Top 1

• Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Schoendienst vs. Loes
  
  Schoendienst hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Cunningham vs. Loes
  
  Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Loes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  White vs. Loes
  
  White hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Boyer vs. Loes
  
  Boyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Spencer vs. Loes
  
  Loes fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Loes. Boyer moves to second. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Spencer vs. Loes
  
  Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Bottom 1

• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Kuenn vs. Gibson
  
  Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Hiller vs. Gibson
  
  Hiller strikes out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Mays vs. Gibson
  
  Mays strikes out. View Play 

Top 2

• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Moryn vs. Loes
  
  Moryn strikes out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Flood vs. Loes
  
  Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Smith vs. Loes
  
  Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Bottom 2

• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  McCovey vs. Gibson
  
  McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Cepeda vs. Gibson
  
  Cepeda strikes out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Alou vs. Gibson
  
  Alou hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McCovey moves to second. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Haller vs. Gibson
  
  Haller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McCovey moves to third. Alou moves to second. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
  Marshall vs. Gibson
  
  Jim Marshall pinch hits for Jose Pagan.
  
  Marshall hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McCovey tags and scores. Alou tags and moves to third. Haller tags and moves to second. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
  Loes vs. Gibson
  
  Loes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Top 3

• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Gibson vs. Loes
  
  Eddie Bressoud now playing shortstop.
  
  Gibson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Haller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Schoendienst vs. Loes
  
  Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Cunningham vs. Loes
  
  Cunningham hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Bottom 3

• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Kuenn vs. Gibson
  
  Kuenn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Hiller vs. Gibson
  
  Hiller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kuenn moves to second. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Mays vs. Gibson
  
  Mays hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to third. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
  McCovey vs. Gibson
  
  McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. White races to the bag, beating McCovey for the out, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Kuenn scores. Mays moves to third. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
  Cepeda vs. Gibson
  
  Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Top 4

• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  White vs. Loes
  
  White takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Boyer vs. Loes
  
  Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Loes covering, for the out. White moves to second. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Spencer vs. Loes
  
  Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Moryn vs. Loes
  
  Moryn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. White scores. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Flood vs. Loes
  
  Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play 

Bottom 4

• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Alou vs. Gibson
  
  Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Haller vs. Gibson
  
  Haller is called out on strikes. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Bressoud vs. Gibson
  
  Bressoud hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 5

• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Smith vs. Loes
  
  Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Gibson vs. Loes
  
  Gibson hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Schoendienst vs. Loes
  
  Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Cunningham vs. Loes
  
  Cunningham hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  White vs. Loes
  
  White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Bottom 5

• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Loes vs. Gibson
  
  Loes hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Kuenn vs. Gibson
  
  Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Hiller vs. Gibson
  
  Hiller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Mays vs. Gibson
  
  There goes Hiller. The throw from Smith and he is safe. Hiller steals second. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Mays vs. Gibson
  
  Mays hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Flood. Mays reaches second base with a double. Flood throws the ball in to Boyer who tags Mays trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Hiller scores. View Play 

Top 6

• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Boyer vs. Loes
  
  Boyer strikes out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Spencer vs. Loes
  
  Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Moryn vs. Loes
  
  Moryn hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Bottom 6

• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  McCovey vs. Gibson
  
  McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Cepeda vs. Gibson
  
  Cepeda hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Alou vs. Gibson
  
  Alou hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Haller vs. Gibson
  
  Gibson fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Gibson. Alou moves to second. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Haller vs. Gibson
  
  Haller strikes out. View Play 

Top 7

• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Flood vs. Loes
  
  Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Sawatski vs. Loes
  
  Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Hal Smith.
  
  Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Crowe vs. Loes
  
  George Crowe pinch hits for Bob Gibson.
  
  Crowe hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Bottom 7

• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Bressoud vs. McDaniel
  
  Carl Sawatski now catching. Lindy McDaniel now pitching.
  
  Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Loes vs. McDaniel
  
  Loes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Kuenn vs. McDaniel
  
  Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 8

• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Schoendienst vs. Loes
  
  Jim Davenport now playing third base.
  
  Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Cunningham vs. Loes
  
  Cunningham hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  White vs. Loes
  
  White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Loes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 

Bottom 8

• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Hiller vs. McDaniel
  
  Hiller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Mays vs. McDaniel
  
  Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  McCovey vs. McDaniel
  
  There goes Mays. The throw from Sawatski and he is safe. Mays steals second. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  McCovey vs. McDaniel
  
  There's a wild pitch. Mays moves to third. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
  McCovey vs. McDaniel
  
  McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mays tags and scores. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Cepeda vs. McDaniel
  
  Cepeda hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Alou vs. McDaniel
  
  Matty Alou pinch runs for Orlando Cepeda.
  
