Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
April 21, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1964 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Chicago Cubs 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 5 2 2 1
Virdon cf 4 0 0 0
Clemente rf 2 2 1 1
Stargell lf 3 0 0 0
  Freese ph 1 1 1 3
  Johnston lf 0 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 0 0 0
Bailey 3b 4 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 2 1 0
Pagliaroni c 4 1 3 3
Law p 3 0 1 0
  Bork p 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 10 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Stewart 2b 5 1 2 1
Brock rf 4 0 2 0
Williams lf 4 1 1 1
Santo 3b 3 1 1 1
Banks 1b 3 0 0 0
Rodgers ss 4 1 1 1
Ranew c 4 0 0 0
Cowan cf 4 1 2 1
Norman p 3 0 0 0
  Schurr p 0 0 0 0
  Gregory ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 000 120 1138100
Chicago 110 100 110590
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law   6.2 7 4 4 1 3
  Bork   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Face  W (2-1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  L (0-1) 8.1 10 8 8 6 7
  Schurr   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
6
7

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Chicago 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Law (1,off Norman), Chicago Brock (2,off Law).  3B–Pittsburgh Mazeroski (1,off Norman).  HR–Pittsburgh Clemente (1,4th inning off Norman 0 on, 0 out); Schofield (1,5th inning off Norman 0 on, 2 out); Pagliaroni (1,7th inning off Norman 0 on, 0 out); Freese (1,9th inning off Norman 2 on, 1 out), Chicago Stewart (1,1st inning off Law 0 on, 0 out); Rodgers (2,2nd inning off Law 0 on, 1 out); Santo (2,4th inning off Law 0 on, 0 out); Cowan (2,7th inning off Law 0 on, 1 out); Williams (5,8th inning off Bork 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Stargell (1,by Norman).  IBB–Clemente 3 (3,by Norman 3); Banks (1,by Law).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  SB–Clendenon (1,2nd base off Norman/Ranew).  WP–Norman 2 (4).  BK–Norman (1).  HBP–Norman (1,Stargell).  IBB–Law (1,Banks); Norman 3 (4,Clemente 3).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:40.  A–3,222.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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