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St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies

1961-08-29 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:37

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–4. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 7th. Curt Simmons earned the win and Ed Bauta picked up the save. Ken Boyer went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	5	7
PHI	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	6

W: Curt Simmons L: John Buzhardt SV: Ed Bauta

Umpires — HP: Ed Vargo · 1B: Shag Crawford · 2B: Al Barlick · 3B: Bill Jackowski · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Julian Javier	5	1	2	1	0	0
Curt Flood	5	2	2	0	0	1
Bill White	5	0	1	2	0	0
Ken Boyer	4	1	2	2	1	0
Stan Musial	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Cunningham	3	0	0	0	1	0
Alex Grammas	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmie Schaffer	2	1	0	0	2	0
Curt Simmons	4	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Taylor	4	0	0	0	0	2
Johnny Callison	3	1	0	0	1	1
Charley Smith	4	0	0	0	0	0
Don Demeter	4	1	1	0	0	0
Pancho Herrera	4	2	2	2	0	0
Tony Gonzalez	4	0	1	2	0	1
Bobby Malkmus	3	0	1	0	0	0
Al Kenders	3	0	1	0	0	0
John Buzhardt	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Walters	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wes Covington	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Simmons	8.2	6	1	5
Ed Bauta	0.1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Buzhardt	8.0	6	4	2
Jack Baldschun	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Julian Javier: 6/P
Curt Flood: 53
Bill White: 7

Bot 1

Tony Taylor: 8
Johnny Callison: 7
Charley Smith: E5
Don Demeter: 43

Top 2

Ken Boyer: 53
Stan Musial: 8
Joe Cunningham: 53

Bot 2

Pancho Herrera: 8
Tony Gonzalez: K
Bobby Malkmus: S9
Al Kenders: CS2(24)

Top 3

Alex Grammas: 9
Jimmie Schaffer: W
Curt Simmons: E1.1-3;B-1
Julian Javier: S6.3-H(UR);1-2
Curt Flood: K/C
Bill White: 8/L

Bot 3

Al Kenders: 63
John Buzhardt: 8
Tony Taylor: K/C

Top 4

Ken Boyer: S7
Stan Musial: E3.1-3
Joe Cunningham: E1.1-2
Alex Grammas: 12(3)3/GDP.2-3;1-2
Jimmie Schaffer: 13

Bot 4

Johnny Callison: K
Charley Smith: 53
Don Demeter: S8/89
Pancho Herrera: HR/7D.1-H
Tony Gonzalez: 43

Top 5

Curt Simmons: 43
Julian Javier: S7
Curt Flood: S8.1-3
Bill White: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Ken Boyer: SB2
Ken Boyer: W
Stan Musial: K/C

Bot 5

Bobby Malkmus: 8
Al Kenders: S8
John Buzhardt: K
Tony Taylor: K

Top 6

Joe Cunningham: W
Alex Grammas: 14/SH.1-2
Jimmie Schaffer: PB.2-3
Jimmie Schaffer: W
Curt Simmons: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Johnny Callison: 3/G
Charley Smith: 9
Don Demeter: 2/FL

Top 7

Julian Javier: 63
Curt Flood: S7
Bill White: 7/7S
Ken Boyer: HR/7D.1-H
Stan Musial: 8/8D

Bot 7

Pancho Herrera: 8/8D
Tony Gonzalez: 31
Bobby Malkmus: 9

Top 8

Joe Cunningham: 9/L
Alex Grammas: 43
Jimmie Schaffer: 7/7D

Bot 8

Al Kenders: 13
Ken Walters: 53
Tony Taylor: 63

Top 9

Curt Simmons: 7
Julian Javier: 43
Curt Flood: E5
Bill White: SB2
Bill White: T8/78XD.2-H(UR)
Ken Boyer: 63

Bot 9

Johnny Callison: W
Charley Smith: WP.1-2
Charley Smith: 63
Don Demeter: 8/L
Pancho Herrera: S6.2-2
Tony Gonzalez: T8.2-H;1-H
Wes Covington: 63