Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
July 31, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1971 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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

Pittsburgh Pirates 11, San Francisco Giants 15

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 0 1 1
Davalillo rf 5 1 2 1
Oliver cf 4 2 2 1
Stargell lf 5 2 2 5
Robertson 1b 5 1 1 1
Sanguillen c 4 1 2 0
Pagan 3b 5 1 1 1
Hernandez ss 4 1 2 1
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
  Mazeroski ph 1 0 0 0
Johnson p 1 1 0 0
  Veale p 1 1 1 0
  Briles p 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Alley ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 14 11
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 2 1 2
Fuentes 2b 6 2 3 3
Henderson lf 4 3 2 2
McCovey 1b 2 0 1 0
  Kingman ph,1b 3 1 2 5
Dietz c 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 1 0 0
Rosario cf 5 1 2 0
  Mays cf 0 0 0 0
Lanier 3b 4 3 3 1
Carrithers p 0 0 0 0
  Barr p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 0 1 0 0
  McMahon p 1 0 0 0
  Duffy ph 2 1 1 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 15 15 13
Pittsburgh 313 010 03011142
San Francisco 110 402 70x15150
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   1.2 4 2 2 1 0
  Veale   1.2 2 4 4 3 3
  Briles   2.2 2 2 1 2 4
  Giusti  L (4-4) 0.1 5 6 6 1 0
  Grant   1.2 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
15
13
7
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Carrithers   1.2 5 4 4 1 2
  Barr   2.1 5 3 3 0 4
  McMahon  W (9-3) 3.0 2 1 1 0 6
  Hamilton  SV (4) 2.0 2 3 3 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
11
11
2
13

  E–Oliver (4), Pagan (2).  PB–Dietz (13).  2B–Pittsburgh Sanguillen (22,off Barr), San Francisco Lanier (7,off Johnson); Fuentes 2 (18,off Veale,off Briles); Henderson (14,off Veale); Kingman (1,off Briles); Bonds (21,off Giusti).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell 2 (36,1st inning off Carrithers 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off Hamilton 2 on, 2 out); Robertson (22,1st inning off Carrithers 0 on, 2 out); Pagan (4,5th inning off McMahon 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco Henderson (12,1st inning off Johnson 0 on, 2 out); Kingman (1,7th inning off Giusti 3 on, 1 out).  HBP–Sanguillen (3,by Carrithers); Bonds (3,by Johnson).  SH–Barr (1,off Johnson).  IBB–Henderson (10,by Giusti).  WP–Johnson (3), Veale (2).  HBP–Johnson (5,Bonds); Carrithers (1,Sanguillen).  IBB–Giusti (5,Henderson).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–3:15.  A–18,834.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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