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Pirates 4 @ Phillies 5
Connie Mack Stadium
September 23, 1961

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on September 23, 1961 at Connie Mack Stadium. The home team Phillies beat the visiting Pirates with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 23, 1961 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 4 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 5 H: 14 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 14
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherJack Baldschun  
Losing PitcherRoy Face  
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Game Winning RBIWes Covington 

Game Info

DateSeptember 23, 1961 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Visiting Starting PitcherAl Jackson  
Home Starting PitcherJohn Buzhardt  
BallparkConnie Mack Stadium 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance4,005 
Time of Game4 hours 5 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Paul Pryor
1B: Tony Venzon
2B: Frank Secory
3B: Ed Sudol

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Virdon  Center Fielder 
Dick Schofield  Shortstop 
Donn Clendenon  Right Fielder 
Dick Stuart  First Baseman 
Bob Skinner  Left Fielder 
Smoky Burgess  Catcher 
Don Hoak  Third Baseman 
Bill Mazeroski  Second Baseman 
Al Jackson  Pitcher 
Danny Murtaugh  Manager 

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Malkmus  Second Baseman 
Bobby Smith  Center Fielder 
Charley Smith  Third Baseman 
Lee Walls  Left Fielder 
Pancho Herrera  First Baseman 
Ken Walters  Right Fielder 
Ruben Amaro  Shortstop 
Clay Dalrymple  Catcher 
John Buzhardt  Pitcher 
Gene Mauch  Manager 

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Pirates 4 @ Phillies 5
Connie Mack Stadium
September 23, 1961

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         Game of 9/23/1961 -- Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (N)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
Virdon B, cf          7  0  2  0   Malkmus B, 2b         7  2  4  1   
Schofield D, ss       4  2  1  0   Smith B, cf           3  2  3  0   
Clendenon D, rf       6  2  2  0   Gonzalez T, cf        0  0  0  0   
Stuart D, 1b          6  0  1  0   Taylor T, ph          1  0  0  0   
Skinner B, lf         6  0  2  4   Callison J, lf        2  0  1  0   
Burgess S, c          5  0  0  0   Smith C, 3b           7  0  2  2   
Hoak D, 3b            6  0  1  0   Walls L, lf-rf-1b     7  0  0  0   
Mazeroski B, 2b       6  0  0  0   Herrera P, 1b         5  0  1  1   
Jackson A, p          3  0  0  0   Covington W, ph-rf    2  1  1  1   
Moryn W, ph           1  0  0  0   Walters K, rf-cf      6  0  0  0   
Haddix H, p           0  0  0  0   Amaro R, ss           5  0  1  0   
Clemente R, ph        1  0  0  0   Dalrymple C, c        4  0  1  0   
Face R, p             1  0  0  0   Buzhardt J, p         3  0  0  0   
                                   Baldschun J, p        3  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     52  4  9  4                        55  5 14  5

Pittsburgh       000 200 002 000 000 0 --  4
Philadelphia     200 000 020 000 000 1 --  5
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Jackson A             9.0  8  4  3  3  5
Haddix H              3.0  2  0  0  0  3
Face R (L)            3.1  4  1  1  0  3

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Buzhardt J            8.2  6  4  4  3  3
Baldschun J (W)       7.1  3  0  0  3  4

E -- Schofield D
DP -- Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 4
LOB -- Pittsburgh 7, Philadelphia 8
2B -- Clendenon D, Malkmus B, Smith C
HR -- Malkmus B, Covington W
CS -- Schofield D
SH -- Dalrymple C, Schofield D
T -- 4:05
A -- 4005

    

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