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Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
June 2, 1961 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1961 at Crosley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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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| Game played on Friday, June 2, 1961 at Crosley Field |
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| Chicago |
1 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | 13 | 2 |
| Cincinnati |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 5 | – | 6 | 9 | 1 |
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| Chicago Cubs |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Curtis W (1-1) |
8.2 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
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Elston SV (6) |
0.1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
9 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
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| Cincinnati Reds |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Purkey L (5-3) |
5.0 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
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Bridges |
3.0 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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Nunn |
1.0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
13 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
E–Altman (1), Kindall (3), Whisenant (1). DP–Chicago 1, Cincinnati 2. 2B–Chicago Kindall (3,off Purkey); Altman (6,off Purkey), Cincinnati Kasko 2 (8,off Curtis 2); Lynch (3,off Elston). HR–Chicago Bouchee (4,4th inning off Purkey 1 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Freese (8,9th inning off Curtis 1 on, 0 out). SH–Taylor (1,off Bridges); Zimmer (3,off Bridges); Pinson (1,off Curtis). SF–Banks 3 (3,off Purkey,off Bridges,off Nunn). Team LOB–7. Team–6. CS–Santo (1,Home by Bridges/Zimmerman). U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Vinnie Smith, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Tom Gorman. T–2:55. A–12,656. |
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| Game played on Friday, June 2, 1961 at Crosley Field |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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