Cardinals @ Pirates
June 16, 1961

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 5 11 0
Pirates 2 5 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 5 11 0
Pirates 2 5 1

Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .271
OBP .000 .329
At Bats 3 199
Hits 0 54
• Singles 0 35
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 1 23

Bob Gibson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 0
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Forbes Field - June 16, 1961
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Bob Gibson
Tim McCarver
Bill White
Alex Grammas
Ken Boyer
Bob Lillis
Charlie James
Carl Warwick
Don Taussig
Bill Virdon
Bob Skinner

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 5 11 0 7
Pittsburgh Pirates 2 5 1 8
Winning Pitcher Bob Gibson
Losing Pitcher Harvey Haddix
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bob Lillis
Attendance 26,229
Time of Game 2 hours 32 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Rocky Nelson pinch hits for Fred Green. Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Gibson, and towards Lillis, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Mazeroski hits a line drive into center field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Skinner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of James. Skinner reaches second base with a double. Hoak goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 9 Hoak takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 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.
Top 9 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gibson moves to second.
Top 9 Warwick strikes out.
Top 9 Gibson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Burgess hits a popup in front of the plate. McCarver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Clemente strikes out.
Top 8 McCarver hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lillis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taussig moves to second.
Top 8 Taussig hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. White scores.
Top 8 James hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. White moves to third.
Top 8 Fred Green now pitching. White hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. White reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Groat hits a line drive into center field. Warwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Walt Moryn pinch hits for Clem Labine. Moryn hits a fly ball into left field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Grammas hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Clem Labine now pitching. Warwick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak juggles the ball. That's an error on Hoak. McCarver moves to third. Gibson moves to second.
Top 7 Gibson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lillis scores. McCarver moves to second.
Top 7 McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyer scores. Lillis moves to third.
Top 7 Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out. White scores. Boyer moves to third.
Top 7 Taussig takes first base on ball four. Boyer moves to second.
Top 7 James hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. White moves to third.
Top 7 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Gibson covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Skinner is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Hoak hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of James. Hoak reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burgess for the out.
Bottom 6 Stuart is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Grammas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Warwick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gibson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 5 Groat takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Haddix hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lillis hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Taussig hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Skinner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Hoak hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Taussig who is chasing the ball. Hoak reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Burgess hits a fly ball into left field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stuart strikes out.
Top 4 James hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 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.
Bottom 3 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Groat takes first base on ball four. Haddix moves to second.
Bottom 3 Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Skinner tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Haddix hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Skinner moves to third.
Bottom 3 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Skinner moves to second.
Bottom 3 Skinner takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Grammas 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.
Top 3 Warwick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Gibson hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hoak for the out.
Bottom 2 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grammas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Stuart hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Taussig hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer scores.
Top 2 James hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Boyer moves to third.
Top 2 Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Boyer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Groat strikes out.
Bottom 1 Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 White hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Grammas hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Warwick hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.