Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 8, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1971 at Dodger Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alley ss 5 0 1 0
Pagan 3b 5 1 2 2
Clemente rf 5 1 4 1
Stargell lf 5 1 1 1
Robertson 1b 4 0 1 1
Sanguillen c 4 0 0 0
Oliver cf 4 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 1 0
Briles p 2 1 1 0
  Clines ph 0 1 0 0
  Giusti p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 12 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 5 0 2 0
Buckner rf 5 2 3 0
Davis cf 5 1 4 0
Allen lf 4 0 1 1
Parker 1b 3 0 1 0
Lefebvre 2b 4 0 1 2
  Russell pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Haller c 3 0 2 0
Grabarkewitz 3b 4 0 0 0
  Sims ph 1 0 0 0
Downing p 2 0 0 0
  Mikkelsen p 0 0 0 0
  Joshua ph 1 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 14 3
Pittsburgh 001 000 4005120
Los Angeles 100 020 0003140
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  W (3-1) 6.0 9 3 3 4 4
  Giusti  SV (6) 3.0 5 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
14
3
3
5
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Downing  L (3-2) 6.2 10 5 5 1 5
  Mikkelsen   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Brewer   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Stargell (4,off Downing).  HR–Pittsburgh Pagan (1,7th inning off Downing 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Downing (4,off Briles).  SB–Allen (2,2nd base off Briles/Sanguillen).  CS–Wills (3,3rd base by Briles/Sanguillen).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:39.  A–26,737.
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