Giants Drop Another One to the Pirates!

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BOXSCORE: 1962 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1962 San Francisco Giants      4/26/1962

 

  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG

  B.Virdon CF         4  0  1  2 .330     H.Kuenn RF          4  0  0  0 .315  

  D.Groat SS          4  0  0  0 .371     J.Davenport 3B      4  0  1  0 .273  

  B.Skinner LF        3  0  0  0 .246     W.Mays CF           3  0  0  0 .250  

  S.Burgess C         4  0  0  0 .305     O.Cepeda 1B         4  0  0  0 .344  

  D.Stuart 1B         4  0  1  0 .207     W.McCovey LF        4  0  0  0 .300  

  D.Clendenon RF      4  0  1  0 .324     E.Bailey C          3  0  0  0 .304  

  B.Mazeroski 2B      3  1  1  0 .350     J.Pagan SS          2  0  1  0 .190  

  D.Schofield 3B      2  1  0  0 .280     C.Hiller 2B         2  0  1  0 .346  

  E.Francis P         3  1  1  1 .111     J.Sanford P         1  0  0  0 .000  

                                        A-F.Alou PH           1  0  0  0 .215  

                                          B.Bolin P           0  0  0  01.000  

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         Totals      31  3  5  3                 Totals      28  0  3  0

 

A-Pinch Hit For Sanford In 8th Inning

 

Pirates......... 0 0 0  0 3 0  0 0 0  -  3  5  1

Giants.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  3  0

 

Pirates (14-9)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

E.Francis WIN(3-2)        9       3   0   0   2   5   0  96   2.81

Totals                    9       3   0   0   2   5   0

 

Giants (11-12)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

J.Sanford LOSS(2-4)       8       4   3   3   2   6   0  95   3.38

B.Bolin                   1       1   0   0   0   0   0   6   1.59

Totals                    9       5   3   3   2   6   0

 

ATTENDANCE- 24,688 DATE- Thursday, April 26th 1962 TIME- Day 

T- 2:04

LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 3  Giants: 5

DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1  Giants: 0

ERRORS- S.Burgess

STOLEN BASES- W.Mays(4th)

SACRIFICE HITS- J.Sanford

WALKS- B.Skinner, D.Schofield, W.Mays, J.Pagan

HIT BY PITCH- C.Hiller

STRIKE OUTS- D.Stuart-2, D.Clendenon-2, E.Francis-2, H.Kuenn, W.Mays-2,

             W.McCovey, J.Sanford

GIDP- W.Mays

WILD PITCHES- E.Francis

 

Earl Francis pitched a 3 hit shutout at Candlestick Park as the Pittsburgh

Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants by the count of 3 to 0.

 

Francis(3-2) was indeed brilliant as he hand-cuffed the San Francisco offense.

He gave up just 3 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings lowering his ERA to 2.81.

Pittsburgh had only 5 hits for the afternoon.  

 

Jack Sanford(2-4) was tagged with the loss.  He pitched 8 innings giving up

only 4 hits and 2 walks. With this win, Pittsburgh has a 14-9 record.  They

have been 6-4 lately.  With the loss San Francisco now has a record of 11-12.

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