Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
July 8, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1966 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 2, San Francisco Giants 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Ruiz 3b 4 1 1 0
Rose 2b 4 0 1 1
Pinson cf 4 0 1 0
Coleman 1b 3 0 0 0
Shamsky rf 3 0 0 0
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0
Fischer p 2 1 0 0
  Davidson p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
  Baldschun p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 3 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes 2b 4 0 2 1
Haller c 5 1 1 1
Mays cf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 2 1 2 0
Peterson lf 3 1 1 0
  Landrum lf 1 0 0 0
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Virgil 3b 3 2 2 0
Schroder ss 2 0 1 1
  Davenport ph 1 1 1 4
  Lanier ss 1 0 0 0
Marichal p 3 1 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 7
Cincinnati 002 000 000231
San Francisco 100 024 00x7102
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Fischer  L (2-7) 4.1 6 3 3 0 3
  Davidson   1.2 3 4 4 2 3
  Baldschun   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
4
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal  W (14-4) 9.0 3 2 0 2 7
Totals
9.0
3
2
0
2
7

  E–Ruiz (3), Fuentes (13), Alou (1).  PB–Edwards (5).  2B–San Francisco McCovey 2 (10,off Fischer 2); Virgil (1,off Fischer); Fuentes (9,off Fischer); Peterson (4,off Davidson).  HR–San Francisco Haller (18,1st inning off Fischer 0 on, 1 out); Davenport (7,6th inning off Davidson 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Marichal (3,off Baldschun).  IBB–Virgil (1,by Davidson).  Team–7.  SB–Pinson (8,2nd base off Marichal/Haller); McCovey (1,2nd base off Baldschun/Edwards).  WP–Fischer 2 (5).  IBB–Davidson (1,Virgil).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:40.  A–21,347.
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