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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 31, 1963
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants, played on May 31, 1963 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 31, 1963 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 31, 1963 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jack Sanford |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Curt Simmons |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 21,564 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ed Vargo 1B: Doug Harvey 2B: Lee Weyer 3B: Al Barlick |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Harvey Kuenn | Left Fielder |
| Cap Peterson | Second Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
| Felipe Alou | Right Fielder |
| Jim Davenport | Third Baseman |
| Tom Haller | Catcher |
| Jose Pagan | Shortstop |
| Jack Sanford | Pitcher |
| Alvin Dark | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Bill White | First Baseman |
| Dick Groat | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| George Altman | Right Fielder |
| Julian Javier | Second Baseman |
| Tim McCarver | Catcher |
| Curt Simmons | Pitcher |
| Johnny Keane | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 31, 1963
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Simmons
Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peterson vs. Simmons
Peterson 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 -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Simmons
Mays is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Simmons
Cepeda strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Sanford
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peterson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Sanford
White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flood moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Groat vs. Sanford
Groat takes first base on ball four. White moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Musial vs. Sanford
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out. Flood scores. White moves to third. Groat moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Boyer vs. Sanford
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. White scores. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Altman vs. Sanford
Altman is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Javier vs. Sanford
Javier hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Peterson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Simmons
Alou is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Simmons
Davenport hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haller vs. Simmons
Haller strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pagan vs. Simmons
Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Sanford
McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Sanford covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Sanford
Simmons is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Sanford
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanford vs. Simmons
Sanford takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Simmons
Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sanford moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Peterson vs. Simmons
Peterson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat. Sanford scores. Kuenn moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Simmons
Mays hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Mays reaches second base with a double. Kuenn scores. Peterson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cepeda vs. Simmons
Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mays moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Alou vs. Simmons
Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mays scores. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davenport vs. Simmons
Davenport hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Alou trying to get to third. Altman throws the ball in to Boyer, who tags Alou for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haller vs. Simmons
Haller hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Haller for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Sanford
White hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. White reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Groat vs. Sanford
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. White moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Musial vs. Sanford
Musial hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Peterson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. Sanford
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Simmons
Pagan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanford vs. Simmons
Sanford bunts towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out. Pagan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kuenn vs. Simmons
Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Peterson vs. Simmons
Peterson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Javier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altman vs. Sanford
Altman hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Sanford
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Sanford
McCarver hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Simmons
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Simmons
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Javier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mays moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alou vs. Simmons
Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mays scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davenport vs. Simmons
Davenport hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haller vs. Simmons
Haller 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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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Sanford
Charlie James pinch hits for Curt Simmons.
James hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Sanford
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Sanford
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Sanford
Groat hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Humphreys
Bob Humphreys now pitching.
Pagan strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanford vs. Humphreys
Sanford strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Humphreys
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Humphreys fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Sanford
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Sanford
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Altman vs. Sanford
Altman hits a fly ball into left field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Javier vs. Sanford
Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCarver vs. Sanford
McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Musial scores. Javier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sawatski vs. Sanford
Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Bob Humphreys.
Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peterson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peterson vs. Bauta
Ed Bauta now pitching.
Peterson hits a fly ball into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Bauta
Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Bauta
There goes Mays. The throw from McCarver and he is safe. Mays steals second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cepeda vs. Bauta
Bauta spins and fires to second, and Mays is picked off. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Bauta
Cepeda strikes out. McCarver drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Cepeda out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Perry
Gaylord Perry now pitching.
Flood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Perry
White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Perry
Groat hits a popup towards short. Pagan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Perry
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peterson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Perry
Boyer strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Bauta
Alou is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Bauta
Davenport hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haller vs. Bauta
Haller hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altman vs. Perry
Altman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Perry
Javier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarver vs. Perry
McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peterson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Javier moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burke vs. Perry
Leo Burke pinch hits for Ed Bauta.
Burke strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Gibson
Bob Gibson now pitching. Willie McCovey pinch hits for Jose Pagan.
McCovey strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Gibson
Matty Alou pinch hits for Gaylord Perry.
Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Gibson
Kuenn hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Larsen
Ernie Bowman now playing shortstop. Willie McCovey now playing left field. Don Larsen now pitching.
Flood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Larsen
White hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Flood moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Groat vs. Bolin
Bobby Bolin now pitching.
Groat bunts towards third. Davenport fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Flood moves to third. White moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Musial vs. Pierce
Billy Pierce now pitching.
Musial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Peterson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Flood scores. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/31/1963 -- San Francisco at St.Louis (N)
San Francisco AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Kuenn H, lf 5 1 2 0 Flood C, cf 4 3 2 0
Bowman E, ss 0 0 0 0 White B, 1b 4 2 3 2
Peterson C, 2b 4 1 0 0 Groat D, ss 4 0 1 0
Mays W, cf 4 2 3 2 Musial S, lf 5 1 1 2
Cepeda O, 1b 4 0 0 0 Boyer K, 3b 4 0 0 1
Alou F, rf 4 0 2 2 Altman G, rf 3 0 0 0
Davenport J, 3b 4 0 2 0 Javier J, 2b 4 0 2 0
Haller T, c 4 0 0 0 McCarver T, c 4 0 1 1
Pagan J, ss 3 0 1 0 Simmons C, p 1 0 0 0
McCovey W, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 James C, ph 1 0 0 0
Sanford J, p 1 1 0 0 Humphreys B, p 0 0 0 0
Perry G, p 0 0 0 0 Sawatski C, ph 1 0 0 0
Alou M, ph 1 0 0 0 Bauta E, p 0 0 0 0
Larsen D, p 0 0 0 0 Burke L, ph 1 0 0 0
Bolin B, p 0 0 0 0 Gibson B, p 0 0 0 0
Pierce B, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 5 10 4 36 6 10 6
San Francisco 004 010 000 -- 5
St.Louis 200 001 201 -- 6
1 out when winning run was scored.
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford J 6.0 6 3 3 3 1
Perry G 2.0 3 2 2 0 2
Larsen D (L)* 0.0 0 1 1 1 0
Bolin B+ 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Pierce B 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons C 5.0 9 5 4 1 4
Humphreys B 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Bauta E 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Gibson B (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
+ Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
E -- Groat D
LOB -- San Francisco 5, St.Louis 9
2B -- Mays W, White B
HR -- White B
SB -- Mays W
SH -- Sanford J
T -- 2:40
A -- 21564
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