San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
August 7, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1966 at Wrigley Field. 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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San Francisco Giants 9, Chicago Cubs 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes ss,2b 4 1 2 0
McCovey 1b 5 1 3 1
Mays cf 3 2 1 3
Hart 3b 5 1 2 1
Peterson lf 4 0 2 2
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
Virgil c 1 0 0 0
  Haller c 4 0 0 0
Brown rf 3 1 0 0
Lanier 2b 2 0 0 0
  Alou ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Perry p 2 0 0 0
  Davenport ph,ss 2 2 2 2
Totals 36 9 13 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Phillips cf 4 1 0 0
Beckert 2b 5 0 1 0
Williams rf 4 1 0 0
Santo 3b 5 2 3 1
Banks 1b 5 1 3 0
Browne lf 4 0 1 1
Hundley c 4 1 2 4
Kessinger ss 4 0 2 0
Holtzman p 2 0 1 0
  Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Earley p 0 0 0 0
  Koonce p 0 0 0 0
  Altman ph 1 0 0 0
  Simmons p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 13 6
San Francisco 003 000 4209131
Chicago 022 000 2006131
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (17-2) 6.0 10 4 4 1 5
  Linzy  SV (12) 3.0 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
2
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (5-12) 6.0 8 5 5 2 6
  Jenkins   0.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Earley   1.0 1 2 2 2 1
  Koonce   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Simmons   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
5
7

  E–Mays (3), Hundley (10).  DP–San Francisco 1, Chicago 1.  PB–Virgil (2).  2B–San Francisco McCovey 2 (19,off Holtzman,off Jenkins); Hart (14,off Jenkins), Chicago Hundley (15,off Linzy).  HR–San Francisco Mays (25,3rd inning off Holtzman 2 on, 2 out); Davenport (9,8th inning off Earley 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Hundley (13,2nd inning off Perry 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Alou (3,off Earley); Linzy (2,off Simmons); Holtzman (3,off Perry).  IBB–Mays (7,by Jenkins).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  WP–Holtzman (5).  IBB–Jenkins (11,Mays).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John Kibler.  T–3:12.  A–29,265.
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