San Francisco Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 28, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1971 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Francisco Giants 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

San Francisco Giants 3, Philadelphia Phillies 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0
Bonds rf 4 2 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 1 1
Gallagher 3b 4 0 3 2
Healy c 2 0 0 0
  Dietz ph 1 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 0 0 0
Rosario cf 3 0 1 0
  Kingman ph 1 0 0 0
Cumberland p 3 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Mays ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bowa ss 3 0 1 0
Harmon 2b 4 0 0 0
Montanez cf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 1 1 0
Browne lf 2 1 1 1
  Gamble pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Freed rf 2 1 0 0
Pfeil 3b 4 0 1 1
Ryan c 2 0 0 0
  McCarver ph,c 0 1 0 0
Wise p 3 2 2 5
Totals 29 7 6 7
San Francisco 200 001 000380
Philadelphia 010 110 40x761
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Cumberland  L (7-3) 6.0 5 5 5 2 1
  McMahon   2.0 1 2 2 3 5
Totals
8.0
6
7
7
5
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  W (14-10) 9.0 8 3 2 2 11
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
2
11

  E–Bowa (10).  DP–San Francisco 1, Philadelphia 2.  2B–San Francisco Bonds (26,off Wise); McCovey (8,off Wise); Gallagher 2 (16,off Wise 2), Philadelphia Johnson (26,off Cumberland).  HR–Philadelphia Browne (3,4th inning off Cumberland 0 on, 2 out); Wise 2 (6,5th inning off Cumberland 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off McMahon 3 on, 1 out).  SB–Bonds (21,2nd base off Wise/Ryan).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:18.  A–33,012.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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