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Dodgers
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 23, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers, played on August 23, 1961 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 23, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Los Angeles Dodgers
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 23, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Don Drysdale |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Curt Simmons |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 13,933 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 1 minute |
| Umpires | HP: Tom Gorman 1B: Dusty Boggess 2B: Stan Landes 3B: Al Forman |
Los Angeles Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Maury Wills | Shortstop |
| Jim Gilliam | Left Fielder |
| Tommy Davis | Center Fielder |
| Frank Howard | Right Fielder |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Daryl Spencer | Third Baseman |
| Charlie Neal | Second Baseman |
| Norm Sherry | Catcher |
| Don Drysdale | Pitcher |
| Walter Alston | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
| Joe Cunningham | Right Fielder |
| Bill White | First Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
| Carl Sawatski | Catcher |
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Curt Simmons | Pitcher |
| Johnny Keane | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 23, 1961
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Simmons
Wills 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 -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Simmons
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Simmons
Davis 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
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Drysdale
Javier hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Drysdale
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drysdale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
White vs. Drysdale
White hits a popup towards third. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Simmons
Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Simmons
Hodges hits a line drive towards first. White catches it and steps on first to double up Howard. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Simmons
Spencer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Spencer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Neal vs. Simmons
Neal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Drysdale
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Drysdale
Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Gilliam settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Drysdale
Sawatski hits a fly ball into left field. Gilliam settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Sherry vs. Simmons
Sherry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Drysdale vs. Simmons
Drysdale bunts towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out. Sherry moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Wills vs. Simmons
Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sherry moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Gilliam vs. Simmons
Gilliam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sherry scores. Wills moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Davis vs. Simmons
Davis hits a line drive into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wills tags and scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Simmons
Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gilliam moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hodges vs. Gibson
Bob Gibson now pitching.
The ball gets by Sawatski for a passed ball. Gilliam scores. Howard moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Hodges vs. Gibson
Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Drysdale
Flood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Drysdale
Grammas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Howard. Grammas reaches second base with a double. Flood moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Gibson vs. Drysdale
Gibson strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Javier vs. Drysdale
Javier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Flood scores. Grammas moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Cunningham vs. Drysdale
Cunningham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grammas scores. Javier moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
White vs. Drysdale
White hits a line drive towards short. Wills catches it and throws to first to double up Cunningham. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Gibson
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Gibson
Neal hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Neal reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Sherry vs. Gibson
Sherry hits a line drive beyond second. Javier can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Neal scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Drysdale vs. Gibson
Drysdale hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. Gibson
Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sherry moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Gilliam vs. Gibson
Gilliam hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Drysdale
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Drysdale
Musial strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Drysdale
Sawatski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Drysdale
Flood hits a line drive into right field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Gibson
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Gibson
Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Gibson
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards first. White fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Gibson
Spencer strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Drysdale
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Drysdale
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Drysdale
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drysdale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Gibson
Neal hits a popup towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Sherry vs. Gibson
Sherry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Drysdale vs. Gibson
There's a wild pitch. Sherry moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Drysdale vs. Gibson
Drysdale takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Wills vs. Gibson
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out. Sherry moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Gilliam vs. Gibson
Gilliam takes first base on ball four. Wills moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 123
Fairly vs. Gibson
Ron Fairly pinch hits for Tommy Davis.
Fairly takes first base on ball four. Sherry scores. Wills moves to third. Gilliam moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Moon vs. Miller
Bob Miller now pitching. Wally Moon pinch hits for Frank Howard.
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Drysdale
Jim Gilliam now playing third base. Ron Fairly now playing right field. Wally Moon now playing left field. Willie Davis now playing center field.
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Drysdale
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Drysdale
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Miller
Hodges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Miller
Davis bunts towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Neal vs. Miller
Neal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Sherry vs. Miller
Sherry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. Hodges moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Drysdale vs. Miller
Drysdale hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Miller. Hodges scores. Sherry moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Wills vs. Miller
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Drysdale
Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Drysdale
Sawatski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Drysdale
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Drysdale
Red Schoendienst pinch hits for Alex Grammas.
The umpire calls a balk on Drysdale Flood moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Schoendienst vs. Drysdale
Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field. Davis picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Davis. Flood scores. Schoendienst moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
James vs. Drysdale
Charlie James pinch hits for Bob Miller.
James strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Bauta
Ed Bauta now pitching. Bob Lillis now playing shortstop.
Gilliam hits a line drive into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Bauta
Fairly hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Bauta
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bauta fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Bauta
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Drysdale
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drysdale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Drysdale
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Drysdale
White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Drysdale
Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Perranoski
Ron Perranoski now pitching.
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Sawatski vs. Perranoski
Sawatski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Flood vs. Sherry
Jimmie Schaffer pinch runs for Carl Sawatski. Larry Sherry now pitching. John Roseboro now catching.
Flood hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Musial scores. Schaffer moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Bauta vs. Sherry
Bauta strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Lillis vs. Sherry
Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Bauta
Jimmie Schaffer now catching.
Davis hits a line drive towards short. Lillis reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Bauta
Duke Snider pinch hits for Charlie Neal.
Snider 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 -
Dodgers, 7 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Roseboro vs. Bauta
Roseboro 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
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Box Score
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Game of 8/23/1961 -- Los Angeles at St.Louis (N)
Los Angeles AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Wills M, ss 5 1 2 0 Javier J, 2b 4 0 1 1
Gilliam J, lf-3b 4 1 1 1 Cunningham J, rf 4 1 2 1
Davis T, cf 2 0 0 1 White B, 1b 4 1 1 2
Fairly R, ph-rf 1 1 1 2 Boyer K, 3b 4 1 1 1
Howard F, rf 3 0 3 0 Musial S, lf 3 1 0 0
Moon W, ph-lf 2 0 0 0 Sawatski C, c 4 1 3 1
Hodges G, 1b 5 1 1 0 Schaffer J, pr-c 0 0 0 0
Spencer D, 3b 3 0 1 0 Flood C, cf 4 2 2 1
Davis W, cf 1 0 0 0 Grammas A, ss 2 1 1 0
Neal C, 2b 3 1 1 0 Schoendienst R, ph 1 0 1 1
Snider D, ph 1 0 0 0 Bauta E, p 1 0 0 0
Sherry N, c 3 2 2 1 Simmons C, p 0 0 0 0
Roseboro J, c 1 0 0 0 Gibson B, p 2 0 0 0
Drysdale D, p 2 0 0 0 Miller B, p 0 0 0 0
Perranoski R, p 0 0 0 0 James C, ph 1 0 0 0
Sherry L, p 0 0 0 0 Lillis B, ss 1 0 0 0
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36 7 12 5 35 8 12 8
Los Angeles 003 101 110 -- 7
St.Louis 002 100 14x -- 8
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale D 7.1 10 7 7 0 3
Perranoski R (L)* 0.0 1 1 1 1 0
Sherry L 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons C 2.2 6 3 2 0 0
Gibson B 3.0 4 2 2 4 2
Miller B 1.1 1 1 0 1 0
Bauta E (W) 2.0 1 1 1 0 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
E -- Miller B, Davis W
DP -- Los Angeles 1, St.Louis 1
LOB -- Los Angeles 10, St.Louis 4
2B -- Spencer D, Grammas A, Neal C
HR -- Sawatski C, Fairly R, White B, Boyer K
SH -- Drysdale D, Davis W
SF -- Davis T
WP -- Gibson B
Balk -- Drysdale D
PB -- Sawatski C
T -- 3:01
A -- 13933
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