Pirates @ Cardinals
May 26, 1961

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Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .288
OBP .000 .368
At Bats 4 118
Hits 0 34
• Singles 0 22
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 0 14

Curt Simmons Season Stats

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1 3 0
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Sportsman's Park - May 26, 1961
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Curt Simmons
Hal Smith
Bill White
Julian Javier
Ken Boyer
Daryl Spencer
Charlie James
Curt Flood
Don Taussig
Bill Virdon
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier misplays the ball. That's an error on Javier.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Dick Schofield pinch hits for Joe Gibbon. Schofield hits a fly ball into right field. Taussig settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Boyer strikes out. There goes Taussig. The throw from Oldis to second, and Taussig is out.
Bottom 8 Joe Gibbon now pitching. White hits a line drive into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Taussig hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Witt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Oldis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Hoak takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Cimoli hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Taussig. Cimoli reaches second base with a double. Stuart moves to third.
Top 8 Stuart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Don Taussig now playing right field. Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Flood hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Simmons strikes out.
Bottom 7 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Virdon strikes out.
Top 7 Witt hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of James. Witt reaches second base with a double. Mazeroski moves to third.
Top 7 Mazeroski takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Oldis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Spencer takes first base on ball four. James moves to second.
Bottom 6 James takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 White hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Flood moves to third.
Bottom 6 Bob Oldis now catching. There goes Flood. The throw from Oldis and he is safe. Flood steals second.
Bottom 6 Flood takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cimoli is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Stuart strikes out.
Bottom 5 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Red Witt now pitching. Javier strikes out.
Top 5 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Charlie James now playing left field. Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Virdon for the out.
Bottom 4 Charlie James pinch runs for Stan Musial. Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyer scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat throws to second for one, and Mazeroski throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Cunningham scores. Boyer moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart juggles the ball. That's an error on Stuart. Cunningham moves to third.
Bottom 4 Cunningham takes first base on ball four. Simmons scores.
Bottom 4 Flood bunts towards the mound. Green fields it and throws to first for the out. Simmons moves to third.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak throws towards short. Groat fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Groat. Simmons moves to second.
Top 4 Green strikes out.
Top 4 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Hoak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Green fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Javier hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Boyer scores. Spencer moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak juggles the ball. That's an error on Hoak. Cunningham scores. White scores. Boyer moves to third.
Bottom 3 Fred Green now pitching. Musial strikes out.
Bottom 3 Boyer hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cunningham moves to third. White moves to second.
Bottom 3 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cunningham moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cunningham bunts towards the mound. Friend fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Groat moves to third.
Top 3 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Groat moves to second.
Top 3 Groat hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Javier scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Javier. The throw from Smith and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 2 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Virdon hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Friend hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second.
Top 2 Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hoak scores.
Top 2 Hoak hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Hoak reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Boyer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Flood moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cunningham hits a fly ball into left field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Flood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Cimoli strikes out.
Top 1 Stuart hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Stuart reaches second base with a double. Clemente goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Javier fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 1 Groat hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Virdon hits a popup towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.