Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 15, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1966 at Forbes Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Phillips cf 5 1 2 1
Beckert 2b 4 1 1 0
Williams rf 2 1 1 0
Santo 3b 4 1 3 4
Banks 1b 4 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 1 0
Browne lf 4 0 1 0
Kessinger ss 4 1 1 0
Roberts p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 0 0 0
Alley ss 3 1 0 0
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Stargell lf 3 1 1 0
Pagan 3b 4 0 1 2
Clendenon 1b 4 1 1 0
Pagliaroni c 4 1 2 1
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 1 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 1 0
  Michael pr 0 0 0 0
Law p 2 0 0 0
  Mikkelsen p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 3
Chicago 300 001 1005100
Pittsburgh 210 100 000480
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  W (4-5) 9.0 8 4 3 2 6
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
2
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  L (6-4) 6.2 9 5 5 1 4
  Mikkelsen   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Face   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 3.  PB–Hundley (8).  2B–Chicago Phillips (18,off Law), Pittsburgh Pagan (11,off Roberts); Pagliaroni (13,off Roberts).  HR–Chicago Santo (19,1st inning off Law 2 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–5.  SB–Phillips (21,2nd base off Law/Pagliaroni); Kessinger 2 (6,2nd base off Law/Pagliaroni,2nd base off Face/Pagliaroni).  WP–Roberts (1).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:19.  A–15,488.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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