Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
July 5, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1971 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Chicago Cubs 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 1 3 1
Clines lf 5 1 1 1
Clemente rf 5 1 1 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 1 2
Robertson 1b 4 0 0 0
Pagan 3b 3 0 2 0
  Hebner pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Oliver cf 3 1 1 0
Alley ss 3 1 1 0
Blass p 4 0 1 2
Totals 36 6 11 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 0 1 0
Beckert 2b 5 0 1 1
Williams lf 5 1 2 0
Pepitone 1b 2 0 1 1
  Callison ph,rf 3 0 1 0
Santo 3b 4 0 2 0
Hickman rf,1b 4 0 0 0
Davis cf 4 0 2 0
Cannizzaro c 4 1 2 0
Holtzman p 1 0 0 0
  Popovich ph 1 0 0 0
  Tompkins p 0 0 0 0
  Bonham p 0 0 0 0
  Decker p 0 0 0 0
  Webster ph 1 0 0 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 12 2
Pittsburgh 000 003 3006110
Chicago 110 000 0002120
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  W (10-4) 9.0 12 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
12
2
2
1
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (8-9) 6.0 7 3 3 0 2
  Tompkins   0.0 1 2 2 0 0
  Bonham   0.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Decker   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Regan   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
2
2

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Cash (12,off Holtzman); Clemente (13,off Holtzman); Pagan (1,off Tompkins), Chicago Williams (14,off Blass).  HBP–Oliver (4,by Tompkins).  IBB–Alley (9,by Decker).  SB–Cash (10,2nd base off Holtzman/Cannizzaro); Hebner (1,2nd base off Decker/Cannizzaro).  CS–Robertson (1,2nd base by Holtzman/Cannizzaro).  HBP–Tompkins (2,Oliver).  IBB–Decker (2,Alley).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:35.  A–37,734.
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