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St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies

1961-10-01 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 2496 · 2:02

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Philadelphia Phillies 2–0. Bob Gibson earned the win. Curt Flood went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Gibson L: Don Ferrarese SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Paul Pryor · 1B: Ed Sudol · 2B: Augie Donatelli · 3B: Frank Secory · LF: Tony Venzon · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Curt Flood	4	1	2	1	0	0
Julian Javier	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill White	2	0	0	0	1	0
Ken Boyer	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gene Oliver	3	1	1	0	1	0
Charlie James	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmie Schaffer	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jerry Buchek	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Gibson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Stan Musial	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Tony Taylor	4	2	0	1
Johnny Callison	3	1	1	1
Tony Gonzalez	3	0	1	1
Wes Covington	3	0	1	1
Clay Dalrymple	4	0	0	0
Pancho Herrera	3	2	1	0
Ruben Amaro	3	0	1	0
Bobby Malkmus	4	0	0	2
Don Ferrarese	2	1	0	0
Elmer Valo	1	0	0	0
Bobby Smith	1	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Gibson	9.0	6	5	7

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Ferrarese	7.0	4	2	1
Jack Baldschun	2.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Curt Flood: S9
Julian Javier: FC.1-2;B-1
Bill White: 3/G/SH.2-3;1-2
Ken Boyer: K
Gene Oliver: W
Charlie James: 6/P

Bot 1

Tony Taylor: K/C
Johnny Callison: K
Tony Gonzalez: 5/P

Top 2

Jimmie Schaffer: 8
Jerry Buchek: S9
Bob Gibson: 8
Curt Flood: 9/FL

Bot 2

Wes Covington: 43
Clay Dalrymple: 7
Pancho Herrera: W
Ruben Amaro: SB2
Ruben Amaro: W
Bobby Malkmus: K/C

Top 3

Julian Javier: 9
Bill White: 43
Ken Boyer: 4/L

Bot 3

Don Ferrarese: 9
Tony Taylor: 4/L
Johnny Callison: S9
Tony Gonzalez: SB2
Tony Gonzalez: W
Wes Covington: W.2-3;1-2
Clay Dalrymple: 43

Top 4

Gene Oliver: D8/89D
Charlie James: 13.2-3
Jimmie Schaffer: FC5.3-H;B-1
Jerry Buchek: 54(1)/FO
Bob Gibson: 7

Bot 4

Pancho Herrera: S9
Ruben Amaro: 16(1)3/GDP
Bobby Malkmus: 8

Top 5

Curt Flood: 63
Julian Javier: 6/L
Bill White: W
Ken Boyer: 4/L

Bot 5

Don Ferrarese: S7.B-2(E7)
Tony Taylor: S6.2-3
Johnny Callison: FC3.3XH(325);1-2;B-1
Tony Gonzalez: K
Wes Covington: 53

Top 6

Gene Oliver: 53
Charlie James: 43
Jimmie Schaffer: 63

Bot 6

Clay Dalrymple: 7/7D
Pancho Herrera: S8
Ruben Amaro: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Jerry Buchek: 8
Bob Gibson: 53
Curt Flood: HR/7D
Julian Javier: 7/L

Bot 7

Bobby Malkmus: 13
Elmer Valo: 5/L
Tony Taylor: S7
Johnny Callison: W.1-2
Tony Gonzalez: 6/P

Top 8

Bill White: 2/FL
Ken Boyer: 63
Gene Oliver: 53

Bot 8

Wes Covington: K
Clay Dalrymple: 41
Pancho Herrera: 3/P

Top 9

Charlie James: 13
Jimmie Schaffer: S7
Stan Musial: 3/G.1-2
Bob Gibson: K/C

Bot 9

Ruben Amaro: 53
Bobby Malkmus: K
Bobby Smith: K