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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 23, 1961
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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 23, 1961 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 23, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 23, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Sam Jones |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ray Sadecki |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 9,571 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 28 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Secory 1B: Tony Venzon 2B: Ed Sudol 3B: Frank Dascoli |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joey Amalfitano | Second Baseman |
| Harvey Kuenn | Right Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
| Felipe Alou | Left Fielder |
| Jim Davenport | Third Baseman |
| Tom Haller | Catcher |
| Jose Pagan | Shortstop |
| Sam Jones | Pitcher |
| Alvin Dark | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Joe Cunningham | Right Fielder |
| Bill White | First Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
| Daryl Spencer | Shortstop |
| Alex Grammas | Second Baseman |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Ray Sadecki | Pitcher |
| Solly Hemus | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 23, 1961
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Sadecki
Amalfitano hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Sadecki
Kuenn hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Sadecki
Mays hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Sadecki
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Jones
Flood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Jones
Cunningham hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Jones
White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Jones
Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Jones
Musial hits a popup in front of the plate. Haller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Sadecki
Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Sadecki
Davenport takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haller vs. Sadecki
Haller strikes out. There goes Davenport. The throw from Smith to Spencer, and Davenport is out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Jones
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Jones
Grammas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Jones
Smith hits a line drive into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sadecki vs. Jones
Sadecki strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pagan vs. Sadecki
Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Sadecki
Jones hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Sadecki
Amalfitano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Sadecki
Kuenn takes first base on ball four. Amalfitano moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mays vs. Sadecki
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Jones
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Jones
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Flood moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Jones
White hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kuenn. White reaches second base with a double. Flood scores. Cunningham moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Boyer vs. Jones
Boyer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Musial vs. Jones
Musial is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Spencer vs. Jones
Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cunningham scores. White scores. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grammas vs. Jones
Grammas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alou. Grammas reaches second base with a double. Musial scores. Spencer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Fisher
Eddie Fisher now pitching.
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grammas moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sadecki vs. Fisher
Sadecki hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Sadecki
Cepeda hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Cepeda reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alou vs. Sadecki
Alou is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davenport vs. Sadecki
Davenport hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Davenport reaches second base with a double. Cepeda scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Haller vs. Sadecki
Haller strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pagan vs. Sadecki
Pagan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Fisher
Flood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alou. Flood reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cunningham vs. Fisher
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fisher juggles the ball. That's an error on Fisher. Flood moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Fisher
White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flood scores. Cunningham moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Fisher
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards second. Amalfitano scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Cunningham moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Musial vs. Fisher
Musial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisher vs. Sadecki
Fisher hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Musial. Fisher reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Amalfitano vs. Sadecki
Amalfitano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kuenn vs. Sadecki
Kuenn strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mays vs. Sadecki
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Fisher
Spencer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Fisher
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Fisher
Smith hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano catches it and throws to first to double up Grammas. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Sadecki
Cepeda hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Sadecki
Alou hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Alou reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davenport vs. Sadecki
There's a wild pitch. Alou moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Davenport vs. Sadecki
Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Haller vs. Sadecki
Haller strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Pagan vs. Sadecki
Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sadecki vs. Fisher
Sadecki hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Amalfitano scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Fisher
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Fisher
Cunningham is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duffalo vs. Sadecki
Jim Duffalo pinch hits for Eddie Fisher.
Duffalo is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Sadecki
Amalfitano takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Sadecki
Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Sadecki
Mays hits a line drive into center field. Flood picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Flood. Amalfitano moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cepeda vs. Sadecki
Cepeda hits a line drive into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Duffalo
Jim Duffalo now pitching.
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Duffalo
Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alou. Boyer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Duffalo
Musial is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spencer vs. Duffalo
Don Taussig pinch runs for Stan Musial.
Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boyer scores. Taussig moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grammas vs. Duffalo
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Duffalo fields it and throws to first for the out. Taussig moves to third. Spencer moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Duffalo
Smith is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sadecki vs. Duffalo
Sadecki hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Sadecki
Don Taussig now playing left field.
Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davenport vs. Sadecki
Davenport hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alou moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bressoud vs. Sadecki
Eddie Bressoud pinch hits for Tom Haller.
Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grammas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Alou moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Pagan vs. Sadecki
Pagan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alou scores. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Sadecki
Matty Alou pinch hits for Jim Duffalo.
Alou hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. O'Dell
Billy O'Dell now pitching. Hobie Landrith now catching.
Flood hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kuenn. Flood reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cunningham vs. O'Dell
Cunningham bunts towards the mound. O'Dell fields it and throws to first for the out. Flood moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
White vs. O'Dell
White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flood scores. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. O'Dell
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taussig vs. O'Dell
There's a wild pitch. White moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Taussig vs. O'Dell
Taussig hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. O'Dell
Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amalfitano vs. Sadecki
Amalfitano hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Sadecki
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Sadecki
Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cardinals, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Sadecki
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/23/1961 -- San Francisco at St.Louis (N)
San Francisco AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Amalfitano J, 2b 4 0 1 0 Flood C, cf 4 4 3 0
Kuenn H, rf 4 1 1 1 Cunningham J, rf 4 1 1 0
Mays W, cf 5 0 2 0 White B, 1b 5 3 4 5
Cepeda O, 1b 5 2 2 1 Boyer K, 3b 5 1 1 0
Alou F, lf 4 1 2 0 Musial S, lf 2 1 0 0
Davenport J, 3b 3 0 2 1 Taussig D, pr-lf 1 1 1 2
Haller T, c 3 0 0 0 Spencer D, ss 5 1 2 3
Bressoud E, ph 1 0 0 0 Grammas A, 2b 4 0 3 2
Landrith H, c 0 0 0 0 Smith H, c 3 0 0 0
Pagan J, ss 4 0 1 1 Sadecki R, p 4 0 0 0
Jones S, p 1 0 0 0
Fisher E, p 1 0 1 0
Duffalo J, ph-p 1 0 0 0
Alou M, ph 1 0 0 0
O'Dell B, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 4 12 4 37 12 15 12
San Francisco 100 101 010 -- 4
St.Louis 205 100 13x -- 12
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Jones S (L) 2.1 7 7 7 2 1
Fisher E 3.2 3 1 1 0 1
Duffalo J 1.0 2 1 1 2 0
O'Dell B 1.0 3 3 3 0 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki R (W) 9.0 12 4 4 3 6
E -- Fisher E, Flood C
DP -- San Francisco 2, St.Louis 2
LOB -- San Francisco 9, St.Louis 6
2B -- White B, Grammas A, Cepeda O, Davenport J, Flood C 2, Fisher E, Alou F, Boyer K
HR -- Kuenn H, White B, Cepeda O, Taussig D
SH -- Cunningham J
WP -- Sadecki R, O'Dell B
T -- 2:28
A -- 9571
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