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Reds
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
September 5, 1961
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds, played on September 5, 1961 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 5, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 5, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Purkey |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Gibson |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 9,581 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ed Vargo 1B: Shag Crawford 2B: Al Barlick 3B: Bill Jackowski |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Eddie Kasko | Shortstop |
| Vada Pinson | Center Fielder |
| Frank Robinson | Right Fielder |
| Jerry Lynch | Left Fielder |
| Gordy Coleman | First Baseman |
| Gene Freese | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Edwards | Catcher |
| Bob Purkey | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
| Bill White | First Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Charlie James | Right Fielder |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Jimmie Schaffer | Catcher |
| Bob Gibson | Pitcher |
| Johnny Keane | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
September 5, 1961
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Gibson
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kasko vs. Gibson
Kasko takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Gibson
Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Gibson
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier misplays the ball. That's an error on Javier. Kasko moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lynch vs. Gibson
Lynch strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Purkey
Flood is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Purkey
There's a wild pitch. Flood moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Javier vs. Purkey
Javier hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Purkey
White strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Purkey
Musial is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Gibson
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Gibson
Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Gibson
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Purkey
Boyer hits a line drive into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Purkey
James hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Purkey
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. The ball bounces off Kasko, and towards Blasingame, who fields it and throws to first for the out. James moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schaffer vs. Purkey
Schaffer strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Purkey vs. Gibson
Purkey is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Gibson
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kasko vs. Gibson
Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Purkey
Gibson strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Purkey
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Purkey
Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Purkey
White hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Kasko fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Gibson
Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Gibson
There's a wild pitch. Pinson moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Gibson
Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lynch vs. Gibson
Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pinson moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Coleman vs. Gibson
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Purkey
Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Purkey
Boyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
James vs. Purkey
James hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Purkey
Grammas strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Gibson
Freese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Gibson
Edwards hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Purkey vs. Gibson
The ball gets by Schaffer for a passed ball. Edwards moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Purkey vs. Gibson
Purkey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Gibson
Blasingame hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Edwards scores. Blasingame moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kasko vs. Gibson
Kasko strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schaffer vs. Purkey
Schaffer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Purkey
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Purkey
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Gibson
Pinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Gibson
Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pinson moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lynch vs. Gibson
Lynch hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of James. Lynch reaches second base with a double. Pinson scores. Robinson moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Coleman vs. Gibson
Coleman hits a fly ball into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Robinson tags and scores. Lynch tags and moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Freese vs. Gibson
Freese hits a fly ball towards cemter. Flood catches it and throws to home to double up Lynch. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Purkey
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Purkey
White hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Purkey
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Purkey
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Gibson
Edwards hits a fly ball towards right. James settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on James. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Purkey vs. Gibson
Purkey bunts in front of the plate. Schaffer fields it and throws to first for the out. Edwards moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Gibson
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kasko vs. Gibson
Kasko takes first base on ball four. Edwards moves to third. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Pinson vs. Gibson
Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Edwards scores. Blasingame moves to third. Kasko moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Robinson vs. Gibson
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Purkey
James strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Purkey
Grammas hits a fly ball into right field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Purkey
Red Schoendienst pinch hits for Jimmie Schaffer.
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Purkey
Bob Lillis pinch runs for Red Schoendienst. Joe Cunningham pinch hits for Bob Gibson.
The ball gets by Edwards for a passed ball. Lillis moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cunningham vs. Purkey
Cunningham hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynch vs. Anderson
Chris Cannizzaro now catching. Craig Anderson now pitching.
Lynch hits a line drive into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Anderson
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Coleman for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Anderson
Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Purkey
Gus Bell now playing right field. Frank Robinson now playing left field.
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Purkey
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Purkey
White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Anderson
Edwards hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Purkey vs. Anderson
Purkey strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Anderson
Blasingame hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of James. Blasingame reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kasko vs. Anderson
Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Blasingame scores. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Anderson
Pinson hits a fly ball into right field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Purkey
Musial is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Purkey
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
James vs. Purkey
James hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. James reaches second base with a double. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Grammas vs. Purkey
Grammas hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sawatski vs. Purkey
Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Chris Cannizzaro.
Sawatski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Sawatski reaches second base with a double. Boyer scores. James scores. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Olivares vs. Purkey
Ed Olivares pinch hits for Craig Anderson.
Olivares hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/5/1961 -- Cincinnati at St.Louis (N)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b 4 1 2 1 Flood C, cf 3 0 0 0
Kasko E, ss 3 0 1 1 Javier J, 2b 4 0 1 0
Pinson V, cf 4 1 2 1 White B, 1b 4 0 0 0
Robinson F, rf-lf 4 1 1 0 Musial S, lf 3 0 0 0
Lynch J, lf 4 0 1 1 Boyer K, 3b 3 1 1 0
Bell G, rf 0 0 0 0 James C, rf 4 1 2 0
Coleman G, 1b 3 0 0 1 Grammas A, ss 4 0 0 0
Freese G, 3b 4 0 0 0 Schaffer J, c 2 0 0 0
Edwards J, c 4 2 1 0 Schoendienst R, ph 1 0 1 0
Purkey B, p 3 0 0 0 Lillis B, pr 0 0 0 0
Cannizzaro C, c 0 0 0 0
Sawatski C, ph 1 0 1 2
Gibson B, p 2 0 0 0
Cunningham J, ph 1 0 0 0
Anderson C, p 0 0 0 0
Olivares E, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 5 8 5 33 2 6 2
Cincinnati 000 012 101 -- 5
St.Louis 000 000 002 -- 2
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey B (W) 9.0 6 2 2 2 7
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson B (L) 7.0 6 4 2 4 3
Anderson C 2.0 2 1 1 0 1
E -- Javier J, James C
DP -- St.Louis 2
LOB -- Cincinnati 7, St.Louis 7
2B -- Lynch J, Blasingame D, James C, Sawatski C
SH -- Purkey B
SF -- Coleman G
HBP -- by Purkey B (Flood C)
WP -- Purkey B, Gibson B
PB -- Schaffer J, Edwards J
T -- 2:31
A -- 9581
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