Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 3, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1966 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Chicago Cubs 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 1 0
Williams rf 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 0 1 0
Banks 1b 4 0 0 0
Boccabella lf 4 0 0 0
Hundley c 3 1 1 1
Browne cf 3 0 0 0
Holtzman p 2 0 0 0
  Keough ph 1 0 1 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 4 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 3 3 0
Alley ss 5 1 2 1
Clemente rf 3 0 1 2
Clendenon 1b 4 0 2 1
Mazeroski 2b 4 1 1 0
Bailey 3b 4 2 3 2
Pagliaroni c 3 1 1 0
Stargell lf 4 1 1 3
Sisk p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 14 9
Chicago 000 010 000140
Pittsburgh 111 010 14x9142
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (8-13) 7.0 10 5 5 0 7
  Roberts   1.0 4 4 4 1 1
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
1
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Sisk  W (9-2) 9.0 4 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
4

  E–Clendenon (21), Bailey (11).  DP–Chicago 2, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Clendenon (18,off Holtzman); Alley (23,off Holtzman).  3B–Pittsburgh Alley (8,off Holtzman); Clemente (11,off Holtzman); Mazeroski (6,off Roberts).  HR–Chicago Hundley (19,5th inning off Sisk 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Bailey (11,2nd inning off Holtzman 0 on, 0 out); Stargell (29,8th inning off Roberts 2 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Clemente (3,off Holtzman).  HBP–Alou (3,by Holtzman).  Team–5.  HBP–Holtzman (4,Alou).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:17.  A–10,891.
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