Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
June 23, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1971 at Candlestick Park. 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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Chicago Cubs 2, San Francisco Giants 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 0 2 0
Beckert 2b 5 1 3 0
Williams lf 4 1 2 0
Pepitone 1b 5 0 0 0
Santo 3b 2 0 1 0
Davis cf 4 0 1 2
Hickman rf 4 0 0 0
Cannizzaro c 4 0 1 0
Pappas p 3 0 0 0
  Popovich ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 10 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Speier ss 4 1 0 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0
Bonds cf 3 0 1 1
Mays 1b 3 0 0 0
Henderson rf 3 1 3 1
Dietz c 3 0 0 0
Wicker lf 1 1 0 0
  Williams lf 2 0 1 0
Lanier 3b 4 1 1 1
Marichal p 4 1 1 2
Totals 31 5 8 5
Chicago 200 000 0002101
San Francisco 001 100 03x581
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Pappas  L (7-7) 8.0 8 5 5 5 3
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
5
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal  W (10-4) 9.0 10 2 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
3
5

  E–Santo (10), Speier (16).  DP–Chicago 2, San Francisco 1.  PB–Cannizzaro (5).  2B–Chicago Kessinger (10,off Marichal), San Francisco Fuentes (12,off Pappas); Lanier (4,off Pappas).  3B–Chicago Williams (2,off Marichal).  HR–San Francisco Henderson (7,8th inning off Pappas 0 on, 0 out); Marichal (2,8th inning off Pappas 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Wicker (1,by Pappas).  SB–Henderson (6,2nd base off Pappas/Cannizzaro).  HBP–Pappas (2,Wicker).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:32.  A–12,418.
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