Cardinals @ Pirates
September 16, 1961

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Cardinals 6 9 2
Pirates 3 9 3
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Cardinals 6 9 2
Pirates 3 9 3

Dick Groat Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .268
OBP .000 .316
At Bats 4 538
Hits 0 144
• Singles 0 109
• Doubles 0 23
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 39
RBI’s 0 50

Ray Sadecki Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 8 0
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Forbes Field - September 16, 1961
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Out
Ray Sadecki
Gene Oliver
Bill White
Julian Javier
Ken Boyer
Alex Grammas
Don Taussig
Curt Flood
Joe Cunningham
Dick Groat
Bill Virdon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 6 9 2 4
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 9 3 8
Winning Pitcher Ray Sadecki
Losing Pitcher Earl Francis
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jerry Buchek
Attendance 6,830
Time of Game 2 hours 5 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 There goes Virdon. The throw from Oliver, and Grammas drops the ball. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 9 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sadecki fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Johnny Logan pinch hits for Harvey Haddix. Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Mazeroski hits a line drive towards short. Grammas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Flood strikes out.
Top 9 Sadecki hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Taussig hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Leppert hits a fly ball towards right. Cunningham catches it and throws to home to double up Stuart.
Bottom 8 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it and throws to second for the out. Stuart moves to third.
Bottom 8 Hoak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stuart moves to second.
Bottom 8 Alex Grammas now playing shortstop. Don Taussig now playing left field. Stuart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Cunningham hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Oliver hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Musial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Harvey Haddix now pitching. White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first, with Haddix covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Virdon bunts towards the mound. Sadecki fields it and throws to first for the out. Christopher moves to second.
Bottom 7 Joe Christopher pinch hits for Earl Francis. Christopher takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 7 Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sadecki hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 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.
Bottom 6 Leppert hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Skinner hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hoak hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Stuart hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Flood. Stuart reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Buchek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Oliver hits a line drive into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Clemente hits a line drive towards first. White reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buchek throws to second for one, and Javier throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 5 Virdon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Francis strikes out.
Top 5 There goes White. The throw from Leppert and he is out, Mazeroski applying the tag.
Top 5 Boyer is called out on strikes.
Top 5 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 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.
Bottom 4 Leppert is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Skinner hits a popup towards short. Buchek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Stuart scores. Hoak moves to third.
Bottom 4 Hoak hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Stuart moves to third.
Bottom 4 Stuart takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Flood 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 4 Sadecki 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 4 Buchek hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Sadecki, and towards Boyer, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Francis hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Musial hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Boyer scores. Musial moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Boyer hits a line drive into center field. Virdon picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Virdon. Boyer moves to second.
Top 3 White hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Leppert strikes out.
Bottom 2 Skinner hits a popup towards short. Buchek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Flood takes first base on ball four. Buchek scores. Sadecki moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Sadecki hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Oliver scores. Buchek moves to third.
Top 2 Buchek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out. Musial scores. Oliver moves to third.
Top 2 Cunningham is walked intentionally.
Top 2 The ball gets by Leppert for a passed ball. Musial moves to third. Oliver moves to second.
Top 2 Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Musial moves to second.
Top 2 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hoak hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stuart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clemente moves to third.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Virdon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 White hits a popup towards first. Stuart reaches out to catch the ball, and throws to second to catch Javier attempting to get to second, for the double play.
Top 1 Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.