Giants Loss Today Tightens Up the Battle for the NL Title

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BOXSCORE: 1962 Cincinnati Reds At 1962 San Francisco Giants         8/26/1962

 

  Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG

  E.Kasko 3B          4  0  1  0 .302     M.Alou LF           4  1  1  0 .255  

  D.Blasingame 2B     5  0  1  0 .235     J.Davenport 3B      4  0  1  0 .275  

  V.Pinson CF         4  1  0  0 .284     W.Mays CF           3  0  0  1 .301  

  F.Robinson RF       3  2  2  3 .364     O.Cepeda 1B         1  0  0  0 .319  

  J.Lynch LF          4  1  2  0 .251   A-W.McCovey 1B        3  0  0  0 .222  

  G.Coleman 1B        4  1  1  2 .267     F.Alou RF           3  1  1  0 .278  

  H.Foiles C          3  0  0  0 .216     T.Haller C          3  0  0  0 .258  

  L.Cardenas SS       4  0  1  0 .283     J.Pagan SS          4  0  1  1 .289  

  B.Purkey P          2  0  1  0 .126     C.Hiller 2B         4  0  0  0 .323  

B-W.Post PH           1  0  0  0 .212     J.Sanford P         3  0  1  0 .211  

  J.Brosnan P         0  0  0  0 .000     B.Bolin P           0  0  0  0 .238  

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         Totals      34  5  9  5                 Totals      32  2  5  2

 

A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Cepeda In 3rd Inning

B-Pinch Hit For Purkey In 9th Inning

 

INJURY: Orlando Cepeda INJURED (for 1 more game) in 2nd inning

 

Reds............ 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 4 0  -  5  9  1

Giants.......... 0 1 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  5  0

 

Reds (77-61)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

B.Purkey WIN(20-7)        8       4   2   1   2   3   0 104   2.70

J.Brosnan SAVE(10th)      1       1   0   0   0   1   0  11   5.06

Totals                    9       5   2   1   2   4   0

 

Giants (87-49)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

J.Sanford LOSS(16-9)      7 1/3   7   4   4   4   5   2 123   3.53

B.Bolin                   1 2/3   2   1   1   0   2   1  25   2.84

Totals                    9       9   5   5   4   7   3

 

ATTENDANCE- 46,200 DATE- Sunday, August 26th 1962 TIME- Day 

T- 2:21

LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 7  Giants: 6

DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 0  Giants: 1

ERRORS- D.Blasingame

DOUBLES- J.Davenport(24th), J.Pagan(30th)

HOME RUNS- F.Robinson-2(37th), G.Coleman(36th)

SACRIFICE HITS- B.Purkey

SACRIFICE FLIES- W.Mays

WALKS- E.Kasko, V.Pinson, F.Robinson, H.Foiles, F.Alou, T.Haller

STRIKE OUTS- E.Kasko, D.Blasingame, V.Pinson, J.Lynch, H.Foiles, L.Cardenas,

             W.Post, J.Pagan-2, C.Hiller-2

GIDP- D.Blasingame

WEB GEMS- Top 3rd: Jose Pagan robbed Eddie Kasko of a base hit.

 

Frank Robinson ripped 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI at Candlestick Park as the

Cincinnati Reds beat the San Francisco Giants 5 to 2.

 

Robinson led the offense for Cincinnati.  He smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly'

in the 4th inning and smashed a two-run homer (his 37th of the season) in the

8th inning.  Cincinnati out-hit San Francisco for the game, 9 hits to 5.

 

Bob Purkey(20-7) got the win allowing 2 runs in 8 innings. Purkey was helped

out by Jim Brosnan who recorded his 10th save.  Jack Sanford(16-9) was the

losing pitcher.  

 

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