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Phillies
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 6, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on August 6, 1961 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 6, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 6, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Owens |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Gibson |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 18,784 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 17 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Augie Donatelli 1B: Jocko Conlan 2B: Ken Burkhart 3B: Chris Pelekoudas |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Callison | Left Fielder |
| George Williams | Second Baseman |
| Wes Covington | Right Fielder |
| Tony Gonzalez | Center Fielder |
| Lee Walls | First Baseman |
| Charley Smith | Third Baseman |
| Clay Dalrymple | Catcher |
| Ruben Amaro | Shortstop |
| Jim Owens | Pitcher |
| Gene Mauch | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Bill White | First Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Joe Cunningham | Right Fielder |
| Charlie James | Left Fielder |
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Jimmie Schaffer | Catcher |
| Bob Gibson | Pitcher |
| Johnny Keane | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Phillies
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 6, 1961
Top 1
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Callison vs. Gibson
Callison hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Gibson
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Covington vs. Gibson
Covington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gonzalez vs. Gibson
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer juggles the ball. That's an error on Boyer. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walls vs. Gibson
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it and throws to second for the out. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Gibson
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams scores. Walls moves to third. Smith moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Dalrymple vs. Gibson
Dalrymple strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Owens
Javier hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Owens
Grammas hits a fly ball into right field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Owens
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Walls scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amaro vs. Gibson
Amaro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owens vs. Gibson
Owens is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Callison vs. Gibson
Callison hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Owens
Boyer hits a popup towards short. Amaro settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Owens
Cunningham strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Owens
James hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Owens
Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Gibson
Williams hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Covington vs. Gibson
Covington takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Gibson
Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Gibson
Walls hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Walls reaches second base with a double. Covington moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Gibson
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaffer vs. Owens
Schaffer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Owens
Gibson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Owens
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dalrymple vs. Gibson
Dalrymple is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amaro vs. Gibson
Amaro hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Amaro for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owens vs. Gibson
Owens strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Owens
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith juggles the ball. That's an error on Smith. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Owens
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Walls fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Owens
Boyer hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Williams catches it and throws to first to double up White. View Play
Top 5
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Callison vs. Gibson
Callison takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Gibson
Williams bunts towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Callison moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Covington vs. Gibson
Covington hits a popup towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gonzalez vs. Gibson
Gonzalez hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Owens
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Owens
James hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Owens
Flood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. James moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Owens
Stan Musial pinch hits for Jimmie Schaffer.
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Gibson
Chris Cannizzaro now catching.
Walls hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Gibson
Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dalrymple vs. Gibson
Dalrymple hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Amaro vs. Gibson
Amaro hits a line drive into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Owens
Gibson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Owens
Javier takes first base on ball four. Gibson moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grammas vs. Owens
Grammas bunts in front of the plate. Dalrymple fields it and throws to first for the out. Gibson moves to third. Javier moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
White vs. Owens
White hits a popup, foul, towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Boyer vs. Owens
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Amaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owens vs. Gibson
Owens strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Callison vs. Gibson
Callison takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Gibson
Williams is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Covington vs. Gibson
Covington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Owens
Ken Walters now playing right field.
Cunningham hits a fly ball into right field. Walters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Owens
James hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Owens
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith juggles the ball. That's an error on Smith. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sawatski vs. Owens
Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Chris Cannizzaro.
Sawatski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Owens
Gibson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dalrymple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Gibson
Carl Sawatski now catching.
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Gibson
Walls is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Gibson
Smith strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Owens
Javier hits a fly ball into right field. Walters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Owens
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Owens
White hits a popup towards short. Amaro settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dalrymple vs. Gibson
Dalrymple hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Amaro vs. Gibson
Bobby Malkmus pinch runs for Clay Dalrymple.
Amaro bunts towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Javier covering, for the out. Malkmus moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Owens vs. Gibson
Owens hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. There goes Malkmus trying to get to home. Flood throws the ball in to Sawatski who tags Malkmus who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Callison vs. Gibson
Callison strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Owens
Darrell Johnson now catching.
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Owens
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
James vs. Owens
There's a wild pitch. Cunningham moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
James vs. Owens
There's a wild pitch. Cunningham moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
James vs. Owens
James is walked intentionally. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Flood vs. Owens
Flood takes first base on ball four. James moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sawatski vs. Baldschun
Jack Baldschun now pitching.
Sawatski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cunningham scores. James moves to third. Flood moves to second. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/6/1961, game 2 -- Philadelphia at St.Louis (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Callison J, lf 3 1 1 1 Javier J, 2b 3 0 0 0
Williams G, 2b 2 1 0 0 Grammas A, ss 3 0 0 0
Covington W, rf 3 0 0 0 White B, 1b 4 0 0 0
Walters K, rf 0 0 0 0 Boyer K, 3b 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez T, cf 4 0 0 0 Cunningham J, rf 4 1 0 0
Walls L, 1b 4 0 1 0 James C, lf 3 0 2 0
Smith C, 3b 4 0 2 1 Flood C, cf 3 1 1 0
Dalrymple C, c 4 0 1 0 Schaffer J, c 1 0 0 0
Malkmus B, pr 0 0 0 0 Musial S, ph 1 0 0 0
Johnson D, c 0 0 0 0 Cannizzaro C, c 0 0 0 0
Amaro R, ss 3 0 0 0 Sawatski C, ph-c 2 1 2 3
Owens J, p 4 0 1 0 Gibson B, p 3 0 1 0
Baldschun J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 2 6 2 31 3 7 3
Philadelphia 200 000 000 -- 2
St.Louis 000 000 201 -- 3
1 out when winning run was scored.
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Owens J (L) 8.1 6 3 1 3 1
Baldschun J 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson B (W) 9.0 6 2 1 4 9
E -- Boyer K, Smith C 2
DP -- Philadelphia 2
LOB -- Philadelphia 8, St.Louis 7
2B -- Walls L
HR -- Callison J, Sawatski C
SH -- Williams G, Grammas A, Amaro R
WP -- Owens J 2
T -- 2:17
A -- 18784
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