San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 17, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1970 at Three Rivers Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 0 1 1
Fuentes 2b 5 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 1 2 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 2 2
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
Dietz c 4 0 1 0
Hart 3b 4 2 3 0
Lanier ss 4 1 2 1
Perry p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 1 0 0
Cash 2b 4 0 2 1
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Stargell lf 4 1 1 2
Oliver 1b 4 0 2 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 1 0
Pagan 3b 4 0 1 0
Alley ss 4 1 1 0
Moose p 1 0 0 0
  Clines ph 1 1 1 0
  Dal Canton p 1 0 0 0
  Lamb p 0 0 0 0
  Robertson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 3
San Francisco 020 100 0205112
Pittsburgh 000 040 0004102
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (17-11) 9.0 10 4 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
10
4
0
0
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Moose   5.0 7 3 2 0 2
  Dal Canton  L (7-3) 3.0 4 2 2 0 4
  Lamb   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
1
6

  E–Hart (6), Lanier (16), Clemente (6), Moose (2).  DP–San Francisco 2.  2B–San Francisco Bonds (27,off Moose); Lanier (11,off Moose).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (31,8th inning off Dal Canton 1 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Stargell (25,5th inning off Perry 1 on, 2 out).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:32.  A–21,148.
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