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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 25, 1962
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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 August 25, 1962 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
Date | August 25, 1962 |
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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 | August 25, 1962 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Earl Francis |
Home Starting Pitcher | Curt Simmons |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 8,959 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 1 minute |
Umpires | HP: Ed Vargo 1B: Shag Crawford 2B: Doug Harvey 3B: Al Barlick |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
Dick Groat | Shortstop |
Roberto Clemente | Right Fielder |
Dick Stuart | First Baseman |
Donn Clendenon | Left Fielder |
Bill Mazeroski | Second Baseman |
Johnny Logan | Third Baseman |
Don Leppert | Catcher |
Earl Francis | Pitcher |
Danny Murtaugh | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
Bob Burda | Left Fielder |
Bill White | Right Fielder |
Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
Fred Whitfield | First Baseman |
Bobby Smith | Center Fielder |
Gene Oliver | Catcher |
Julio Gotay | Shortstop |
Curt Simmons | Pitcher |
Johnny Keane | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 25, 1962
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Simmons
Virdon strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Simmons
Groat hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Simmons
Clemente hits a fly ball into right field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Simmons
Stuart takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clendenon vs. Simmons
Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gotay fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Stuart moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mazeroski vs. Simmons
Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Gotay fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Francis
Javier strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burda vs. Francis
Burda 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: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Francis
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Francis
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Simmons
Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gotay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leppert vs. Simmons
Leppert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gotay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francis vs. Simmons
Francis strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Francis
Whitfield strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Francis
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Francis
Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gotay vs. Francis
Gotay hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Oliver moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simmons vs. Francis
Simmons strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Simmons
Virdon hits a fly ball into right field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Simmons
Groat strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Simmons
Clemente hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stuart vs. Simmons
Stuart hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Francis
Javier hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burda vs. Francis
Burda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Francis
White hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clendenon vs. Simmons
Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Simmons
Mazeroski hits a popup towards short. Gotay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Simmons
Logan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of White. Logan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Leppert vs. Simmons
Leppert is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Francis
Boyer hits a line drive into left field. Clendenon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Francis
Whitfield 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: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Francis
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francis vs. Simmons
Francis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Simmons
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitfield scoops it up and throws to first, with Simmons covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Simmons
Groat hits a fly ball towards left. Burda settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Burda. Groat moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Clemente vs. Simmons
Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons juggles the ball. That's an error on Simmons. Groat moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stuart vs. Simmons
Stuart hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of White. Stuart reaches second base with a double. Groat scores. Clemente goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Clendenon vs. Simmons
Clendenon hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Francis
Oliver hits a popup, foul, towards third. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gotay vs. Francis
Gotay hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Francis
Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Clendenon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Simmons
Mazeroski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Logan vs. Simmons
Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gotay fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leppert vs. Simmons
Leppert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gotay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Francis
Javier hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Javier reaches second base with a double. Virdon throws the ball in to Logan who tags Javier trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burda vs. Francis
Burda hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Francis
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Francis
Boyer is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francis vs. Simmons
Francis hits a popup towards short. Gotay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Simmons
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Simmons
Groat hits a line drive into right field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Francis
Whitfield hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Francis
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Francis
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Logan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Simmons
Clemente hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Simmons
Stuart hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clendenon vs. Simmons
Clendenon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Simmons
Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Logan vs. Simmons
Logan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitfield scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Logan for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Francis
Howie Goss now playing left field. Donn Clendenon now playing first base. Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Julio Gotay.
Sawatski hits a popup, foul, towards third. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Francis
Red Schoendienst pinch hits for Curt Simmons.
Schoendienst hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Leppert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Francis
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Logan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leppert vs. Duliba
Dal Maxvill now playing shortstop. Bob Duliba now pitching.
Leppert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill misplays the ball. That's an error on Maxvill. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francis vs. Duliba
Francis bunts towards first. Whitfield scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Francis for the out. Leppert moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Virdon vs. Duliba
Virdon hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Groat vs. Duliba
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burda vs. Francis
Burda takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Francis
White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Francis
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/25/1962, game 2 -- Pittsburgh at St.Louis (N) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Virdon B, cf 5 0 0 0 Javier J, 2b 4 0 1 0 Groat D, ss 5 2 1 1 Burda B, lf 3 0 0 0 Clemente R, rf 4 1 1 0 White B, rf 2 0 0 0 Stuart D, 1b 3 1 2 3 Boyer K, 3b 4 0 0 0 Goss H, lf 0 0 0 0 Whitfield F, 1b 3 0 0 0 Clendenon D, lf-1b 4 0 1 0 Smith B, cf 3 0 0 0 Mazeroski B, 2b 4 0 2 0 Oliver G, c 3 0 1 0 Logan J, 3b 4 0 1 0 Gotay J, ss 2 0 1 0 Leppert D, c 4 0 0 0 Sawatski C, ph 1 0 0 0 Francis E, p 3 0 0 0 Maxvill D, ss 0 0 0 0 Simmons C, p 2 0 0 0 Schoendienst R, ph 1 0 0 0 Duliba B, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 4 8 4 28 0 3 0 Pittsburgh 100 020 010 -- 4 St.Louis 000 000 000 -- 0 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Francis E (W) 9.0 3 0 0 3 5 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Simmons C (L) 8.0 8 4 2 1 4 Duliba B 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 E -- Burda B, Simmons C, Maxvill D DP -- Pittsburgh 1, St.Louis 1 LOB -- Pittsburgh 7, St.Louis 4 2B -- Logan J, Stuart D, Javier J HR -- Groat D, Stuart D SH -- Francis E T -- 2:01 A -- 8959
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