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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 17, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on May 17, 1961 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 17, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 17, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ernie Broglio |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Vinegar Bend Mizell |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 17,691 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Dascoli 1B: Frank Secory 2B: Mel Steiner 3B: Tony Venzon |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
| Joe Cunningham | First Baseman |
| Charlie James | Right Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
| Daryl Spencer | Shortstop |
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Ernie Broglio | Pitcher |
| Solly Hemus | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Dick Groat | Shortstop |
| Bob Skinner | Left Fielder |
| Smoky Burgess | Catcher |
| Roberto Clemente | Right Fielder |
| Rocky Nelson | First Baseman |
| Don Hoak | Third Baseman |
| Bill Mazeroski | Second Baseman |
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | Pitcher |
| Danny Murtaugh | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 17, 1961
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Mizell
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Mizell
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards first. Nelson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cunningham for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Mizell
James hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Broglio
Virdon strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Broglio
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Broglio
Skinner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burgess vs. Broglio
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Mizell
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Mizell
Musial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Mizell
Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flood vs. Mizell
Flood hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Flood reaches second base with a double. Musial scores. There goes Spencer trying to get to third. Clemente throws the ball in to Groat, who relays the ball to Hoak who tags Spencer for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Mizell
Smith is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Broglio vs. Mizell
Broglio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Broglio
Clemente strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Broglio
Nelson hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Broglio
Hoak takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazeroski vs. Broglio
Mazeroski hits a fly ball into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Mizell
Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Mizell
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mizell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
James vs. Mizell
James hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Mizell
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. James moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Musial vs. Mizell
Musial 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
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. Broglio
Mizell strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Broglio
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Broglio
Groat takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skinner vs. Broglio
Skinner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Groat moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Burgess vs. Broglio
Burgess hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Groat scores. Skinner moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clemente vs. Broglio
Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Skinner scores. Burgess moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nelson vs. Broglio
Nelson hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Mizell
Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Mizell
Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Mizell
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Broglio vs. Mizell
Broglio hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Broglio
Hoak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazeroski vs. Broglio
Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mizell vs. Broglio
Mizell bunts towards the mound. Broglio fields it and throws to first for the out. Hoak moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Virdon vs. Broglio
Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Mizell
Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Mizell
Cunningham hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente who is chasing the ball. Cunningham reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
James vs. Mizell
James hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cunningham tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Mizell
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Mizell
Mizell fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Mizell. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Mizell
Musial hits a line drive into right field. Clemente picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Clemente. Boyer scores. Musial moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spencer vs. Mizell
Spencer is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flood vs. Mizell
Flood hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Broglio
Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skinner vs. Broglio
Skinner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Groat moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Burgess vs. Broglio
Burgess hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Burgess reaches second base with a double. Groat scores. Skinner goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Clemente vs. Broglio
Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nelson vs. Broglio
Nelson hits a fly ball into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hoak vs. Broglio
Hoak is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mazeroski vs. Broglio
Mazeroski hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Mizell
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Broglio vs. Mizell
Broglio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Mizell
Javier hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. Broglio
Mizell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Broglio
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 -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Broglio
Groat hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Mizell
Cunningham hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Mizell
James hits a line drive into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Mizell
Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Broglio
Skinner 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 -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Broglio
Burgess takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clemente vs. Broglio
Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Mizell
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Nelson fields the ball and throws to Mizell covering. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Face
Don Landrum pinch runs for Stan Musial. Roy Face now pitching.
Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Face
Bill White pinch hits for Curt Flood.
White hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moryn vs. Face
Walt Moryn pinch hits for Hal Smith.
Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Face fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Broglio
Carl Sawatski now catching. Bill White now playing first base. Don Landrum now playing center field. Joe Cunningham now playing right field. Char
Nelson 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 -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Broglio
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier misplays the ball. That's an error on Javier. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazeroski vs. Broglio
Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer juggles the ball. That's an error on Boyer. Hoak moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Face vs. Broglio
Face hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out. Hoak moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Virdon vs. Broglio
Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Landrum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Face
Red Schoendienst pinch hits for Ernie Broglio.
Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Face
Don Taussig pinch runs for Red Schoendienst.
Javier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taussig moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cunningham vs. Face
Cunningham hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McDermott vs. Face
Mickey McDermott pinch hits for Charlie James.
McDermott hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Face
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/17/1961 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Javier J, 2b 5 0 1 0 Virdon B, cf 5 0 0 0
Cunningham J, 1b-rf 5 1 2 0 Groat D, ss 3 2 1 0
James C, rf-lf 3 0 0 1 Skinner B, lf 3 2 2 0
McDermott M, ph 1 0 0 0 Burgess S, c 3 0 2 3
Boyer K, 3b 5 1 2 0 Clemente R, rf 4 0 1 1
Musial S, lf 4 1 3 1 Nelson R, 1b 4 0 0 0
Landrum D, pr-cf 0 0 0 0 Hoak D, 3b 2 0 1 0
Spencer D, ss 3 0 2 0 Mazeroski B, 2b 4 0 0 0
Flood C, cf 3 0 1 1 Mizell V, p 2 0 0 0
White B, ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Face R, p 1 0 0 0
Smith H, c 2 0 0 0
Moryn W, ph 1 0 0 0
Sawatski C, c 0 0 0 0
Broglio E, p 3 0 0 0
Schoendienst R, ph 1 0 1 0
Taussig D, pr 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 3 12 3 31 4 7 4
St.Louis 010 020 000 -- 3
Pittsburgh 002 020 00x -- 4
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Broglio E (L) 8.0 7 4 4 5 3
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell V (W)* 7.0 10 3 2 2 0
Face R (S) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
E -- Mizell V, Clemente R, Javier J, Boyer K
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- St.Louis 10, Pittsburgh 9
2B -- Flood C, Burgess S
3B -- Cunningham J
SH -- Mizell V
SF -- James C
T -- 2:20
A -- 17691
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