Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 31, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1971 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Stone rf,lf 5 0 1 0
Bowa ss 5 1 1 0
McCarver c 5 2 3 0
Johnson 1b 4 1 3 2
Montanez cf 3 1 1 0
Gamble lf 4 0 2 2
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
Vukovich 3b 4 0 0 0
Harmon 2b 4 0 0 0
Lersch p 2 0 0 0
  Freed rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett 2b 3 0 2 2
Davalillo cf 3 0 1 0
  Clines ph,cf 2 1 1 2
Clemente rf 3 1 1 0
Stargell lf 1 1 0 0
Oliver 1b 4 0 0 0
May c 3 0 1 1
  Sanguillen ph,c 1 0 1 2
Cash 3b 3 1 0 0
Hernandez ss 3 2 0 0
Moose p 0 0 0 0
  Veale p 1 0 0 0
  Sands ph 1 0 0 0
  Kison p 0 0 0 0
  Mazeroski ph 1 0 1 0
  Ellis pr 0 1 0 0
  Miller p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 8 7
Philadelphia 022 010 0005111
Pittsburgh 000 021 40x783
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lersch   6.0 5 5 4 5 1
  Hoerner  L (4-4) 2.0 3 2 2 2 3
Totals
8.0
8
7
6
7
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Moose   2.1 6 4 3 0 2
  Veale   2.2 4 1 1 1 1
  Kison  W (4-4) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Miller  SV (9) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
2
6

  E–Vukovich (8), Stennett 2 (5), Veale (3).  DP–Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Philadelphia Johnson (27,off Moose), Pittsburgh Clines (10,off Hoerner).  IBB–Montanez (11,by Kison); Clemente (2,by Hoerner).  SH–Stennett (2,off Hoerner).  CS–Gamble (2,2nd base by Veale/May).  WP–Lersch 2 (8).  IBB–Hoerner (2,Clemente); Kison (4,Montanez).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–2:34.  A–16,179.
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