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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
September 1, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on September 1, 1961 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
Date | September 1, 1961 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 1, 1961 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Joe Gibbon |
Home Starting Pitcher | Larry Jackson |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 13,480 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 30 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Dusty Boggess 1B: Stan Landes 2B: Al Forman 3B: Tom Gorman |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
Dick Groat | Shortstop |
Bob Skinner | Left Fielder |
Dick Stuart | First Baseman |
Roberto Clemente | Right Fielder |
Smoky Burgess | Catcher |
Don Hoak | Third Baseman |
Bill Mazeroski | Second Baseman |
Joe Gibbon | Pitcher |
Danny Murtaugh | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
Bill White | First Baseman |
Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
Don Taussig | Right Fielder |
Charlie James | Left Fielder |
Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
Jimmie Schaffer | Catcher |
Larry Jackson | Pitcher |
Johnny Keane | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
September 1, 1961
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Jackson
Virdon hits a line drive into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Jackson
Groat hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Jackson
Skinner hits a fly ball into left field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Gibbon
Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Gibbon
Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Gibbon
The ball gets by Burgess for a passed ball. Javier moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Gibbon
White is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Gibbon
Boyer hits a popup towards first. Stuart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Taussig vs. Gibbon
Taussig hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Jackson
Stuart is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Jackson
Clemente hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burgess vs. Jackson
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Clemente moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hoak vs. Jackson
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. Clemente moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mazeroski vs. Jackson
Mazeroski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clemente scores. Hoak moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gibbon vs. Jackson
Gibbon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Gibbon
James hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Gibbon
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schaffer vs. Gibbon
Schaffer strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Gibbon
Jackson hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Jackson reaches second base with a double. Grammas moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Flood vs. Gibbon
Flood hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Grammas scores. Jackson scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Gibbon
Javier hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Jackson
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Jackson
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Jackson
Skinner hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Gibbon
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Gibbon
Boyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. White moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Taussig vs. Gibbon
Taussig bunts towards first. Stuart fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Stuart. White scores. Boyer moves to third. Taussig moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
James vs. Gibbon
James hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyer scores. Taussig moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Grammas vs. McBean
Al McBean now pitching.
Grammas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taussig scores. James moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Schaffer vs. McBean
Schaffer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out. James scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. McBean
Jackson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. McBean
Flood strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Jackson
Stuart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clemente vs. Jackson
Clemente is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burgess vs. Jackson
Burgess hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of James. Burgess reaches second base with a double. Stuart moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hoak vs. Jackson
Hoak hits a fly ball into right field. Taussig settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stuart tags and scores. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mazeroski vs. Jackson
Mazeroski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. McBean
Walt Moryn now playing right field.
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. McBean
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. McBean
Boyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taussig vs. McBean
Taussig hits a popup towards first. Stuart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBean vs. Jackson
McBean hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Jackson
Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Jackson
Groat hits a line drive into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skinner vs. Jackson
Skinner hits a fly ball into right field. Taussig settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. McBean
James hits a popup towards first. Stuart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. McBean
Grammas strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaffer vs. McBean
Schaffer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. McBean
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Jackson
Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Jackson
Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Jackson
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. McBean
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McBean fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. McBean
Javier strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. McBean
White strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Jackson
Hoak hits a fly ball into left field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Jackson
Mazeroski strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBean vs. Jackson
McBean strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. McBean
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taussig vs. McBean
There's a wild pitch. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Taussig vs. McBean
Taussig hits a line drive towards third. Hoak reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
James vs. McBean
James hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grammas vs. McBean
Grammas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyer scores. James moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Schaffer vs. McBean
Schaffer bunts towards the mound. McBean fields it and throws to first for the out. James scores. Grammas moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. McBean
Jackson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flood vs. McBean
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Jackson
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Jackson
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Jackson
Skinner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stuart vs. Jackson
Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. McBean
Javier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. McBean
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. McBean
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Jackson
Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas misplays the ball. That's an error on Grammas. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burgess vs. Jackson
Burgess hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Jackson
Hoak hits a fly ball into right field. Taussig settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Jackson
Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Jackson
Rocky Nelson pinch hits for Al McBean.
Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/1/1961 -- Pittsburgh at St.Louis (N) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Virdon B, cf 4 0 1 0 Flood C, cf 5 0 1 2 Groat D, ss 4 0 0 0 Javier J, 2b 5 0 2 0 Skinner B, lf 4 0 1 0 White B, 1b 4 1 1 0 Stuart D, 1b 4 1 1 0 Boyer K, 3b 4 2 2 0 Clemente R, rf 2 1 1 0 Taussig D, rf 3 1 0 0 Moryn W, rf 2 1 0 0 James C, lf 4 2 2 1 Burgess S, c 4 1 3 2 Grammas A, ss 4 1 2 2 Hoak D, 3b 3 0 0 1 Schaffer J, c 2 0 0 2 Mazeroski B, 2b 4 0 1 1 Jackson L, p 3 1 1 0 Gibbon J, p 1 0 0 0 McBean A, p 2 0 0 0 Nelson R, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 4 8 4 34 8 11 7 Pittsburgh 010 100 002 -- 4 St.Louis 024 000 20x -- 8 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Gibbon J (L)* 2.0 6 6 3 0 1 McBean A 6.0 5 2 2 3 5 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Jackson L (W) 9.0 8 4 3 0 4 * Pitched to 4 batters in 3rd E -- Groat D, Stuart D, Grammas A DP -- Pittsburgh 1 LOB -- Pittsburgh 5, St.Louis 8 2B -- Jackson L, Burgess S HR -- Burgess S SH -- Taussig D, Schaffer J SF -- Hoak D HBP -- by Gibbon J (White B) WP -- McBean A PB -- Burgess S T -- 2:30 A -- 13480
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