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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 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."

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San Francisco Giants 7, Cincinnati Reds 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes ss 5 1 1 0
Gabrielson lf 4 1 0 0
Mays cf 5 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 3 4 1
Hart 3b 4 1 1 2
Haller c 5 1 2 2
Alou rf 4 0 1 1
  Brown rf 1 0 0 0
Lanier 2b 4 0 2 1
Gibbon p 2 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 2 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 12 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Harper rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Rose 2b 5 1 2 1
Helms 3b 5 1 2 0
Johnson lf,1b 4 0 2 3
Perez 1b 4 0 1 0
  Nottebart p 0 0 0 0
Simpson cf 2 0 0 0
  Shamsky ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 1 0
Coker c 3 1 1 0
  Pinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Edwards c 0 0 0 0
Ellis p 0 0 0 0
  Nuxhall p 0 0 0 0
  Pappas ph 0 1 0 0
  Baldschun p 2 1 1 1
  Ruiz lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
San Francisco 410 000 1017120
Cincinnati 102 200 0005103
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gibbon   3.2 7 5 5 2 4
  McDaniel  W (7-4) 3.2 3 0 0 1 4
  Henry   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Linzy  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
10
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   1.1 7 5 5 1 1
  Nuxhall   1.2 0 0 0 0 3
  Baldschun  L (1-5) 4.0 2 1 1 0 4
  Nottebart   2.0 3 1 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
7
6
1
10

  E–Helms (9), Coker (3), Baldschun (1).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Lanier (11,off Ellis), Cincinnati Helms (15,off Gibbon); Johnson (18,off Gibbon); Perez (10,off McDaniel).  3B–Cincinnati Cardenas (3,off McDaniel).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (23,7th inning off Baldschun 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Hart (4,off Nuxhall).  HBP–McCovey (5,by Nuxhall).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  SB–McCovey (2,2nd base off Baldschun/Coker).  WP–Gibbon 2 (5).  HBP–Nuxhall (4,McCovey).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–3:14.  A–32,552.
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