Chicago Altman (4,off Blass); Hundley (12,off Blass).  HR–Pittsburgh Alley (5,3rd inning off Ellsworth 0 on, 1 out); Clendenon (13,6th inning off Ellsworth 1 on, 1 out); Clemente (13,9th inning off Lee 2 on, 1 out), Chicago Williams (14,1st inning off Blass 0 on, 2 out); Santo (17,7th inning off Blass 0 on, 0 out); Hundley (10,9th inning off Mikkelsen 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Alley (9,off Ellsworth).  HBP–Bailey (1,by Ellsworth).  IBB–Alou (2,by Koonce).  Team LOB–7.  Team–3.  HBP–Ellsworth (3,Bailey).  IBB–Koonce (3,Alou).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:35.  A–6,483.
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