San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
August 5, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1966 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 3, Chicago Cubs 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes ss 5 1 3 3
Davenport 3b 5 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0
Hart lf 4 0 0 0
Haller c 5 0 0 0
Alou rf 3 0 1 0
  Mays ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Brown cf,rf 4 1 1 0
Lanier 2b 3 1 1 0
Bolin p 3 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 7 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Phillips cf 5 1 1 0
Beckert 2b 5 0 0 0
Williams rf 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 5 2 3 4
Banks 1b 3 0 0 0
Browne lf 4 0 3 0
Hundley c 4 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 3 0 1 0
Hands p 1 0 0 0
  Koonce p 1 0 0 0
  Altman ph 1 0 0 0
  Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Earley p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 1 0
  Amalfitano pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 37 4 9 4
San Francisco 002 000 000 1371
Chicago 010 000 001 2491
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bolin   9.0 7 3 3 1 5
  Linzy  L (4-9) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.1
9
4
4
2
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hands   2.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Koonce   5.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Jenkins   2.2 3 1 1 2 0
  Earley  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
7
3
3
4
4

  E–Fuentes (17), Santo (15).  DP–San Francisco 1, Chicago 1.  2B–San Francisco Alou (8,off Koonce).  3B–San Francisco McCovey (4,off Jenkins).  HR–San Francisco Fuentes (3,10th inning off Jenkins 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Santo 2 (25,2nd inning off Bolin 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Bolin 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Lanier (5,by Koonce); Williams (12,by Linzy).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Banks (4,by Bolin).  Team–8.  WP–Earley (1).  HBP–Bolin (6,Banks).  IBB–Linzy (4,Williams); Koonce (6,Lanier).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–3:02.  A–11,160.
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