  Alou hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Alou moves to third. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
  Haller vs. McDaniel
  
  Haller hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play 

Top 9

• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Boyer vs. Loes
  
  Matty Alou now playing left field.
  
  Boyer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Spencer vs. O'Dell
  
  Billy O'Dell now pitching.
  
  Spencer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second. View Play 
• Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
  Nieman vs. O'Dell
  
  Don Landrum pinch runs for Daryl Spencer. Bob Nieman pinch hits for Walt Moryn.
  
  Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on McCovey. Boyer scores. Landrum moves to third. Nieman moves to second. View Play 
• Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 4
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
  Musial vs. O'Dell
  
  Don Taussig pinch runs for Bob Nieman. Stan Musial pinch hits for Curt Flood.
  
  Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller fields it and throws to home to get Landrum. Taussig moves to third. Musial moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play 
• Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 4
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
  Grammas vs. Duffalo
  
  Charlie James pinch runs for Stan Musial. Jim Duffalo now pitching. Alex Grammas pinch hits for Carl Sawatski.
  
  Grammas is walked intentionally. View Play 
• Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 4
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
  McDermott vs. Duffalo
  
  Mickey McDermott pinch hits for Lindy McDaniel.
  
  McDermott hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. McDermott reaches second base with a double. Taussig scores. James scores. Grammas goes all the way around to score. View Play 
• Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 4
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
  Schoendienst vs. Duffalo
  
  Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McDermott scores. View Play 
• Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 4
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  Cunningham vs. Duffalo
  
  Cunningham hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 4
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
  White vs. Duffalo
  
  White strikes out. View Play 

Bottom 9

• Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 4
  Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Bressoud vs. McDermott
  
  Don Landrum now playing center field. Don Taussig now playing left field. Mickey McDermott now pitching. Alex Grammas now playing shortstop. Gene
  
  Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 4
  Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Amalfitano vs. McDermott
  
  Joey Amalfitano pinch hits for Jim Duffalo.
  
  Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDermott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play 
• Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 4
  Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
  Davenport vs. McDermott
  
  Davenport strikes out. View Play 

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         Game of 4/23/1961, game 2 -- St.Louis at San Francisco (D)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    San Francisco      AB  R  H RBI
Schoendienst R, 2b    5  1  3  2   Kuenn H, 3b           4  1  1  0   
Cunningham J, rf      5  0  1  0   Davenport J, 3b       1  0  0  0   
White B, 1b           4  1  0  0   Hiller C, 2b          4  1  1  0   
Boyer K, 3b           4  1  2  0   Mays W, cf            3  1  2  1   
Spencer D, ss         4  0  1  0   McCovey W, 1b         2  1  0  2   
Landrum D, pr-cf      0  0  0  0   Cepeda O, lf          4  0  1  0   
Moryn W, lf           3  0  1  1   Alou M, pr-lf         0  0  0  0   
Nieman B, ph          1  0  0  0   Alou F, rf            4  0  3  0   
Taussig D, pr-lf      0  1  0  0   Haller T, c           4  0  1  0   
Flood C, cf           3  0  0  0   Pagan J, ss           0  0  0  0   
Musial S, ph          1  0  0  0   Marshall J, ph        0  0  0  1   
James C, pr           0  1  0  0   Bressoud E, ss        3  0  0  0   
Oliver G, c           0  0  0  0   Loes B, p             3  0  0  0   
Smith H, c            2  0  0  0   O'Dell B, p           0  0  0  0   
Sawatski C, ph-c      1  0  0  0   Duffalo J, p          0  0  0  0   
Grammas A, ph-ss      0  1  0  0   Amalfitano J, ph      1  0  0  0   
Gibson B, p           2  0  0  0                                      
Crowe G, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
McDaniel L, p         0  0  0  0                                      
McDermott M, ph-p     1  1  1  3                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  7  9  6                        33  4  9  4

St.Louis         100 100 005 --  7
San Francisco    011 010 010 --  4

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gibson B              6.0  7  3  3  1  5
McDaniel L (W)        2.0  2  1  1  1  0
McDermott M (S)       1.0  0  0  0  0  1

  San Francisco        IP  H  R ER BB SO
Loes B*               8.0  6  3  3  1  2
O'Dell B (L)          0.1  1  2  1  0  0
Duffalo J             0.2  2  2  2  1  1
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- Loes B, White B, Gibson B, McCovey W
LOB -- St.Louis 5, San Francisco 6
2B -- Mays W, McDermott M
HR -- Schoendienst R
SB -- Hiller C, Mays W
SF -- Marshall J, McCovey W
WP -- McDaniel L
T -- 2:55
A -- 28571

    

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