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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
September 3, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on September 3, 1961 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 3, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 3, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Friend |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Curt Simmons |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 13,817 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 18 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Al Forman 1B: Tom Gorman 2B: Dusty Boggess 3B: Stan Landes |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joe Christopher | Left Fielder |
| Dick Groat | Shortstop |
| Roberto Clemente | Right Fielder |
| Dick Stuart | First Baseman |
| Don Hoak | Third Baseman |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Bill Mazeroski | Second Baseman |
| Bob Friend | Pitcher |
| Danny Murtaugh | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
| Bill White | First Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
| Carl Sawatski | Catcher |
| Charlie James | Right Fielder |
| Bob Lillis | Shortstop |
| Curt Simmons | Pitcher |
| Johnny Keane | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
September 3, 1961
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Christopher vs. Simmons
Christopher 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 -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Simmons
Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clemente vs. Simmons
Clemente hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Clemente reaches second base with a double. Christopher moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Stuart vs. Simmons
Stuart is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hoak vs. Simmons
Hoak hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Hoak reaches second base with a double. Christopher scores. Clemente scores. Stuart moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Simmons
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stuart tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Virdon vs. Simmons
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
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Friend
Flood hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Friend
Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Christopher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Friend
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Simmons
Mazeroski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Friend vs. Simmons
Friend bunts towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Friend for the out. Mazeroski moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Christopher vs. Simmons
Christopher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mazeroski scores. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Simmons
There goes Christopher. The throw from Sawatski and he is safe. Christopher steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Groat vs. Simmons
Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Christopher scores. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clemente vs. Cicotte
Al Cicotte now pitching.
Clemente hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Cicotte
Stuart strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Cicotte
Hoak hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Hoak reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Cicotte
Smith hits a popup towards short. Lillis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Friend
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Friend
Musial hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Musial reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sawatski vs. Friend
Sawatski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
James vs. Friend
James hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lillis vs. Friend
Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Mazeroski fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Cicotte
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Cicotte covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Cicotte
Mazeroski is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friend vs. Cicotte
Friend is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cicotte vs. Friend
Cicotte hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flood vs. Friend
Flood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cicotte moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Javier vs. Friend
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cicotte moves to third. Flood moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
White vs. Friend
White 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. Cicotte scores. Flood moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. Friend
Boyer strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Christopher vs. Cicotte
Christopher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Cicotte
There goes Christopher. The throw from Sawatski and he is safe. Christopher steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Groat vs. Cicotte
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cicotte fields it and throws to first for the out. Christopher moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Clemente vs. Cicotte
Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stuart vs. Cicotte
Stuart hits a fly ball into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Friend
Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Christopher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Friend
Sawatski hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Friend
James hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Cicotte
Hoak hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Cicotte
Smith hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Cicotte
Virdon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Cicotte
Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lillis vs. Friend
Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cicotte vs. Friend
Cicotte hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Friend
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friend vs. Cicotte
Friend hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Christopher vs. Cicotte
Christopher strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Cicotte
Groat hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Friend
Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Friend
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Friend
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. White moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Musial vs. Friend
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend has White trapped. There's the throw to Smith and over to Hoak, who tags White for the out. Boyer moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sawatski vs. Friend
Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sawatski for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Cicotte
Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Cicotte
Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Cicotte
Hoak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Cicotte
Smith strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Friend
James hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lillis vs. Friend
Lillis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Olivares vs. Friend
Ed Olivares pinch hits for Al Cicotte.
Olivares 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
Top 8
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Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Anderson
Craig Anderson now pitching.
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 -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Anderson
Mazeroski hits a line drive towards the mound. Anderson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friend vs. Anderson
Friend strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Friend
Flood is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Friend
Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Friend
White is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Friend
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Javier moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Friend
Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Christopher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Christopher vs. Anderson
Don Taussig now playing left field.
Christopher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lillis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Anderson
Groat 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 -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Anderson
Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stuart vs. Anderson
Stuart hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Friend
Sawatski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
James vs. Friend
Joe Cunningham pinch runs for Carl Sawatski.
James is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lillis vs. Friend
Lillis hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Friend
Red Schoendienst pinch hits for Craig Anderson.
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Friend covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/3/1961 -- Pittsburgh at St.Louis (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Christopher J, lf 4 2 1 1 Flood C, cf 4 0 1 0
Groat D, ss 5 1 1 1 Javier J, 2b 4 0 3 0
Clemente R, rf 5 2 3 2 White B, 1b 4 0 0 0
Stuart D, 1b 4 1 0 0 Boyer K, 3b 4 0 2 0
Hoak D, 3b 4 0 3 2 Musial S, lf 4 0 1 0
Smith H, c 3 0 0 1 Taussig D, lf 0 0 0 0
Virdon B, cf 4 1 1 1 Sawatski C, c 4 0 2 0
Mazeroski B, 2b 4 1 1 0 Cunningham J, pr 0 0 0 0
Friend B, p 3 0 0 0 James C, rf 4 0 1 0
Lillis B, ss 4 0 0 0
Simmons C, p 0 0 0 0
Cicotte A, p 2 1 1 0
Olivares E, ph 1 0 0 0
Anderson C, p 0 0 0 0
Schoendienst R, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 8 10 8 36 1 11 0
Pittsburgh 340 010 000 -- 8
St.Louis 001 000 000 -- 1
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Friend B (W) 9.0 11 1 1 0 4
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons C (L) 1.1 5 6 4 1 0
Cicotte A 5.2 4 2 2 1 5
Anderson C 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
E -- Javier J
DP -- Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- Pittsburgh 5, St.Louis 8
2B -- Clemente R, Hoak D 2, Musial S
HR -- Clemente R, Virdon B
SB -- Christopher J 2
SH -- Friend B
SF -- Smith H
T -- 2:18
A -- 13817
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