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Cardinals
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
July 8, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on July 8, 1961 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
Date | July 8, 1961 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 8, 1961 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Larry Jackson |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dick LeMay |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
City | San Francisco |
State | CA |
Attendance | 15,874 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 14 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Ed Vargo 1B: Shag Crawford 2B: Al Barlick 3B: Bill Jackowski |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
Alex Grammas | Second Baseman |
Bill White | First Baseman |
Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
Don Taussig | Right Fielder |
Charlie James | Left Fielder |
Jimmie Schaffer | Catcher |
Jerry Buchek | Shortstop |
Larry Jackson | Pitcher |
Johnny Keane | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Joey Amalfitano | Second Baseman |
Harvey Kuenn | Third Baseman |
Matty Alou | Right Fielder |
Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
Orlando Cepeda | Left Fielder |
Ed Bailey | Catcher |
Jose Pagan | Shortstop |
Dick LeMay | Pitcher |
Alvin Dark | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
July 8, 1961
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. LeMay
Flood hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. LeMay
Grammas hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. LeMay
White is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Jackson
Amalfitano takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Jackson
Kuenn hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Flood. Kuenn reaches second base with a double. Amalfitano goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alou vs. Jackson
Alou hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mays vs. Jackson
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Kuenn scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Jackson
McCovey strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. LeMay
Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taussig vs. LeMay
Taussig strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. LeMay
James hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Jackson
Cepeda strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Jackson
Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Jackson
Pagan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LeMay vs. Jackson
LeMay hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats LeMay for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaffer vs. LeMay
Schaffer hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buchek vs. LeMay
Buchek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kuenn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. LeMay
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Jackson
Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Jackson
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Amalfitano moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alou vs. Jackson
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out. Amalfitano moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mays vs. Jackson
Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Jackson
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCovey for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Jackson
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailey vs. Jackson
Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. LeMay
Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. LeMay
Grammas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. LeMay
There's a wild pitch. Grammas moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. LeMay
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grammas moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. LeMay
Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taussig vs. LeMay
Taussig hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Jackson
Pagan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Flood. Pagan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
LeMay vs. Jackson
There's a wild pitch. Pagan moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
LeMay vs. Jackson
LeMay strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Amalfitano vs. Jackson
Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kuenn vs. Jackson
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. LeMay
James hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats James for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaffer vs. LeMay
Schaffer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kuenn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buchek vs. LeMay
Buchek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Jackson
Alou hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Jackson
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Jackson
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Jackson
Cepeda hits a popup towards short. Buchek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. LeMay
Jackson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. LeMay
Flood hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. LeMay
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. LeMay
White hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Grammas moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. LeMay
Boyer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Grammas scores. White moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Taussig vs. LeMay
Taussig takes first base on ball four. White moves to third. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
James vs. LeMay
James hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays who is chasing the ball. James reaches third base with a triple. White scores. Boyer scores. Taussig goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schaffer vs. Jones
Sam Jones now pitching.
Schaffer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. James scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buchek vs. Jones
Buchek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Jackson
Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Jackson
Pagan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Jackson
Jim Marshall pinch hits for Sam Jones.
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Marshall for the out. Pagan moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Amalfitano vs. Jackson
Amalfitano hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Flood. Amalfitano reaches second base with a double. Pagan scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kuenn vs. Jackson
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Amalfitano scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Jackson
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Fisher
Eddie Fisher now pitching.
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Fisher
Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Fisher
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kuenn juggles the ball. That's an error on Kuenn. Grammas moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Fisher
White hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Jackson
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Jackson
McCovey strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Jackson
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Fisher
Boyer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taussig vs. Fisher
Taussig bunts towards the mound. Fisher fields it and throws to first for the out. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
James vs. Fisher
James hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. James reaches second base with a double. Boyer scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schoendienst vs. Fisher
Red Schoendienst pinch hits for Jimmie Schaffer.
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cunningham vs. Fisher
Joe Cunningham pinch hits for Jerry Buchek.
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. James scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Fisher
Jackson is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Jackson
Red Schoendienst now playing second base. Carl Sawatski now catching. Alex Grammas now playing shortstop.
Bailey strikes out. Sawatski drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Bailey out. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Jackson
Pagan is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landrith vs. Jackson
Hobie Landrith pinch hits for Eddie Fisher.
Landrith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Miller
Stu Miller now pitching. Hobie Landrith now catching.
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kuenn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Miller
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Miller
White strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Jackson
Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Jackson
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 9 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Jackson
Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/8/1961 -- St.Louis at San Francisco (D) St.Louis AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI Flood C, cf 5 0 1 0 Amalfitano J, 2b 4 3 2 1 Grammas A, 2b-ss 4 2 0 0 Kuenn H, 3b 5 1 3 2 White B, 1b 5 1 1 0 Alou M, rf 5 1 1 0 Boyer K, 3b 4 3 3 3 Mays W, cf 4 1 1 3 Taussig D, rf 2 1 0 0 McCovey W, 1b 3 0 0 0 James C, lf 4 2 2 4 Cepeda O, lf 4 0 1 0 Schaffer J, c 3 0 1 1 Bailey E, c 4 0 0 0 Schoendienst , ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Miller S, p 0 0 0 0 Buchek J, ss 3 0 0 0 Pagan J, ss 4 1 3 0 Cunningham J, ph 1 0 1 1 LeMay D, p 2 0 0 0 Sawatski C, c 0 0 0 0 Jones S, p 0 0 0 0 Jackson L, p 4 0 0 0 Marshall J, ph 1 0 0 0 Fisher E, p 0 0 0 0 Landrith H, ph-c 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 9 9 9 37 7 11 6 St.Louis 000 205 020 -- 9 San Francisco 203 002 000 -- 7 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Jackson L (W) 9.0 11 7 7 2 6 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO LeMay D 5.2 5 7 7 2 3 Jones S 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 Fisher E (L) 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 Miller S 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 E -- Kuenn H DP -- St.Louis 1 LOB -- St.Louis 3, San Francisco 5 2B -- Kuenn H, Pagan J, Amalfitano J, James C 3B -- James C HR -- Mays W, Boyer K SH -- Taussig D WP -- LeMay D, Jackson L T -- 2:14 A -- 15874
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